How Did Mark Twain Abuse Of Power

Imagine being forcefully held down while having a man you know to be a “doctor” inject dye into your eye, all because he had the power to do so. Imagine being ruled by a dictator who constantly sought political power while only looking out for himself, leaving over 3 million of his “people” to die due to starvation. Meet Josef Mengele and Kim Jong-II. Both of the men described share one key trait; they possessed power. These men only being two examples out of numerous others who lived or live to seek power, only to abuse it. Its known to mankind that people in this world gain power to only use it negatively, just look at Joseph Mengele and Kim Jong-II. So if the world consisted of people on an everyday basis abusing power, why wouldn't literature
In his essay, United States of Lyncherdom, Twain voices his opinion about the topic of lynching. He describes those who participate in lynching as people who take “the law into their own hands, when by the terms of their statutes their victim would certainly hang if the law had been allowed to take its course, for there are but few negroes in that region and they are without authority” (Twain 1). This firstly showing how power is abused because of the difference between one's race. Furthermore, Twain exposes the fact that white people have power against black people and will abuse that power in any way to make sure justice is only seen in their way. Although Twain believes that everybody doesn't agree with lynchings, in fact, Twain explains how more people despise lynching but only participate in lynching because of the fact that “ any strange and much-talked-of event is always followed by imitations” (Twain 2). In other words, fear motivates people to participate in lynching, because they see what happens to those who are seen as guilty. As a result, people unite and therefore creates a power that not only goes against the law but makes lynching acceptable. Because in the end, those with power are seen with people to back them