Power and Control
“Power and control can lead to a fight for freedom”. What this means is if people's lives are controlled by someone who has absolute power, It can cause them to want to do something about it. This can be anything from protesting to something larger like war. This theme is show in the following texts. Maus, Harrison and Bergeron and the movie Fury.
The short story Harrison and Bergeron is about how people with special abilities in any area of work were brought down to make the world equal. It connects to the theme of “power and control” because the government was forcing people with the higher abilities to ware technologies that restrict what then can do. For example Harrison had many of these restrictions because he was strong, beautiful and intelligent. He did not enjoy having these restrictions and wanted to show the world that without them everything would be great, This caused him to rebel. He went on to a live TV broadcast and everyone that was watching saw how he enjoyed being free of all the restrictions that he had been placed under. He had left the control of the …show more content…
They went through many different situation with the tank many having the odds against them, but they always found a way to get the job done. This Film connects to the theme of “power and control” because at the time the Nazi’s still had power in the region and controlled lots of Europe. The tank team along with the rest of their army fought to free Europe from the power hungry Nazis. An example of this would be when the tank team found a large German infantry platoon marching to attack a base. They were out gunned and alone, regardless of their disadvantage they drew them out and engaged them to buy time for their friends in the camp. The fight that they always put up throughout the film was to resist the power and control that the nazis had on Europe at the
“Power and control can lead to a fight for freedom”. What this means is if people's lives are controlled by someone who has absolute power, It can cause them to want to do something about it. This can be anything from protesting to something larger like war. This theme is show in the following texts. Maus, Harrison and Bergeron and the movie Fury.
The short story Harrison and Bergeron is about how people with special abilities in any area of work were brought down to make the world equal. It connects to the theme of “power and control” because the government was forcing people with the higher abilities to ware technologies that restrict what then can do. For example Harrison had many of these restrictions because he was strong, beautiful and intelligent. He did not enjoy having these restrictions and wanted to show the world that without them everything would be great, This caused him to rebel. He went on to a live TV broadcast and everyone that was watching saw how he enjoyed being free of all the restrictions that he had been placed under. He had left the control of the …show more content…
They went through many different situation with the tank many having the odds against them, but they always found a way to get the job done. This Film connects to the theme of “power and control” because at the time the Nazi’s still had power in the region and controlled lots of Europe. The tank team along with the rest of their army fought to free Europe from the power hungry Nazis. An example of this would be when the tank team found a large German infantry platoon marching to attack a base. They were out gunned and alone, regardless of their disadvantage they drew them out and engaged them to buy time for their friends in the camp. The fight that they always put up throughout the film was to resist the power and control that the nazis had on Europe at the