...Experience Zhiguo Li Indiana University South Bend Abstract Power abuse happens a lot in our society. As the most powerful members in a family, parents always make the choice for kids or impose their thought to kids. In Rodriguez early life, he had a very bad experience for being a dark skin Mexican. His mother would get angry and yell at him if he doesn’t take care of his skin. His mother also tried to prevent him from either labor or lower class out of her purpose. Rodriguez experience showed Broody’s theory are well seen even in family. People who have power usually don’t realize the power they have and abuse it for their own purpose. After analysis what happened to Rodriguez, it alarming people that be aware of the others power and always think about it instead of fully trust to avoid being a victim of power abuse. Key terms: Power abuse, Experience, Purpose. People come to the world as a baby with no experience and knowledge. As they growing up, they will be told a lot from their parents, teachers, friends, or experts in a specific field. Parents tell them what to do, teachers teach them which is right, and friends tell them what is good for them. In Broody’s theory, power abuse happens in medical area. Experts use their medical knowledge give patient advice, but sometimes it’s not necessary, sometimes just because it’s good for physician themselves. Broody, the writer of “The Social Power of Expert Healers” talked about Opal case and the Bakers case to explain...
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...Police Abuse of Power Abstract This paper will focus on the idea of police abuse of power. It discusses the problem with police abusing power and how it leads to the distrust of people today. It will explore why it is an issue and what can be done to prevent it. An officer started at a job in a new town. After a few months on the job, they noticed a misuse of the authority the police embodied in a couple ways. The ways authority was misused compounded on top of each other making the department enormously corrupt. The officer saw that this was not a good thing, but doesn’t want to speak out because of the subculture and the risk of loosing their job. The new officer wanted to be an ethical leader and demonstrate courage but was at an impasse of uncertainty to keep their job. In today’s society, abuse of police power can be seen. From accepting small bribes to an unnecessary shooting, corruption is everywhere. Abuse of power is defined as the improper use of authority by someone who has that authority because of the office they hold ( Abuse of power West's Encyclopedia of American Law, edition 2). The problem with the abuse of power is it leads to corruption within the justice system. For example, an abuse of power would be when an officer is threatening a suspect with an impractical punishment and is forcing a confession for something they did not do. This corruption doesn’t allow for the right to a fair trial. By abusing the system the officer can doctor...
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...Bullying affects many people in physical, mental, and social ways. People are abused when there is a noticeable difference in power. People can have a difference in physical power. This is when physical abuse happens. People can also have a difference in mental ability. This causes bullying to be more focused on name calling such as names like “stupid”. Bullying plagues schools and communities with abuse of power, depression, and low self-esteem. Bullies abuse their power to make other people feel less popular and powerful than them. This causes them to grow up with low self confidence and low self esteem. Bullies can use physical ability to mock and abuse other people. This causes people that aren’t as good or better than them feel worthless and unwanted. People can also use their mental ability and “popularity” to mentally abuse.This causes the person being bullied to feel stupid or unable. It can also cause them to feel left out and friendless. Bullying can be done in many ways but always is used for abuse....
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...Mamet’s play Oleanna, there is a massive power struggle between the two main characters of the plot. John, a college professor, who is awaiting tenure, attempts to help Carol understand his class; however, Carol one of John’s students misinterprets the agenda of John, which leads her to believe that she is becoming a victim of sexual harassment. Even though John does make a number of sexually oriented remarks throughout the play, they are not seriously directed towards Carol in any way which allows the reader to decide if Carol is harassing John, or if John is harassing Carol. There are a multitude of different aspects that are focused around sexual harassment as whole in this play, and they are all equally important when determining who was truly harassed in Oleanna (Curry)....
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...role of science is the modernization of the world, thus possessing a lot of power. The outcome and use of scientific progression depends solely on the scientist’s intentions of its use. Humanity should fear the power of the creator or the creation’s behavior due to its social, physical, mental and environmental health effects, if it is not used for the better of the community. In Frankenstein, Mary Shelly argues that the beast is dangerous because it symbolizes scientific technology; implying that the beast can impose threats to civilization. The author warns, that the beast can form independent consciousness and then turns upon society in an apocalyptic rage. Society becomes afraid of the monster and as a result, rejects it. This fear...
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...Macbeth are two people who experienced an exceptional rise to power, and because of their overpowering ambition; they are driven to commit crimes in order to maintain their power. Richard Nixon grew up in a poor family, who at the time was unable to provide Nixon with living expenses of going to Harvard University where he was offered a scholarship. After attending high school, Nixon went to local Whittier College where he gained the reputation of being a fearsome debater, well known in drama productions and an exceptional athlete. He went on to graduate from Duke University Law School, and went on to practice law. Of course for a man like Nixon with such flourishing visions, being...
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...“It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it.” (Aung San Suu Kyi) In the tragedy Macbeth by William Shakespeare, a man named Macbeth is approached by three witches who tell him his future. Macbeth tells his wife Lady Macbeth and they plan and follow-though with killing the king for power. Macbeth gets in over his head with the desire for absolute power and fears that his friend’s son will kill him for power as the witches predicted so he sends hit men to kill his friend and his son. William Shakespeare uses personification, diction, and characterization in Macbeth to reveal the theme of power corrupting innocent people. Shakespeare...
