Power Essay

Power is a variety of things that doesn’t have a precise meaning to everyone. It varies from intelligence to wealth to advantages.

An example of intelligence is in Animal Farm when the pigs (Squealer in particular) altered the rules while all the other animals weren’t around. Another intelligent thing the pigs in Animal Farm did, was brainwashing the puppies of Jessie to become Napoleon’s guard dogs. Intelligence is also shown in Epicac by Kurt Vonnegut. “Epi” was a clever contraption that outsmarted its creator, simply because its creator was in love. In the example of Animal Farm, the pigs had power, whereas in the example of Epicac, the machine had the power.

Wealth also plays a role in power. For example, in the World War I simulation, the bigger countries had more points (armies, economical points.etc.) which made them wealthier to begin with. I was the U.S.A, so I had more points to begin with. I was able to gain colonies and trade easily. Therefore, I had more power. When Africa being invaded and imperialized, the countries colonizing them had wealth, which helped them control the country they conquered at the time. They had more power. For the Visual Communicator, my group reported about the Cuban Missile Crisis. Cuba had more wealth because of all the missiles they had, making them the ones with the most power.

The person or nation or people that possess the most power also tend to have a lot of advantages in the beginning. An example of this is from my Population Project. My topic was focused of gender issues. Males tend to have an advantage, because they are more favored than females. Therefore males in India, have more power. Unfortunately, they have power over many of the women. These are all the things that make up power.

In conclusion, power is mostly about having advantages, being wealthy, and being intelligent. If you look at the most powerful figures in the world today, how many of them do not have advantages or wealth or intelligence?