What factors contribute to one being disobedient?
Previous knowledge and research has shown that specific situations are commonly known as the cause of one’s actions. There are multiple reasons related to the idea that one would be disobedient. According to one’s beliefs, the beginning of humankind began with an act of disobedience. Adam and Eve were the first human beings on Earth, and Eve was the first to disobey, by eating fruit from the forbidden tree. Many situations can encourage someone who is normally obedient, to be disobedient. Many factors contribute to one being disobedient, and can promote one becoming genocidal. An example that contributes to one being disobedient, would be someone who is being mistreated by another person or …show more content…
One may consider that Luke, the main character in Cool Hand Luke, is just acting this way around the other prisoners to portray this strong side of him. Another person who may be acting a certain way for the people around him is Boss Godfrey in Cool Hand Luke. Boss Godfrey is one of the few guards, or “bosses” as they call them in the movie, who is very strict and cruel. Many of the “bosses” stand around and watch quietly while Godfrey abuses the prisoners. A punishment a couple of the prisoners received was staying in “the box.” “The box” was a tiny shack similar to the size of an outhouse. The prisoner had to strip down, put on a gown given by the guards, and then be placed inside “the box” for an entire night. One of the guards actually felt sorry for Luke when he had to be put into “the box” when Luke’s mother died. Boss Godfrey was not sympathetic whatsoever. Boss Godfrey seemed careless and completely oblivious to the fact that the prisoners were actual humans (Carrol & Rosenburg, 2008). Boss Godfrey had these prisoners around him and he believed they were to be degraded, so he took the authority and became this evil person because there was no one around to stop him. This scenario relates to Dalrymple when he let the physician get away with harming her patients just as the prisoners and other “bosses” let Boss …show more content…
253).” In Cool Hand Luke, Luke perfectly demonstrates this trait. The first two times Luke escapes, he escapes the prison alone without looking back. Luke runs to save himself just as many people would do (Carrol & Rosenburg, 2008). “Disobedience as a Physiological and Moral Problem,” written by Erich Fromm, also brings in the example of the Holocaust. The people Hitler used were brainwashed and convinced that they were doing what was necessary to protect their country (Fromm, 1981/2009, p. #). Like Luke, in Cool Hand Luke, Hitler’s followers were also trying to protect themselves, along with their country. Luke’s situation and the civilians partaking in the Holocaust were disobeying due to the simple fact they wanted to protect something as Sartwell’s information
Previous knowledge and research has shown that specific situations are commonly known as the cause of one’s actions. There are multiple reasons related to the idea that one would be disobedient. According to one’s beliefs, the beginning of humankind began with an act of disobedience. Adam and Eve were the first human beings on Earth, and Eve was the first to disobey, by eating fruit from the forbidden tree. Many situations can encourage someone who is normally obedient, to be disobedient. Many factors contribute to one being disobedient, and can promote one becoming genocidal. An example that contributes to one being disobedient, would be someone who is being mistreated by another person or …show more content…
One may consider that Luke, the main character in Cool Hand Luke, is just acting this way around the other prisoners to portray this strong side of him. Another person who may be acting a certain way for the people around him is Boss Godfrey in Cool Hand Luke. Boss Godfrey is one of the few guards, or “bosses” as they call them in the movie, who is very strict and cruel. Many of the “bosses” stand around and watch quietly while Godfrey abuses the prisoners. A punishment a couple of the prisoners received was staying in “the box.” “The box” was a tiny shack similar to the size of an outhouse. The prisoner had to strip down, put on a gown given by the guards, and then be placed inside “the box” for an entire night. One of the guards actually felt sorry for Luke when he had to be put into “the box” when Luke’s mother died. Boss Godfrey was not sympathetic whatsoever. Boss Godfrey seemed careless and completely oblivious to the fact that the prisoners were actual humans (Carrol & Rosenburg, 2008). Boss Godfrey had these prisoners around him and he believed they were to be degraded, so he took the authority and became this evil person because there was no one around to stop him. This scenario relates to Dalrymple when he let the physician get away with harming her patients just as the prisoners and other “bosses” let Boss …show more content…
253).” In Cool Hand Luke, Luke perfectly demonstrates this trait. The first two times Luke escapes, he escapes the prison alone without looking back. Luke runs to save himself just as many people would do (Carrol & Rosenburg, 2008). “Disobedience as a Physiological and Moral Problem,” written by Erich Fromm, also brings in the example of the Holocaust. The people Hitler used were brainwashed and convinced that they were doing what was necessary to protect their country (Fromm, 1981/2009, p. #). Like Luke, in Cool Hand Luke, Hitler’s followers were also trying to protect themselves, along with their country. Luke’s situation and the civilians partaking in the Holocaust were disobeying due to the simple fact they wanted to protect something as Sartwell’s information