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This movie is about a lawyer who is assigned to defend a two marine who are accused of murdering they’re fellow marine. These movie leave us a question that everyone should know, should you follow an order from a superior even though you know that it is not right? My answer for this question is NO, because even if he is your superior he still can’t do something that is against the law. We people should know that we have the right to do what we think is right, because if we would only follow orders without thinking, we will all lost our honor. Because honor can be gained if you have a courage to fight for the right thing.
This can be compared to the story of Antigone, who defied the law to give his brother Polyneices a proper burial even though he was a traitor to Thebes, Antigone still defied the law because he thinks that it is the right thing to give his brother a proper burial even if she knows that there would be some consequences just like the two defendant who received an order from a superior that is against the law but they still follow the orders because they think that it is right to follow orders. That’s why they refuse to fight for the case because they think that they just follow an order and will accept whatever punishment it will cost. But later on they realized that it is also their duty to protect and help Santiago that they failed to do.
This movie can also be relate in Angelo Reyes case who become coward to reveal the truth just like Lt Col. Markinson who commit suicide because he think that if the truth would be revealed their honor as a marine would be degraded, but from what I think honor can be gained if you have a courage to do the right thing.

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