<p>Does questioning authority make a society stronger?</p>
<pre><code> Questioning authority does make a society stronger. Analyzing several examples from literature, current events, and history, it can be shown that society strengthen when it comes together to question authority.
An excellent example of this strengthened society can be shown in the novel Animal Farm, a parallel to the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia. In Orwell’s novel, a group of farm animals take over a farm and kick the humans out. They establish their own Utopian society, with everything going well at first. However, as the novel progresses, the pigs take authoritative power and claim supremacy over all other animals. They declare themselves to be the leaders of the farm. At first, the other animals comply, but when they realize that the pigs are doing no work and getting all of the resources, the animals unite as one to revolt against the pigs. These animals form bonds amongst themselves stronger than ever before in order to go against the authoritative figures.
Moving on to a more historical point, we can turn to the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. This movement ultimately led to an end to segregation and eventually racial integration to society. However, this great achievement could not have been possible unless society as a whole questioned the laws passed by authoritative figures. Martin Luther King Jr., a leader of the Civil Rights Movement, brought together several thousand people in Washington D.C. who all wanted the same thing, an end to this unjust system of classification that existed until the 1960’s. This bond fueled by the desire to eradicate such a cruel system was stronger than any law authorities could pass to prevent them from achieving their goal. The Civil Rights Movement is a crucial example showing that society becomes stronger when it questions authority.
We can also turn to an event that occurred recently, in Missouri. An unarmed teen was shot and killed by a police officer. The entire community has taken to the streets to demand for justice for this teen. I was speaking to a friend of mine in Missouri, who lives around the same community. She says that these people, who don’t even remotely know each other, are acting as though they are family in order to achieve their goal of going against the authoritative figures and get justice for this teen.
Carefully analyzing current events, the Civil Rights Movement, and Animal farm, questioning authority does indeed strengthen authority.
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