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Abuse of Power and the Impact It Has on Society
Summary: Power itself is not necessarily a bad thing with many cases of power producing positve results. It is when power is combined with abuse that a problem begins. Many people in power abuse their position through authority with manipulative srategies.
Power is defined as a political or national strength; strength might force or possession or control over others authority. Power is apparent in every society all over the world, whether its your teacher in the classroom or your states premier. Power itself is not necessarily a bad thing with many cases of power producing positve results. It is when power is combined with abuse that a problem begins. Many people in power abuse their position through authority with manipulative srategies. Such behaviour can have negative, inaccurate, unfair or even bias outcomes. The threee texts I have studied which I feel demonstrate Include Robert Cormiers novel "the chocolate war," the newspaper article on peter gow, "sharks boss played king of the castle" and the song "hurricane" by bob Dylan. All three texts demonstrate the brutal actions of misusing power through effective writing techniques such as emotive language, connotation, alliteration...
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