Comparative Analysis: A Few Good Men

In this article, “Just Do What the pilot Tells You” Theodore Dalrymple and “The Genocidal Killer in the Mirror” by Crispin Sartwell express two different viewpoints expressed towards obedience. While both authors are addressing the issue of disobedience, Dalrymple approaches the issue, stating, “Some people think a determined opposition to authority is principled and romantic” (Dalrymple 3) while on the other hand, Sartwell emphasizes that authority, especially hierarchies are the most “evil” thing in our society. Despite the well-executed argument of the two author's, Dalrymple takes a self-centered approach, forcing the reader to agree with his opinion.

Comparative Analysis of Josie Appleton’s article “The Body Piercing Project” and Bonnie Berkowitz’ “Tattooing Outgrows Its Renegade Image to Thrive In The Mainstream”.

The foundation of today’s society is not in immense chaos or destruction, but rather in an organizational order because of the choice in obedience. As depicted in the movie, “A Few Good Men”, obedience is questioned due to soldiers choosing to obey or not when it presents the case of Lance Cpl. Harold Dawson and Pfc. Louden Downey being disciplined for committing a crime, even if they were only following orders. Eric Fromm, a social psychologist and psychoanalyst, furthers points in whether it is permissible to commit a crime under the pretext of obeying orders in his article, “Disobedience as a Psychological and Moral Problem”. Comparatively, Stanley Milgram, a Yale psychologist, addresses obedience overriding

Milgram's experiment showed that humans can do horrible things when following orders, with two thirds of the subjects sending "shocks" to the end. However, in Parker's review, titled "Obedience," there are objections he brings up to this controversial experiment, such as the fact that there was no clear choice of whether to comply or disobey. Used as a lens, this article can analyze the lunch scene in A Few Good Men. Mainly, when Markison says nothing as Jessup lies about his order for "Code Red" leading to the death of a soldier, is this really a test of obedience, or was the subject, Markison, not given a clear choice to make the decision himself?

My objective is to introduce the topic of obedience to authority and provide an awareness of the vulnerability that most people have in this area. Today, there are theories that focus primarily on characteristics that explain wrong-doing and how

The film A Few Good Men is one that has an extensive back story that most who have seen the movie didn’t know existed. The screen play was written by Aaron Sorkin, and the film was director by Rob Reiner ("Few Good Men (1992)"). The interesting part about Aaron Sorkin is that he wrote the ideas for the play, and part of the screenplay on napkins as he bartended. While not extremely important, it am curious to understand what made the topic so important that it be written down while working ("17 Truthful Facts About A Few Good Men"). A Few Good Men was originally a Broadway show that hit the stage in 1989, and then was adapted into a film three years later in 1992. The actual release date was the 11th of December in 1992 ("Few Good Men (1992)"). Being a film it wasn’t released in just one place, it opened in theaters in multiple places, and therefore was seen by many people all at once. At its time of release it received multiple academy awards nominations including best picture, best supporting actor, best film editing, and best sound editing. Nominations or wins, the numbers speak for themselves, the film in total grossed $243,240,178 and with a budget of only $33 million this statistic is rather impressive ("Few Good Men (1992) - Financial Information").

His head unnaturally aching, Barney Mayerson woke to find himself in an unfamiliar bedroom in an unfamiliar conapt building. Beside him, the covers up to her bare, smooth shoulders, an unfamiliar girl slept on, breathing lightly through her mouth, her hair a tumble of cotton-like white.

In regards to the individual units covered in class, all of them had unique challenges. The main difficulty of the Comparative Analysis unit was to maintain the organizational scheme because the need to represent both text was adequately when completing a side-by-side comparison. The most admirable skill acquired in this unit was the composition of a strong driving question that fit both text. However, the essay was the easiest to write and the one I am proudest of. I mostly feel this way because the texts I used, Dope and Do the Right Thing were very relatable and concerned issues that I feel should be expressed more often. The most recent unit, Narrative-Based Argument had quite a few challenging aspects, thus making it the hardest essay

This study was created in response to the actions of the German soldiers in World War II, and became the first study that attempted to explain obedience. This study is also credited with inspiring many other experiments in the field of social psychology such as Zimbardo’s Stanford prison study.

Obedience is, as Stanley Milgram writes, “as basic an element in the structure of social life as one can point to” (Milgram 1). The act of obedience holds positive connotations, but the sometimes negative effects of blind obedience are explored in Stanley Milgram’s “The Perils of Obedience” and Diana Baumrind’s “Review of Stanley Milgram’s Experiments on Obedience.” Though Milgram does analyze how the subjects of the experiment blame their actions on the experimenters, Baumrind argues the bad effects of Milgram’s experiment on a subject’s mental state.

The director Rob Reiner of A Few Good Men explained a story about how actions of obedience can destroy “humanistic conscience” within individuals when driven by a corrupt authority. Two Marines, Lance Corporal Harold W. Dawson and Private First Class Louden Downey give their views as to what happened: the receive an order from the platoon commander Lieutenant Kendrick to give Santiago a code red. Dawson and Downey enter Santiago’s barracks and put a rag in his mouth and put duct tape around his head. They then pulled the tape off, and there was blood all down Santiago’s face. Dawson quickly called an ambulance, but no one was present to see him make the call. When the ambulance arrived Dawson and Downey were arrested for the murder of Private First Class William T. Santiago. Based on Philip Zimbardo’s “Lucifer Effect” and Erich Fromm’s “Disobedience as a Psychological and Moral Problem”, one can see Dawson and Downey were only “conforming to the group norm” and responding to “irrational authority” or in other words “ at the wrong place at the wrong time” which makes them innocent against the charge of murder.

In the health care industry there are different types program sector organizations, which has its own uniqueness. The different sectors of health care are divided amongst the for-profit, non-profit, and government organizations because they all have a common goal but the financial aspect is the same when it comes to providing care to patients. Within the three types of organization types, the financial need is collected and reported differently due to the organization common goal, financial environment and community outlook. In my research, to give a clearer picture I have chosen an organization that represents each health care sectors

This essay will be comparing and analysing the techniques used by two Melbourne based university lectures, Robert Manne and Patrick Stokes. Both dealing with the thematic subject of opinion.

It has been over 40 years since Stanley Milgram 's famous experiments on obedience. The topic of obedience has been explored for centuries and there continues to be more to learn. Why do people obey authority? Are some groups of people more prone to obey authority than others? Does the environment play a role in how far people go to obey orders? These questions were asked after the actions of Germany during World War II (Houghton 2009). The situationist perspective and bad barrel theory are basic theories of obedience. The situationist perspective claims that people will neglect their dispositions if placed in a powerful enough situation (Houghton 2009). The bad barrel theory, coined by Philip Zimbardo, says that if you put people in a bad situation, the situation can take over (Houghton 2009). Stanley Milgram 's shock experiment and Philip Zimbardo 's Stanford Prison Experiment are two popular experiments of obedience. How does obedience effect the working relationship between doctors and nurses? Is there a tipping point in which nurses refuse to carry out the doctor 's orders? Is there a point where doctors refuse to work with nurses that question them? Does gender play a role in this working relationship? If so, how?

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