Examples of How Power Corrupts

10/30/13
Block 4

POWER CORRUPTS

Power corrupts because human nature provokes people to never be satisfied with what they have. My first example of power corrupting is in the book OTH. Han , the narrator tells how Om has power over the students : “ When my conversation with Sokdae was over he put his lunchbox up on the desk. This was the signal for everyone to open their lunchboxes.” (13) This passage shows that Om , the bully is using his power to get lunch from his classmates. Another example of power corrupting occurred when Adolf Hitler , a corrupt leader who , exterminated the jews during the holocaust , abused his power and created fear.{http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/holo.html}.This passage shows that Hitler was becoming the center of Nazi , Germany , Hitler got corrupted by absolute power because his tactics were deceiving like offering false peace with his enemies , only to invade them. My final example of power corrupting , is portrayed in the lyrics of the video to Coldplay’s” Viva La Vida.” The lyrics to the song mean that there was a king who felt like he ruled the world. He was a tyrant who enjoyed ruining peoples lives , and seeing them fear his wrath. (Forum). This passage shows that the king had control and power over his people , but the power got to his head and he did bad things to his people. Because the king was a tyrant to his people , his people overthrew and replaced him with a new king. In conclusion , power can be corrupted in many different ways. One example of corrupted power is OM , and how he had power over his classmates. Another example is Adolf Hitler , and how he killed the Jews. My final example of corrupted power is the song lyrics to“ Viva La Vida” by Coldplay , and how the king was a bad ruler to his people.