- A good leader considers the will of the people.
- To maintain control, you must have power.
- Standing up to oppression takes great individual courage.
In view of what we have learned in our unit on the Middle Ages, choose one of the above statements and justify it through examples from our unit and if possible with examples from modern day society.
I chose.... 'To maintain control, you must have power.'
I think this is pretty pretty straight forward. The definition of power is 'the ability to do something or act in a particular way'. To be able to control something means that you have the power to control it. Power doesn't necessarily mean political power, though it is something related. The power that we usually refer to would be the power earned from a certain position, for example, king, president, school principle, etc. For example, King William taking control of England in 1066, or the power that the church had over the people at that time. A modern day example could be a position in our school here, like Mr. Chmelik being the school principle. But that's not the only type of power that exists. According to the definition from the dictionary, it could also be power in the sense that you have the ability to conquer the hearts of a person or many people. Of course, to keep control over a group of people, you need to gain trust and respect from a reasonable amount of people. Controling something can also be as simple as having the power to control yourself. Ironically, it's probably one of the hardest to do!
