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In today’s worlds, it seems as though power has taken over society. With everything people do, there’s always going to be a “big boss” .One may notice that with this power comes changes in a person’s attitude, actions, or identity. For example, someone might get a promotion and appear to be more cruel or unsympathetic toward a certain individual or a group of people afterwards. After closely analyzing the Harrison Bergeron, Animal Farm, and the Hunger Games, there have been many examples that supported this claim.
The Story Harrison Bergeron used many examples to show that power does affect one’s personal identity. Diana Moon Glampers shows she has power when she shoots Harrison and his empress. “It was then that Diana Moon Glampers, the Handicapper
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Napoleon displays how power has affected him when he turns on his fellow teammate Snowball. “At this there was a terrible baying sound outside, and nine enormous dogs wearing brass-studded collars came bounding into the barn. They dashed straight for Snowball, who only sprang from his place just in time to escape their snapping jaws.” (pg.53) Napoleon’s character throughout this book represented the historical figure Joseph Stalin. Both Napoleon and Stalin valued power over everything. Napoleons dogs were a stand in for Stalin’s secret police that got rid of opposition. In this situation Napoleon’s power consumed him and his quest for power was never ending. This event was just the start of Napoleon’s corruption. Some people may say that Napoleon’s power never consumed him and that he was never affected by it. However if Napoleon was never affected by power, he would have never become obsessed with …show more content…
In beginning of the Hunger games, viewers see Katniss hunting a deer outside the fence. The significance of this event is that Katniss was rebelling against her rules and her society. When she’s sent to the Hunger Games, Katniss then goes on to rebel against the game creators. Viewers see this toward the end of the movie when Katniss offers to eat the poisonous berries with Peta. She does this to make sure there will be no winner which defeats the whole purpose of the games. This justifies that power has changed Katniss. In both situations she’s rebelling, but one is more severe than the other. With that being said, the power has affected the intensity of her actions. Some may argue that Katniss hasn’t changed at all. However, If Katniss hadn’t been put in those circumstances, she would have never felt the need to go against the
What is power to a human? As time has gone by, there have been many forms of control and influence in the world. Many strive to achieve total rule over a society or group of individuals. Yet the question still presents itself to the average man. Why does man desire power so greatly even though there is visible trouble that follows? Shelley’s Frankenstein, Vonnegut’s “Harrison Bergeron”, and Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, whether through the situation or the character themselves, depict the evils and hardships due to an imbalance and poor management of power.
People who have power use it to manipulate the rules, which in turn may lead to their loss of power. There are times when the rules are not to their liking. They abuse their powers and not follow the rules. This can lead to consequences that are endured by those using and abusing power as shown by characters in The Lord of the Flies and “I Only Came to Use the Phone.” These works demonstrate how people change when given authority for good or evil and suggest that anyone given power can use it to their advantage. People’s use or abuse of power is not only a perfect theme for these two pieces of literature but also in our everyday lives.
Katniss is a girl whose actions speaks louder than her words. “Without thinking, I pull an arrow from my quiver and send in straight at the Gamemakers’ table. I hear shouts of alarm as people stumble back. The arrow skewers the apple in the pig’s mouth and pins it to the wall behind. Everyone stares at me in disbelief. ‘Thank you for your consideration’ [Katniss says]. Then [gives] a bow and [walks] straight [towards] the exit without being dismissed” (Collins, 102). As you can see Katniss had little respect for those who didn’t respect her. Politics were not something she cared about. But now being the Seventy-four victor, politics must be an area she speaks on. To do so, Katniss returns to the Capital for an interview along with Peeta. Every question feels like a blow to the stomach for Katniss. Katniss knows she’s in trouble with the Capital and thinks to herself during the interview, “This is the crucial moment where I either challenged the Capital or went so crazy at the idea of losing Peeta that I can’t be held responsible for my actions” (Collins, 369). In other words, Katniss is now being scripted to survive the fury of the Capital. Having to go along with what they want to hear and sacrificing her own thoughts and
Imagine if you had one leader in your town who overthrows the president only to make things better in a bad manner that only benefits them, a manner in which your freedom is limited.Would you be content with the idea of having no say in what you do or think? There are many texts in literature which express this type of society where this occurs. In George Orwell’s Animal Farm , a dystopian,satirical,fable set on an English farm criticizes the Russian Revolution in an allegorical way during the early 1900’s where there was a rebellion for equality.In Kurt Vonnegut’s “Harrison Bergeron”, a dystopian,science fiction,short story focuses on a society in 2081 it is set in America where everyone is exactly the same, nobody has a sense of individuality.In
Katniss is a good person at heart. Katniss may have hunter’s instinct; kill anything or anyone who tries to harm the people she cares about. Katniss would risk her life for them. Even in the games, Katniss would not kill the one person who stood in her way of winning. Katniss shows what matters compassion and her humanity. Katniss shows she is more than apiece in their games (232). Katniss remembers what Peeta said on the Roof. Peeta said,” I don’t want them to change me in there. Turn me into some kind of monster that I’m not” (141). Katniss does not want to lose herself, which she never does. Katniss shows she is a good person by forming alliances and taking care of other tributes. Katniss does not think she is good but she really is even if she cannot see it.
