Rise to Power
What motivates a person to strive for the highest position of authority? To what extent does this powerful person have to go until they are considered in-control of a situation? What drives the inner voice and intentions of that powerful person? Trevor, from The Destructors, and Jing-mei from Two Kinds are drastically different, but strikingly the same. Both characters portray an ardent desire for power and control, achieved however thru different means. Both got what they wanted by utilizing their acquired power.
Trevor is described as quiet and soft spoken, with a dark, demanding personality. He didn’t waltz in to the club meeting with a demanding air about him. He used precious time to build respect from the other club members. According to the story, he established his power slyly and quietly, “with an odd quality of danger and unpredictability” (Greene). He approached life differently …show more content…
The color ‘grey’ settles over the story like dust; the plan to destroy the house is conceived on an ‘grey’ an ‘drab August day’...even Trevor’s eyes are grey” (Feldmann 243). T’s drive for power changed the demeanor of the gang from “let’s have fun” to that of a dark, nasty disposition of destruction. He uses his newly acquired leadership to be creative in a destructive way (Feldmann). He also continued to make his power concrete when he appealed to the boy’s emotions in an immature way, making himself appear weak, to get them to feel sorry for him, resulting in obedience to his wishes. He used the words, “But why?…It isn’t fair” and pleads with them to make them feel empathy and stoop to his commands, which of course they did. At this point they were most likely fearful to turn against their new leader and consequently, Trevor had them in his powerful clutch, right where he wanted
What motivates a person to strive for the highest position of authority? To what extent does this powerful person have to go until they are considered in-control of a situation? What drives the inner voice and intentions of that powerful person? Trevor, from The Destructors, and Jing-mei from Two Kinds are drastically different, but strikingly the same. Both characters portray an ardent desire for power and control, achieved however thru different means. Both got what they wanted by utilizing their acquired power.
Trevor is described as quiet and soft spoken, with a dark, demanding personality. He didn’t waltz in to the club meeting with a demanding air about him. He used precious time to build respect from the other club members. According to the story, he established his power slyly and quietly, “with an odd quality of danger and unpredictability” (Greene). He approached life differently …show more content…
The color ‘grey’ settles over the story like dust; the plan to destroy the house is conceived on an ‘grey’ an ‘drab August day’...even Trevor’s eyes are grey” (Feldmann 243). T’s drive for power changed the demeanor of the gang from “let’s have fun” to that of a dark, nasty disposition of destruction. He uses his newly acquired leadership to be creative in a destructive way (Feldmann). He also continued to make his power concrete when he appealed to the boy’s emotions in an immature way, making himself appear weak, to get them to feel sorry for him, resulting in obedience to his wishes. He used the words, “But why?…It isn’t fair” and pleads with them to make them feel empathy and stoop to his commands, which of course they did. At this point they were most likely fearful to turn against their new leader and consequently, Trevor had them in his powerful clutch, right where he wanted