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...the character of Macbeth, Shakespeare demonstrates that the more powerful an individual is, the more likely they are to pose a danger to others. This is because of the nature of power itself. When one is in a position of power, one is able to influence people and events. In weak characters, this becomes a corrupting element as power is then used to secure their own interests, often at the expense of others. This is true in Macbeth’s case, as he used wicked means to obtain power and then secure it. Seduced by the witches’ prophecy, urged on by his ambitious wife, he murdered his king, ruthlessly eliminated competitors to his own throne, and shaped Scotland according to his own foul desires. Obtaining power through such evil deeds,...
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...Power of the Thrown The play Macbeth has characters that fit the profile of a bully and abuse of power. Physical violence was used to bully characters in the play. Intention to kill was linked to the Macbeth play as well. The cause of imbalance of power was brought through the characters of Lady Macbeth, and Macbeth. In the Macbeth play the intentions to kills was big part of the abuse of power. In the play Macbeth was very greedy and always wanted more power than what he had. Macbeth was the Thane Of Cawdor before he went on the verge of wanting more power. Just like a bully Macbeth started with a bit of power but ending up wanting more. Macbeth decided he wanted to be king; nothing would get in the way of that. Just like a bully he wanted to have all control. When telling Lady Macbeth about the plan she had agreed it was he right thing to do. Macbeth had second thoughts about...
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...An issue going around for many many years lately has been the abuse of power. It is not always abusing power, it is sometimes abusing rights. In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, the abuse of power and rights was represented by only a few characters and was portrayed all over the place. Ralph and Jack were the two main characters, Ralph the protagonist and Jack the antagonist, and they both abused their power by controlling the actions of the groups they controlled. Golding illustrates that having too much power can lead someone or something into the wrong direction. This meaning that Jack and Ralph were put with the task of being in charge of the two groups and controlling everyone's beliefs and idea of survival. Throughout the paper,...
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...June 2nd 2015 Absolute Power George Orwell created a book in which animals were almost as intelligent as humans are, and held an idea of a farm where socialism ruled. This essay will prove that absolute power is the ultimate downfall of man. This will be proven using examples from the novel Animal Farm, written by George Orwell. This story shows these pigs slowly using their manipulative brains, and thoughts, to take control of this Animal Farm. Throughout the book these pigs gain more power and begin to abuse it corrupting the system transforming this socialism dream into a communism starting the whole cycle of unfair rule where signs of unrest become present once again. As the title suggests, Animal Farm takes place on a farm that was once owned by Mr. Jones, who was an abusive animal caretaker who always got drunk and never followed through with his responsibilities. This was seen in the very beginning when, "Mr. Jones, of the Manor Farm, had locked the hen-houses for the night, but was too drunk to remember to shut the popholes." This farm lies in the center of a string of three farms divided by natural barriers, and a road that leads to the town. The farm held a well, fields, orchards, stalls, house, and every other thing that a normal farm would contain. This tale was created to express the ideas of a perfect government called socialism and the human nature to want more than equality. Animal Farm shows how if someone is granted more power with nothing to tie it...
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...The book Animal Farm was written on August 17 1945. The book was published in england and it reflects on the russian revolution of 1917. George Orwell is the author of the book. And he wrote it at the age of 42 . He wrote the book because he wanted to relate to the soviet union. In the book Animal Farm as well as in our society the leaders that rise to power are the cleverest and the most able to manipulate. In the book Animal Farm, in chapter 2 when jones leaves the pigs take over his role to lead the animals in the farm . They were the pigs, they claim that they taught themselves how to read and write. Because knowledge is power at the moments the pigs have the most power in the farm. Power can be used for good things of it can be used in...
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...Power is a thing that isn’t tangible, but still able to be seized. I wouldn’t seize power that leads to disrupt in a community. I would strive to get power the correct way, through election. I wouldn’t kill for power, as Macbeth and Lady Macbeth did, because I want the people’s approval. You can see what happens to people with power without the people’s approval by looking at what happened with Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. I wouldn’t abuse my power either. Abusing power leads to rebellions and the downfall of a country. I would base the way I use my power through votes, as America does. But unlike America you would have to pass a Common Knowledge Literacy and Education Test to be able to vote. By using that method it weeds out those of our...
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...Both Caesar and Hitler both led their armies with confidence and assertiveness. Did their motives justify their abuse of power? Did ambition drive them to make the decision they made? “The Arrogance and Cruelty of Power,” by Robert H. Jackson, is an excerpt of a firsthand account of U.N.’S trial against the Nazis. They wanted to punish the Nazis abuse of power and provides justice for the lives that were lost during the holocaust. Ambition drove Caesar to kill the other rulers in order to gain the power he needed to keep the Roman empire strong and prosperous. Ambition drove Hitler to enslave, work, and millions of Jews, Gypsys, and Catholics in order to make the perfect race of Germans. Ambition is what drove these men to do things that they thought were for the good of their empire. Their abuse of power is the reason their empires fell....
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...could be used as a healing tool, I thought these people are crazy. How could something that has caused me so much pain lead to my healing. It’s easy to understand why I would feel this way everything I knew of sex left me feeling shameful and made me want to jump out of my skin. Little did I know that this had nothing to do with sex itself but rather the abuse of sex and the power it holds. My story is very similar to most abuse victim so i’ll spare you all the details, but I will tell you that I was sexually abused at the age of 1 and this left me broken from pretty much the start of my life. I never had a healthy relationship with sex. To me all I knew of sex was that is was something that was demanded and...
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