Simon Says

What Can Happen When Someone Is Given Too Much Power?

When you were a kid, you probably played games with your friends or siblings right? Simon Says, for example, is a game pretty that much anyone has played. One person is given the power to make others do whatever movement they want, but only if they say “Simon says” first. What if someone you really didn’t like was standing a bit too close to the left of someone? You could make the person to their right hit them just by saying “Simon says raise your left arm quickly”. It seems mean, but it’s a possibility. When given power people can sometimes react in a cruel, rude, and even violent manner. Why do they do this? What makes people act the way they do? In 1971, Philip Zimbardo asked himself …show more content…
Although the story is designed to explain how fire and disease came to exist in the human world, there is also clear usage of power. Prometheus, a titan who for some unknown reason, along with his brother, Epimethius, was not sent to prison, saw how the humans suffered. They lived in caves, gelid, with no way to protect themselves, no means to build shelter, and no way to cook food, unlike how it was when Saturn was king. Prometheus had seen this and begged Jupiter, who was leader at the time, to give them fire. He had refused to use his power to give them flame out of fear. Prometheus then became determined to help the humans. While wandering the beach, he found a stalk of fennel, or a reed, with a dry hollow center filled with pith. He picked up the reed, held it up to the sun to catch the pith on fire, which would burn rather slowly, and then he hurried down to the humans and gave it to them, showing them how to make more. After he had done this, Prometheus showed them how to cook food, build shelters, and defend themselves. Humans came out of the caves they had lived in, and flourished with the new skills they had acquired. When Jupiter had found out about this, he became angry. He decided to let the humans keep their fire, but he wanted to …show more content…
Let’s take the music industry for example. Today, music has an impeccable impact on the media. There’s so many artists with huge influences, but with no real words. If they make good music and use their words to get a message across, wouldn't that make a good impact and be a good usage of their power? Sorority Noise wrote a song called “Using”, and in this song he talks about how he has horrible habits like smoking, but then as the song develops he talks about what he should do. The chorus says “I stopped wishing I was dead, learned to love myself before anyone else. Become more than just a burden, I know I’m more than worthy of your time”. That can influence someone to try and do the same thing if they look up to him. If someone who struggles with self hatred, for example where to hear that song and where to look up to that musician, the musician could use his power through his words to influence that person to work on their views on themselves. How about actors? If someone like Kevin Hart where to go on an environmental project where he helps clean highways, wouldn’t his fans also be influenced to clean up their streets? People who are famous are able to use their power in positive ways through their influences on the media. The problem is most don’t, but if they really want to they