Examples Of Manipulation In The Play Oleanna

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A individual that has been influence with a organization can be manipulate different ways that can have different outcomes. It 's easy to have someone be manipulate to do something that could have consequence for the victim or even themselves. The play Oleanna have some type organization or group related and it could also have some kind of common to gang relates. They both have similar type of manipulation that both have a cause and effect. They have a leader that lead them each step and they also have followers that follow their orders. . In the play Oleanna, Carol was going to confessed about something 's that was making her feel guilt but she never could confessed because of the interruption of the phone ring, In Act 1 page 37 Carol …show more content…
Just like what Carol was doing and how she did what she was told to do. Towards the middle of the play you start reading that Carol is more confidence than she had in the beginning of the play. In Act 2 page 54 she straight out tells him about the group she is in "Carol: My Group, John: Your "Group"…?(Pause), Carol: The people I 've been talking to..." This particular group is helping her get to this rebel act and trying to destroy a profession that is having trouble understand what a student is having trouble understand in …show more content…
In Act 3 page 71 John tells Carol he got fired but she has an exchange for him "John: What 's the use. It 's over, Carol: Is it? What is?, John: My Job, Carol: Oh. Your. That 's what you want to talk about....All Right (pause) What if it were possible that my Group withdraws its complaint...." In page 74 continues "John: In exchange for what...."and continues off to page 73 "Carol: …All right. I have a list. John: ...A List. Carol: Here is a list of books, which we... John:...a list of books...? Carol: That 's right. Which we find questionable.. John: What?" By this point, Professor John had got to the point that he is already going to lose his patience 's and he is not in the mood of play games. John has lost everything 's that he work all for nothing because of this group who decided to do anything to get him out of the university. The play Oleanna had a organization that from the beginning Carol was in between of been part of the organization or not and towards the end she was manipulated to go against Professor John career. The consequence of Professor John cost him his whole future and it was caused by Carol 's organization or

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