The acts of oppression and fear through silence are evident in my own portrayal of staying silent in a time of crisis. During my freshmen year, I was faced with my own choices between silence or words. The club I was an officer of was constantly restrained and oppressed by the president who was unwilling to give up power and control. The leader ruled through the silence of his subordinate officers, who were unable to do anything because of their fears. “In the cause of silence, each one of us draws the face of her own fear- fear of contempt, of censure, or some judgement, or recognition, of challenge, of annihilation” (Paragraph 12, Lorde). The group leaders feared their own loss of power and the loss of their status within the group. They
