“A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.”- John C. Maxwell. You are given the key to the United States, with this key comes great power. Do you believe you would use that power to help, defend, and treat others? Or would you use it selfishly? When people are given a leadership role, it can sometimes be uncertain what can happen. For example, Adolf Hitler was a leader who many believe was the worst leader in history. He was a man who thought of himself and world domination. These are some qualities of an unfit leader. More qualities of a bad leader are arrogance, lack of integrity, and using fear to get people to listen to you. The responsibilities of a good leader are the opposite of an unfit one. A good leader should
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Owell did this by using different qualities that make up a bad leader. One quality he wrote the government to have was to be over controlling and make it so nobody has their own opinions and the Party can’t be trusted. Winston thinks about how the thought police or telescreens control, by if you say, do, or think the wrong thing you could be instantly killed. It states in the novel, “It was terribly dangerous to let your thoughts wander when you were in any public place or within range of a telescreen. The smallest thing could give you away.” The Party controls how you have to act by just watching you and having you fear them. Winston realizes that the Party controls everything and never tells you the truth. He finds that the Party is able to control the past, present, and the future by controlling historical records, language, and your thoughts. Winston thinks to himself, “Day by day and almost minute by minute the past was brought up to date...All history was a palimpsest, scraped clean and reinscribed exactly as often as was necessary. In no case would it have been possible, once the deed was done, to prove that any falsification had taken place. ” He knows the Party changes the past since he works in the Ministry of Truth. Winston edits and rewrites history in different forms of media to show the people the Party’s version of the past and what is happening in the present. He knows that the …show more content…
The people Odysseus leads disobeys him and kills the cows after Eurylochus convinces them too. Even though they killed the cows Odysseus still wanted to protect the people who had betrayed him. They were not afraid to go against his rules in a time when they were starving. In 1984, if you had gone against the Party and been caught you would be tortured and eventually killed. Odysseus uses his power in a way where even though they did not follow his directions, he told them he disapproved but still helped them survive. Another example that shows how Odysseus was a good leader is when Odysseus prays at the beginning of the story. He knows that the men are starving, and instead of forcing someone to go get food, he goes to pray to the gods about getting away. In paragraph 1 it says, “One day, therefore, I went up inland that I might pray heaven to show me some means of getting away.” He could make someone go die while trying to go get food, but he respects them and tries to help
Owell did this by using different qualities that make up a bad leader. One quality he wrote the government to have was to be over controlling and make it so nobody has their own opinions and the Party can’t be trusted. Winston thinks about how the thought police or telescreens control, by if you say, do, or think the wrong thing you could be instantly killed. It states in the novel, “It was terribly dangerous to let your thoughts wander when you were in any public place or within range of a telescreen. The smallest thing could give you away.” The Party controls how you have to act by just watching you and having you fear them. Winston realizes that the Party controls everything and never tells you the truth. He finds that the Party is able to control the past, present, and the future by controlling historical records, language, and your thoughts. Winston thinks to himself, “Day by day and almost minute by minute the past was brought up to date...All history was a palimpsest, scraped clean and reinscribed exactly as often as was necessary. In no case would it have been possible, once the deed was done, to prove that any falsification had taken place. ” He knows the Party changes the past since he works in the Ministry of Truth. Winston edits and rewrites history in different forms of media to show the people the Party’s version of the past and what is happening in the present. He knows that the …show more content…
The people Odysseus leads disobeys him and kills the cows after Eurylochus convinces them too. Even though they killed the cows Odysseus still wanted to protect the people who had betrayed him. They were not afraid to go against his rules in a time when they were starving. In 1984, if you had gone against the Party and been caught you would be tortured and eventually killed. Odysseus uses his power in a way where even though they did not follow his directions, he told them he disapproved but still helped them survive. Another example that shows how Odysseus was a good leader is when Odysseus prays at the beginning of the story. He knows that the men are starving, and instead of forcing someone to go get food, he goes to pray to the gods about getting away. In paragraph 1 it says, “One day, therefore, I went up inland that I might pray heaven to show me some means of getting away.” He could make someone go die while trying to go get food, but he respects them and tries to help