He is able to instill fear in those who are beneath him as he uses corrupt government ideals and abuses his power. When Antigone quarrels with Creon in regards to burying her brother properly, Creon refuses to listen, as he says, “no woman shall be the master while [he lives]” (Sophecles I, ii). By refusing to listen to anyone and making his own decisions, Creon asserts his hierarchy and marks his place as the dictator; he will not allow anyone else to make their own decisions. Having power Creon does instills fear in others and causes them to treat him with the upmost respect. Because Creon is the only leader with total power, he refuses to “take [his] orders from the people of Thebes” (I, iii).
King Creon and George Bush Are They So Different? King Creon defying the will of his people by sentencing Antigone to be death because of her acts of civil disobedience. He is like many of the leaders in the world right now. He does not listen to the will of the people, and does what he thinks is right. Most poor leaders are surrounded by poor advisers and yes-men.
Another novelist by the name of Heinrich Mann, makes his opinion public in a political journal in 1931. He is very anti-war as well, frankly saying, “People are already worn down by the struggle of daily life then, more ready to submit” (Doc 10). The effects of the war were terrible on the people, and Mann knows that anything but a united republic would be disastrous for them all because of
If an intruder were to break in, and you're without a gun you're defenseless. Reenact the break-in with a gun in your hands, and watch the intruder run. Guns help intimidate and protect when law enforcement can't reach the incident in time. If any laws against guns were made, don't outlaw them because regardless guns can be obtained and used incorrectly. Instead, set restrictions and require a certain level of gun safety knowledge taught in a school based on the idea of self defense.
Both Winston and V want to take down a dystopian government that rules by people intoxicated with power. They both believe a revolution can happen if the proletarians rise up. The main power of each work (Big Brother in 1984 and the government in V for Vendetta) tries to suppress the people and ruin their lives by using fear. The main characters V, Evey, Winston, and Julia all represent the rebellion. Both the movie and the book have the government watching the people to gain control.
John Steinbeck’s novel, The Grapes of Wrath, exposes the economic forces at work in one of the lowest points in our nation’s history. In the novel, the author criticize the economic and social devastation that the region of Oklahoma and the whole United States was suffering in the 1930s. Steinbeck focuses on three main interests in his novel. First, he focus on the struggles of individuals against big business like the bank that takes the houses and lands from the farmers, which he views that corporations oppressed the individuals and that the individuals must at all cost be protected from those corporations. Second, the author clearly emphasizes on the division of social classes and the concentration of the wealth on business bearing individuals and particularly on banks and industries including a particularly ominous view at the ever reaching effects of the Great Depression.
In fact, he implies that it is actually ridiculous and very dangerous because in order to achieve physical and mental equality the government is literally reduced to torturing its own citizens. The effect this has on the citizens is that they become dumb and they hide
He begins the story by stating, “…I was hated by large numbers of people – the only time in my life that I have been important enough for this to happen to me”. (Orwell 1936) With this assertion, he expresses his personal knowledge of the events that are about to unfold and immediately has the reader asking why the Burmese hated him. Using analogies and direct quotes, Orwell tells us that imperialism is an “evil thing” and he conveys his dislike toward the Empire for its mistreatment of the Burmese. With detailed imagery, he gains the readers sympathy for the Burmese when he writes, “The wretched prisoners huddling in the stinking cages of lock-up, the grey, cowed faces of the long-term convicts, the scarred buttocks of the men who have been flogged with bamboos”. (Orwell1936) At the same time however, he also voices his resentment toward the Burmese, “the evil-spirited little beast”, (Orwell 1936) for their
These feelings towards a Government often occur in today’s society and the portrayal of this in V for Vendetta emphasises the discontent to the audience and presents us with a negative view on society as a whole; as it relates to people like Mugabe and his Government who control by fear and intimidation and are the centre of discontent. An extremely effective technique McTeigue used to present a negative view on society is dialogue. After the V destroys the Old Bailey the media report that the building was actually demolished for structural reasons. While watching this report on TV Evey’s co-worker exclaims, “Do you believe that load of bollocks?” This illustrates the unhappiness within the masses and the discontent they hold. Another example is a quote from Dascomb, “Our job is to report the news, not fabricate it... That's
This never helps the poor look like normal people because the society starts hating them. There are always stories covered about the poor which sometimes even trick me. (need some evidence...to be researched........) Sometimes the media makes the poor look really good. A great example is Ted Williams who was homeless, a drug addict and an alcoholic but had a