When thinking of agency, people generally think of a business or organization which provides some kind of service. The kind of agency the class discussed has to do with having the choice and freedom to do whatever in an oppressed society, but the question often lies in the idea of us acting on our free will. Agency ties in with various ideas including conformity and the Bystander Apathy Experiment, because they all have to do with the choices we make, and how it affects our lives and the lives of people around us. When doing the Bystander Apathy Experiment, the observers noticed that even when people were hearing others in grave danger they did nothing to help because they were scared. That was the choice they made which basically made it look
