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  • Essay / Conformity in Cool Hand Luke - 1126

    In the film, there are examples of not only conformity, but also obedience to authority. One of them is that the prisoners have a leader who happens to be the greatest of them all, Dragline. They do everything he says and follow what he does, they consider him their authority and conform to him. Moving on to simple compliance, there are few examples. In one of the scenes Luke's mother visits him in prison, while she is there she asks him why he can't be like her and why he hasn't found a home for himself- even, why he can't understand what. to do with his life. By this she asks why he doesn't conform to society by being "normal" because, obeying authority and everyone doing the same thing is normal, to her he should also follow that. Another example is that during the egg competition, when Luke wins, everyone sees him as their leader, which is very clear when they lay him down and he has arms and legs like Jesus had when he is dead. Many people know the position Jesus was in and because he was the leader of a religious group. Therefore, in the movie, this scene symbolized Luke as a leader. Luke himself is a very non-conforming character in the film and from this example we can see how non-conforming he is. By agreeing to eat 50 eggs, which is considered impossible, he does not comply. This could also be one of the reasons why others consider him their