Power

Power – Everyone’s Goal

Power is the number one thing human beings are interested in. George Orwell’s Nineteen-Eighty Four gave a clear definition of what power is, “Power is power over human beings,” physically and mentally; this includes persuasion. Everyone single one of us aims to gain it. With power, we, as human beings, can fulfill every desire we want. This can explain we people go to college and to be educated. So no one can overpower with the law or knowledge that overcomes an individual. Now, seeing it in a perspective of our society, does a poor income employee have anything in common with a CEO President of a big company? Who has the power here? Who is capable in fulfilling the desires? What would happen to these two individuals if they switch places; wouldn’t one be happier than another?

Let’s take for example, Socrates and Gorgias; even though, Socrates had the intention of being moral and being true to himself. What good did that do to him, when he was sentence to death? Gorgias, of course, knew that to become a great person, you had to use rhetoric. In a sense, that is power.

There are always people who already have power of people, such as presidents, managers, teachers, and even parents. A president has the power to define what’s right and wrong in a certain organization. A manager has the power to employ, pay, and define the standards of the company. A teacher has the power to explain and teach on certain subjects. And parents have the power to shape their children’s’ lives. Power is absolute. With power, an individual can define the truth. With power, an individual can control the individual, from doing any harm to a person or people you choose. In a sense, that is helping people.

This theory can be seen everywhere, take for an example, a father and a son. It is clear to see that the father has complete control over his son, at an early age. The son, with a curious mind, points to a car and asks “What’s that, daddy?” At this point, the father, who has power over his son, to say whatever he wants his son to believe, that what he is point at, is. And he said, “It’s a plane.” From then on, the son is going to believe that a “car” is a called a “plane.” And if the son refuses or thinks otherwise that a “car” is not a “plane.” Then the father has the power to force the son to accept his ideals, depending on how the father’s matters of beliefs of what’s right and wrong. This method also applies to teachers. Thus, this is an example of how power is exercised in a small perspective in our society.