In my Contemporary Literature class we have been analyzing two pieces of text and a film which are Fahrenheit 451 and “Killing an Elephant”and “Enemy of the People”. We've used them to help answer our guiding question about what our duty is to our conscience when it conflict with authority and society, and their just and unjust laws? These stories help me see that a person will follow their conscience even if it means having to break a couple laws because the person ultimately has to live and stand by the decision and if someone believes that it's wrong they would rather die knowing they did the right thing then live with the guilt of their choice. In Fahrenheit 451 I learned that a person is willing to go against their own society when they feel strongly about their belief and ideas. In “Killing an Elephant” I learned that a person is willing to endure any level of suffering when they believe they are doing the right thing. While watching “Enemy of the People” I learned that sometimes when doing the right thing its misinterpreted as being the bad guy. Fahrenheit 451 is about a society that does not allow …show more content…
That proved that he was a good person because others would of rather of killed the elephant to stop the humiliation and justify it by saying that it was an animal and the animal was evil but he knew that the animal was just protecting his territory and knew that the elephant deserved to live just as much as a human does. I admired the fact that he accepted defeat by the british but still kept hope in some way because he knew that they British Empire wouldn't last long, he knew that they wouldn't be able to defeat the british and choose to be smart and do what the british wanted until their reign ended. It made me see that some fights you won't be able to win but you still shouldn't lose