Prompt: There are those who believe that everything we do is inspired by the desire for power in its various forms. They maintain that our actions are nothing but expressions of a striving for power. In this view, even when we act kindly toward other people, we have some control over their lives, for our act of kindness put them partially in our power.
Assignment: Are people’s actions motivated primarily by the desire for power over others?
Essay: Power. Being in power is the state when a person can do whatever he blesses or torture whoever he wants whenever he feels like. The desire for power is so strong that it destroys the person’s life and decay his age. When a person has that power he seeks for more, making it an endless cycle that wither away a person’s reasonable thinking. That desire derives him to do every legal and illegal thing to stay where he is given that he must be void of every humane feelings to help him strive to achieve the target that is constantly changing.
However, not every action a person does is with the motivation of gaining power. A person volunteering in a retiring house, for instance, isn’t there to gain his share of power. He is there just because he feels the happiness and ecstasy that comes with helping others. Humanity. Having that quality is what makes every action you do not completely driven by desire to remain in control. Many people may say that power is the only motif for a person’s actions, but I believe otherwise.
A story like Jane Austin’s “Pride and Prejudice” can convey my point of view. Upon hearing that Lydia flew away from her parents’ house, mister Darcy made is his goal to find where Lydia and Wickham might be. This action was completely driven by one desire: to ease Elizabeth’s mind. He directly stated that he only did that because he only thought of what she, Elizabeth, would be feeling at the given second. He did went miles away from his sister and company just so he pleases his dear Elizabeth.
Another story is “Around the World in Eighty Days” by Jules Verne in which literature made it clear that not all actions are done to satisfy the power thirst. Mr. Fogg made it crystal clear that he wouldn’t leave India without Ouoda, the beautiful women that was to be sacrificed. He spent one day which was homologous deal for he had a bet to be done in Eighty Days trying again and again to free her; an action completely maneuvered by his humane heart.
In conclusion, I would like to say that not all actions are contrived by the desire for power. That destructive hunger was the reason a lot of countries has their citizens in poverty and their leaders in paradise. Humanity is the cure for every disease has a cure wither discovered or not yet. The desire for power has its, and its is having that humane heart that feels and can do anything just because of the happiness that that action convey. Thus I advise everyone to have such a heart to produce a healthful community.
“Being in power is the state when a person can do whatever he blesses or torture whoever he wants whenever he feels like. The desire for power is so strong that it destroys the person’s life and decay his age. When a person has that power he seeks for more, making it an endless cycle that wither away a person’s reasonable thinking. That desire derives him to do every legal and illegal thing to stay where he is given that he must be void of every humane feelings to help him strive to achieve the target that is constantly changing.”
This is a highly negative definition of power. That’s not inherently bad, but it’s not the only way to see power. (Superman has good powers. The power to cheer someone up is a good power. The power to exercise focus under times of chaos is a good power…)
If you are going to define a word, you should rely on a source. Otherwise the view, whether too positive or too negative, is completely subjective. Perhaps using a real dictionary definition of the word power can open up some new possibilities for you. Or instead of a dictionary definition, you can find a quote from a literary source, speaking to a view of power. At least that way, even if you choose a highly negative view of power, you’re backed up by the opinion of a respected thought leader.
Also, without digging into a deep grammar/spell check, I just saw two corrections: “motif” (change to motive) and “He did went miles away” (remove the “did.”) Also “wither discovered or not yet” should be “whether.” And “The desire for power has its, and its” (seems like something is missing from that sentence.)
@helpingteens thanks for answering so you would give that essay a grade of what?