How Much Power Do People Really Have?
Most people don't realize how much power and influence they can have over their town, community or even the world. However, sometimes people do, and have to choose to use their influence for good or bad.
In The Crucible, one of the main characters, Abigail Williams, realizes how much power she has over people, and uses it selfishly. Abigail comes up with a huge master plan to accuse Elizabeth Proctor of being a witch just to get to her ex-lover John Proctor, who doesn't even want her anymore. Abigail enlists Proctor's servant, Mary, and has her plant a voodoo doll in the Proctors' house and frame Elizabeth as being a witch. While Abigail is accusing people of witchcraft, the townspeople are becoming more and more nervous and end up accusing random people and wrongfully pointing their fingers. This is exposing the fact that Abigail has the power to control people even when she isn't around them, and she can indirectly make anything happen.
Just like Abigail, Lord Voldemort, from the Harry Potter series, has such an influence and great power over people and chooses to use it selfishly. He has a large group of followers who end up inflicting horror and mass hysteria on the whole magical world. Voldemort also has one of his followers, Peter Pettigrew, frame Sirius Black just to get to the Potters as Abigail does with Mary and Elizabeth.
Just like Abigail, Lord Voldemort, from the Harry Potter series, has such an influence and great power over people and chooses to use it selfishly. He has a large group of followers who end up inflicting horror and mass hysteria on the whole magical world. Voldemort also has one of his followers, Peter Pettigrew, frame Sirius Black just to get to the Potters as Abigail does with Mary and Elizabeth.
I like your first couple sentences since they relate what you are going to talk about to real life. However, I wish you had expanded more on that throughout the post (and especially in closing, rather than ending with statements about a fictional character).
ReplyDeleteMaddy, I love how you relate something that happened in the 1600's to a story of today's society! It definitely make the situation more relatable and fun for the reader! I definitely think that Voldemort and Abigail could be best friends (ha!) :)
ReplyDeleteI love the Harry Potter reference!!!! I as well connected the reading with Harry Potter and I LOVE your comparison of Abigail and Lord Voldemort!
ReplyDelete