Oh no! Powers out!

A look through the theme of Power and Powerlessness

Life is filled with people who have power over others, whether its a boss, teacher, or parents its everywhere we look and of course in many assigned readings. During the end of March and beginning of April, I was once again assigned many readings that followed the theme Power and Powerlessness. When looking through this theme I was able to see many works that showed both someone receiving power, and losing it. If I’m quite frank I was not excited for this theme just because I grew up with people filled with dominance. However as I began to read more readings, I began to get excited to read stories where the once powerless stole the power. Then again that’s a personal reason that made me want to continue reading more stories. Anywho the theme of power and powerlessness is quite as simple as it seems, it is about people who hold power and those who may not, but the types of stories that can hold it are definitely not as normal. It seems people would do anything to reclaim power, going as far as murdering their loved ones or even manipulating others. This theme was not as personal as the other themes but more a test of how far you would be willing to go, as it had murder, fear, anxiety, and overwhelming emotion. I think I would recommend this theme to others, only if they are fine with dark themes and endings. As many of these stories have this situation.

Welcome to the next paragraph where I recommend you two readings out of my assigned work. Unfortunately i,m still confused on this one no amount of in-class discussion will help me understand this poem. The poem in question is “I’m Nobody! Who are you?” by Emily Dickinson, Its a very cute and short poem but I only got out of the feeling of being powerless to another one’s eyes. As I tried to gather clues to help me put this piece together, I fell in love with its weird rhyming and I definitely want to put this as a call for help. other than that I’m at a blank, please comment if you have read this poem so we can chat about it because Ill love to learn more about it. Next piece is “Power” by Edwina Matthews this piece speaks for itself, as it lists all types of things many may find power in. Although it may not be talking about a person themselves being powerful it shows that even if we are powerless we can find power in daily objects. Although I wish I could have talked about the readings in my paper as those were the ones that caught me off guard, these poems definitely helped me transition to this new theme. If you read any of these works or recommend any that fit this theme please comment down below Ill love to hear yall thoughts and opinions. This theme definitely is a little wilder depending on the assigned readings you get.

Now my personal connection with this theme, as said earlier I grew up around mainly male cousins. These males were around my age but due to society immediately deemed themselves to be better than girls (which I am). So I felt powerless pretty much my whole childhood, but there were times that I regained my power such as being the only one capable of riding a bike and being smarter than them. Feeling powerless as a young female is what society deems normal, as they believe males should continue to be the more dominant one. This situation caused me to grow a big ego in which I would then use to gain my own power. just like many of the works I had gone through years of feeling powerless and blew up. I wanted to have power, and at the time I found it in believing myself and pushing myself to be better than the rest. Of course, I grew up and began to lost that thrill I feel both powerful and powerless at the same time. These works were all unique and confusing in their own way, but I sincerely enjoyed it. I recommend you read the two from my recommended list, however, if you are interested in others that are more dark please leave a comment and ill do my best to share them with you. Thank you for reading, see you next week. (Word Count: 741)