When somebody abuses a great amount of power, that individual can lose all their power. The struggle against someone who abuses power is perfectly depicted in the novel, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, by Ken Kesey. When someone abuses their power, they can impose certain feelings and actions onto others. If someone tries to conceal their personality, . Finally, if someone abuses power and is constantly challenged by another individual who is trying to take the power abuser’s power away from them, the power abuser will always be frightened of his or her challenger. When someone abuses power and takes full control, they can lose all their power and respect quickly.
Since she is the female victor from district 12, she is in the 74th Hunger Games. She sees how painful and scary it is and so she tries to stop the capital which is who is controlling everything. She doesn’t want that to happen to anyone else. She rebels against President Snow in plan of eventually killing him to take over the capital and change the world. Teens can relate to this because a lot of the time we feel controlled. It might be by a parent, teacher, grandparent or someone else but all of us are controlled by someone. A lot of teenagers end up rebelling because they feel as if they have no choices. They go against the rules of who they are rebelling against. That persons rules and values are not necessarily right. Who decides what is right? It seems as if we have entered into a state time where there is no right and wrong. Katniss breaks free of that control and does her own thing. Another way teens can relate to the hunger games is through the love triangle. Some of us might have a similar situation of where we might like two people. In the movie it says, “What I need is not Gales fire, kindled with rage and hatred. I have plenty of fire myself. What I need is the dandelion in the spring. The bright yellow that means rebirth instead of destruction. The promise that life can go on, no matter how bad our losses. That it can be good again. And only Peeta can
Napoleon’s greatest challenger is Snowball. Napoleon has been evil from the start but now, with Mr. Jones gone there is no-one strong enough to oppose him. He can finally do as he pleases. He only needs to convince the animals. He has always wanted his own way and it seems he will go as far as it takes, even condemn Snowball’s work on the windmill. He knows very well that with the construction of the windmill under Snowball’s guidance, Snowball will be viewed as ‘better’ and would give him power. Power, that he believes, is rightfully his. He knows the windmill will benefit his welfare yet he is still willing to oppose this idea in order to keep Snowball from taking any power. Snowball was a real threat to Napoleon. Unfortunatel...
Napoleon would use fear to stop any arguments or dissent. Napoleon introduces his dogs by having them attack Snowball, and then, “He was running as only a pig can run, but the dogs were close on his heels. Suddenly he slipped and it seemed certain that they had him (Orwell, pg 35). Napoleons dogs would get rid of Snowball even when the words in propaganda could not effectively do so. Since this is the first incident the other animals do not know how to react to this situation. Snowball was only capable of running. The use of dogs created fear in all of the animals and made it very easy for Napoleon to ascend to the position of the leader of Animal Farm. Napoleon appeared to change countenance, and sharply ordered Boxer to let the dog go, whereat Boxer lifted his hoof, and the dog slunk away, bruised and howling” () Despite the dogs effectively use fear against the animals it didn’t always work as planned. This is why Napoleon had to get rid of Boxer. Napoleon uses the dogs’ violence to threaten the other animals as well as Boxers fate. Napoleon was a master of using fear to his advantage, and through this fear the other animals followed
...completely different lives.The over powerful Capitol is to blame for this cruel injustice. For the most part the people of Panem seem to have come to accept this fact and just do what they can to get by. Peeta and Katniss are different. They prove that people from district 12 aren’t worthless but have the ability to win the games. They show that their gender does not determine or constrain what they have the ability to do. Through out the book, Peeta and Katniss teach people a lesson by continuing to challenge the status quo of Panem.
