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Heather BrodiePd. 4 5/11/08
Questioning Sanity, Conformity
ither !onform and "e re#eased, or maintain your integrity and "e
$e%t in the &ard.'
()aggen *+-. uring his time &or$ing at the en#o Par$
+eterans Hos%ita#, this is the harsh
rea#ity that en esey #earned &hi!h ser2ed as one of the many
moti2ations for &riting one his
"est %ie!es, 3ne )#e& 32er the Cu!$oos est. a$ing %#a!e in
1650s, this no2e#, &hen
%u"#ished in 167, ser2ed as an ins%iration to many, and
!ontinues to ha2e %eo%#e 9uestioning
authority, and more im%ortant#y, 9uestioning insanity to this
2ery day.
: #ot !hanged during the 1650s and ;70s for most :meri!ans.
Peo%#e e2ery&here started
to "rea$ out of their she##s as the !u#ture around them "egan to
f#ourish. C#othing sty#e, musi!,
and te#e2ision too$ a turn for the "etter, &hi#e the nations
younger generations "egan to s%ea$
out on "eha#f of &hat they "e#ie2ed in. Ho&e2er, not
e2erything at the time &as as %erfe!t as the
C#ea2er fami#y made it out to "e. :meri!a, in the de%ths of the
Co#d
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therefore too$ the easy &ay out "y %#a!ing them in an
institute and forgetting a"out them.
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nu!#ear su%er%o&er, &hi#e others feared that our nation
&as not ready to hand#e su!h %o&er.
(a##en 65-. Da!ia# %ro"#ems and dis!rimination &ere fina##y
"eginning to ease as &e##, the
segregation of Centra# High S!hoo#, in @itt#e Do!$, :r$ansas,
"e!ame one of the "iggest
mo2ements of the de!ade.
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&onder &hy so many %atients &ere "eing admitted, and
ho& many of them reallyneeded to "e
there. uring the eA%eriment, no matter ho& norma#' Dosenhan
a!ted, he sti## &as not re#eased.
Simi#ar to !ur%hy, Dosenhan rea#iGed, in the menta# hos%ita#,
sane, or insane, you do not get
to %#ay "y your o&n ru#es.
nstitutiona#iGation and !onformity "e!ame the su"e!t of many
%ie!es of &riting during
the %ost?&ar era. ()aggen *+-. enta# i##ness &as seen
many different &ays, de%ending on the%erson. u!h of the nations
re"e##ious youth "e#ie2ed institutions in2ented the idea of
menta#
i##ness and it did not rea##y eAist. hey "e#ie2ed menta# i##ness
!reated in order to eA%#ain so!ia#
out!asts, and to gi2e reasoning as to &hy some %eo%#e
&ou#d not !onform and fit in the standards
set "y so!iety. )or most %sy!hiatrists at the time, the de"ate
a"out menta# i##ness "eing #egitimate
or a series of in2ented #a"e#s did not faGe them. hey &ere
"usy &ondering &hether menta#
i##ness had "io#ogi!a#, !ogniti2e, or had en2ironmenta# and
so!ia# roots.
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%eo%#e "e!ame de%endent on drugs, and e2en used musi! to he#%
get them through.
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