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A powerful person has people who will follow him and do what he wants them to do. When the person keeps his followers happy, his power lasts and he gains more followers. The more followers he has, the more power he has. This power lasts until the person messes up or makes a mistake that turns his followers away. Many times the powerful reign of the person goes on indefinitely. There are good and bad people with power. Good people with power can start charities and do other good things. Bad people with power can abuse their power in many different ways. It is easy for a person in a position of power to get away with crime. Powerful people can commit rape, substance abuse, and murder without being punished for a long time …show more content…
How Montana 1948 relates to this issue
Specifically, in the fictional novel Montana 1948, the Hayden family has all the power in their small town, and Frank Hayden abuses his power and rapes young women. One brother, Wes, is the sheriff and the other brother, Frank, is the doctor. Frank sexually abuses many of his female Native American patients and rapes them. He knows he will not be punished for this because he is a white male and they are Native American females. Since these women are low class, they are afraid to say anything about being molested because they know Frank will deny it and it will make them look bad. Franks also gets away with his crimes because he is a charismatic person and everyone in his social class likes him and enjoys being around him and think he is a good person. Not only did his good profession, white skin colour, and charismatic personality help him abuse his power, his family …show more content…
Michael Swango in Blind Eye: How the Medical Establishment Let a Doctor Get Away with Murder, when Dr. Swango tries to kill patients. Dr. Swango, a prominent doctor, murdered many patients and got away with it for a long time. Nobody commented on these murders because everyone respected him as a doctor. His murders were regarded as accidents by the hospital. This shows the difference in social class levels between a doctor and a nurse. In a hospital, a doctor’s word is taken above a nurse’s word. Nurses saw Dr. Swango murder other people, but his word that he did not do it went above the nurse. This was also the case when hospital workers and other patients noticed him murdering others. Eventually, he would kill enough people in one hospital and others would start to realize what was happening. At that point, Dr. Swango would leave the hospital and another hospital would hire him soon after. Many people trusted and protected Dr. Swango because he was a doctor, even though he was also a psychopath. It was made very difficult for outsiders to try and charge Dr. Swango with murder because the high level people in the hospitals did not want to give over any evidence. This occurred because these doctors wanted to protect a fellow doctor, even though they knew he did something terrible. If he had been a nurse trying to kill patients, then a doctor probably would have noticed and said something and he would have been
A powerful person has people who will follow him and do what he wants them to do. When the person keeps his followers happy, his power lasts and he gains more followers. The more followers he has, the more power he has. This power lasts until the person messes up or makes a mistake that turns his followers away. Many times the powerful reign of the person goes on indefinitely. There are good and bad people with power. Good people with power can start charities and do other good things. Bad people with power can abuse their power in many different ways. It is easy for a person in a position of power to get away with crime. Powerful people can commit rape, substance abuse, and murder without being punished for a long time …show more content…
How Montana 1948 relates to this issue
Specifically, in the fictional novel Montana 1948, the Hayden family has all the power in their small town, and Frank Hayden abuses his power and rapes young women. One brother, Wes, is the sheriff and the other brother, Frank, is the doctor. Frank sexually abuses many of his female Native American patients and rapes them. He knows he will not be punished for this because he is a white male and they are Native American females. Since these women are low class, they are afraid to say anything about being molested because they know Frank will deny it and it will make them look bad. Franks also gets away with his crimes because he is a charismatic person and everyone in his social class likes him and enjoys being around him and think he is a good person. Not only did his good profession, white skin colour, and charismatic personality help him abuse his power, his family …show more content…
Michael Swango in Blind Eye: How the Medical Establishment Let a Doctor Get Away with Murder, when Dr. Swango tries to kill patients. Dr. Swango, a prominent doctor, murdered many patients and got away with it for a long time. Nobody commented on these murders because everyone respected him as a doctor. His murders were regarded as accidents by the hospital. This shows the difference in social class levels between a doctor and a nurse. In a hospital, a doctor’s word is taken above a nurse’s word. Nurses saw Dr. Swango murder other people, but his word that he did not do it went above the nurse. This was also the case when hospital workers and other patients noticed him murdering others. Eventually, he would kill enough people in one hospital and others would start to realize what was happening. At that point, Dr. Swango would leave the hospital and another hospital would hire him soon after. Many people trusted and protected Dr. Swango because he was a doctor, even though he was also a psychopath. It was made very difficult for outsiders to try and charge Dr. Swango with murder because the high level people in the hospitals did not want to give over any evidence. This occurred because these doctors wanted to protect a fellow doctor, even though they knew he did something terrible. If he had been a nurse trying to kill patients, then a doctor probably would have noticed and said something and he would have been