Katniss ideals and integrity stay true and strong that is what make her different from everyone else. She values everyone's life and she does not believe that innocent people have to die to make a point of a situation. For example, The Hunger Games she completely disagree about being socially acceptable to kill children and being broadcast as entertainment for people to have a tea party while children die. Which her actions leads to do things out of the ordinary, like try to die with Peeta instead betraying him to go back and win the games. Peeta tells her that it should be you to go home I have no one. She says, “No I need you”. Katniss tells Peeta hit her because she does not believe in killing when it is unfair and person is unarmed. Any
In The Hunger Games, the main character named Katniss finds her own way around the games. Katniss is not the person who likes to kill, she tried her best to kill as few people as possible, yet not get herself killed. Katniss hated the idea of the hunger games, so she wanted to try to find a way to stop it. Over the course of many books/movies, Katniss was able to go her own way and rebel against the rich people. She was unique, Katniss was able to get many people to respect her and help her fight against the rich. Like any other person, Katniss could have just followed the instructions given to her to be safe. However, this is not who she is, Katniss stuck up for what she believed in. She had a decision to defeat the rich and try to end the games, and she stuck to it. There are many movies and books in the arts that show people not following the crowd. So many show how people can be unique and be there own person. Any body can take there own road, just like
This essay will argue that power corrupts some people and allows others true selves to shine through.
Snowball and Napoleon held a great deal of contrast between the way they each ruled over “Animal Farm/Manor Farm.” The only thing he did lack, was the ability of pursuasion to the other animals. Snowball had all the right ideas, all to better the whole farm. Napoleon, on the other hand, had a knack for stealing other animals’ ideas, then telling the rest it was his and getting credit for it. His ideas only seemed to benefit the pigs and not the animals. It was this, that led to the crumbling of the farm. Napoleons obsession with becoming the ruler is what got Snowball nearly killed by the dogs...in a plot made by Napoleon. Which then produced a whole new rebellion not of the animals to the humans, but of the animals to the pigs. So for these reasons, Snowball showed better qualities for leadership than Napoleon because he wasn’t selfish and thought about the future of “Animal Farm.” First, the dominated farm animals viewed Napoleon and Snowball differently at different times throughout the book. The way the animals reacted to each leader brought upon new problems of the farm. The animals respected Snowball, and believed that his teachings were all true and had a good cause. Although Snowball and Napoleon had superior qualities leadership, it was clearly Snowball who had the better qualities for running a farm. Under Snowballs’ rule, the animals were generally content with what was going on and were all for it if it was to better the farm. It was obvious that Napoleon had the better half of getting his own way on the farm. However, the animals had some problems with Napoleon but they didn’t know haw to express their feelings and show him that they didn’t like the way he ran things. It was the animals’ ignorance that helped keep Napoleon in rule for as long as it was. The responses were so different between the animals that it must have been a drastic change between Snowball and Napoleon.
Napoleon was a leader who led with an iron fist. A fist he used to secretly abuse his fellow animal. He began by raising several ferocious dogs to aid him in enforcing his rules, laws, and expectations. Using them, he abruptly ended Snowballs reign by using the dogs to exile him from the farm. Shortly after, he halted the construction of the windmill. More often than not he would cleverly work his way around the seven commandments by altering them to his pleasure. For example, 'Now animal shall drink alcohol to excess.'; Or 'No animal shall sleep in a bed with sheets.'; Napoleon grounded the rations of each and every animal. The farm slowly fell into a dark abyss with every wretched move Napoleon made.