What is Power?

What Is Power? For the purpose of this paper, power is in a person or thing that possesses or exercises authority or influence. Power can be expressed in many ways.

One attribute that a leader must have is to be powerful. If he is not powerful, is unlikely that anyone will listen to him. Now, power doesn’t mean that that person must be mean and strict and not listen to anyone’s ideas and be corrupt and. Being powerful just means being able to be firm, and having the ability to make a difference and having people listen to you. A good powerful leader focuses on education and fixing poverty, not planning wars and attacks. For example, in December 1989, Boris Yeltsin and Bill Clinton declared the Cold War to be officially over at a summit meeting in Malta.

Unfortunately, most of the leaders in the history we have learnt about this year, don’t display these characteristics. A trait that good leaders shouldn’t exhibit is making rules that benefit themselves. For example, Adolf Hitler, the German leader didn’t display these. He had lots of power, just the wrong ideas. He gained power for himself and used is irrationally. For example, the holocaust; it systematically killed up to ten million Jews, Gypsies, homosexuals, communists, and other non- Aryan people. He was a racist leader, because he wanted to kill all Jews. Another example is in the book, Animal Farm. Napoleon, he made rules that only benefitted the pigs. All the rest of the animals were treated like dirt. Another way to say this is that he didn’t care about the other animals, and what happened to them. A powerful leader must take into consideration what everybody needs and wants.

A lot of power can lead to control. An example of power that turned into control is in the Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins. The capitol has all the power, and basically controls all twelve districts. When the names are drawn for the games, the capitol has all control over them. They don’t have a say in what they wear, eat, or even talk!

As you can see, power is a characteristic that many people have, but don't use wisely. It can be used to control, or benefit some people. Power gives people the ability to make and enforce rules and make people obey them. Overall, power should be used wisely, otherwise it can be abused, as you can see .

The Hunger Games: Power or Control

In the book, The Hunger Games, the most prominent theme is control. There are many examples of control in this book. Firstly, I think control starts on the first page of chapter 3, page 34. This is because once Katniss and Peeta have entered the Hunger Games, they have no control over themselves. They can't control what they're going to wear to the interview or parade, they can't decide for themselves about what to say at the interview. Also, the theme control is shown at the end of the games when only Katniss, Peeta and Cato are left. The gamemakers control the arena, and made hungry, angry mutts come and tear Cato apart. The gamemakers also are in control the whole time, deciding the temperature, the location and everything that goes on in the games. Lastly, I think Haymitch also has a big role in the theme of control because he decides when and what to give the players, Katniss and Peeta. Basically, every gift sponsored by the viewers goes through him. He can decide if they live or not with the power he has. All these reasons contribute to why I think control is the main theme in the novel.

Net Effect of Globalization

According to the World Bank, "Globalization is the growing integration of economies and societies around the world," Globalization has both pros and cons to it. Firstly, with globalization, many new jobs were available to those who they weren't available to before. Also, globalization brings countries closer together, because they have something in common. In addition, globalization helps start up some countries' economy. To add to that, globalization brings many new products around the world and helps trade. For example, However, globalization also has some bad things about it as well. To start off with, globalization changes many countries' culture. For example, India. India is becoming more and more western that some of its' culture and religion is becoming forgotten.

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Feedback: May 4: PoP

During the process of working on the Population Project, I learnt many valuable lessons that will help me in the future. Here are just 3 of them.

1) Time Management- this is extremely important because when you have assignments you can't let them pile up, so you need to manage you time so you can do your things at the right time.
2) Ask questions- It is really important to ask questions when you don't understand, or you just want to clarify. It's better to get straight by asking a question, than not asking a question and get a bad grade on it.
3) When writing, make sure it makes sense, and always give supporting evidence.