Positions of authority

Authorities causing Hopelessness According to Collins English dictionary, Helplessness is being deprived of strength or power. People with authority use scapegoats, who are hopeless to take on their responsibilities. Family members and or the community cause helplessness on people with less authority. Helplessness is felt and displayed in the lives of different characters in the short stories The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas, Araby, Metamorphosis, and Young Goodman Brown. In the story,…

Power, is the ability to do something. Forms of superiorities can be social power, money, fear, or even physical strength. Power in all of its forms are sought after and wanted. In the short story,“ The Stolen Party,” by Liliana Heker a girl by the name of Rosaura is “invited” to her “friend’s” party but in reality Rosara was never invited as a guess. In Ray Bradbury's “The Fog Horn,” a monster of sorts emerges out of the water after hear the sound of its kind, it longs to be with another of a…

presented by a political rally demonstrates several relations of authority. In terms of the recent Bernie Sanders rally in Oakland, California, two authority relations of particular interest were that between rally leader/follower and parent/child. Interactions between these groups of individuals were recorded in the form of field notes. The field notes I wrote recorded details of interpersonal relations with respect to spatiality, authority figures, verbal and nonverbal communication, and…

Karel Capek published the book The War With the Newts in 1936. It was a satire on the policies of the Allies of Adolf Hitler. When a sea captain, Captain Van Toch, discovers a new species, he decided to train them to walk on their hind legs, and communicate. He also teaches them to dive for pearls. He receives money from the Dutch conglomerate to ship this new species, the Newts, to similar islands where pearl harvests have been impossible or unproductive. Eventually, it is determined that the…

In the novel Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, a group of British boys become stranded on an island without any adults there to govern them. Two boys are quickly established among them as leaders of the group. Ralph’s style of leadership is very democratic, listening to input from the other boys, making everyone equal, as well as trying to do what is best for them. In contrast, Jack has a dictator like way of ruling, discounting anyone else’s input, aiming for absolute power, and putting…

an inner core of about eight henchmen who used a degree of coercion on followers who threatened to defect” (41). His use of henchmen was hard power. Also, military officers use the soft power of charisma and the hard power of their command-control position. Therefore, soft power is multilateral and hard power is unilateral which can be used…

types ' of legitimate authority based on the type of legitimacy claimed therein; legal-rational authority; traditional authority, and charismatic authority. Each type, according to Weber, endows its ruler with a justifiable right to rule,…

Power is the ability to achieve one’s ends despite resistance. And Authority is The socially legitimated use of power. People who have power have ultimate control under those who do not. This is the reason that some places have a military rule. The military has all of the guns and other weapons, so they have power and use…

Traditional authority—or the ‘eternal yesterday’ as Weber puts it—is a dominant power which relies on tradition or custom. With this way of ruling, power is not challenged because this is how the society has always been run, and people respect the traditional values. Charismatic authority comes from society believing in a person’s personal charm, their personality, or their mission and values. Rational-legal authority, which is…

the ability to lead a group of people in order to reach a goal. Some also state that leadership is a position given to someone with authority. I think leadership is defined by actions. It is not just a title or position at work. Leadership is something that occurs at home, school, church, and within a group of friends. Leadership is how someone influences others and not how they use their authority. In class, we spoke briefly about the leaders that influence us in today's era. You mentioned…