<p>Prompt: what are some " easy and preferred" answer that we should resist?
One dangerous misconception that we generally subcounsicouly treat as true is that the majority is always right. Blending in the crowd fosters in us a sense of security.However, the majority’s opnions are not always right.In contrast, sometimes it is the poeple who dare to challenge the majority finally reach the truth.The experience of Google’s co-fouder, Lawrence Page, and Atticus Finch in " To Kill a Mockingbird" illustrate that the majority don’t always represent the truth.
One of the youngest entreprenuers to achive global success, Lawrence Page is idolized by ambitious young businessmen all over the world. When asked about what was the biggest obstacle to his success, he answered succintly, " most people’s opinions". In fact, shortly after he decided to start his own business, most people around him, including his family members, friends and collegues, encouraged him to do what most other young businessmen did, which was to rely on acquiantances for donations and investments.This method is considered both safe and convenient. However, Lawrence refused to follow the " rules". Instead, in the following six months, he diligently researched information about all potential investors, and about how to run a company successfully. In the end, through his hardwork and aptitude, Lawrence transacted the first sum of investment to his company’s account without any help from his friends and families. This experience offers him invaluable knowledge about how impress potential investors, how to promote his own company and how to manage and run a company. If he followed the majority’s advice and solely depended on families’ and friends’ help, he would never get these experiences that were crucial to his sicess in the buisness world.
This misconception also prevails in literature. In " to kill a mockingbird", Atticus Finish is a respected lawyer. However, in his soceity, black people are ostracized due to racial discrimination. But Atticus Finch is determined to defend a black world accused of raping a white girl. This act astonishes the whole town. People start to whisper behind his back and deliberately exclude him from festivals and parties. Nevertheless, Atticus Finch is not infleunced by the prejudice held by the majority and persists in advocating racial equality. Many people join the " anti-Finch" crowd because they fear being rejected by the society, even though they are aware what they are doing is wrong.In this case, discrimination is proven by history to be a very dispicable act. If Atticus Finch followed the majority and ignored the case, there would be another innocent person who would die under prejudice and unequality.
It is so easy to yield to the majorty that sometimes we can not make clear the boundary between right and wrong, which is why " majority equals to truth" is such a dangerous misconception that sometimes a lot of people blindly follow.</p>
<p>Great essay. I always think that if you can fit 3 examples in an essay, that’s the best way to go. However, two detailed examples works just as well here. What you wrote is what the SAT is looking for. Your conclusion doesn’t need to be very long, but here it’s only one sentence (albeit a good concluding sentence). If you could just make your conclusion paragraph one sentence longer, I think that your essay would be in the 11-12 category.</p>
<p>anymore comments please?</p>
<p>I would say 10+. The body is excellent, but try to shorten the existing examples and add another one. Your Google example was bit too long (don’t be too specific about your examples). Also, some people say conclusion is not that important, but it is still good to have a profound conclusion.</p>
<p>bump…more comments</p>