Animal farm essay about power

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                                           Animal farm essay about power    
 
What is the nature of power and how do people get it and use it or abuse it    
 
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Power is having in control of things and by using force , lies and persuading people to believe  you, power can also be used for two things good and evil. Evil is abusing it by taking stealing or  being dictators. Good is helping people and protecting them and letting the people decide what  they want.   

 
 
Having power is being in control of things or controlling everything in your way or other  people's ways. Like in America we the people  control our country by voting and making new  propositions or we protest and make new papers to get different laws and talk to politicians to  make get everyones ways, but in other countries its different  in Cuba or North Korea  when the  dictator decides what's to do and can do anything without approval or regulations.   

 
So power can be obtained many ways you bribe with your money or your fame and he handed  down from family. During ancient times when the father was king and the son was born , after  the father would die the son would take power. Also in a dictatorship country power would go to  family after the dictator would die. In America we vote for this so we chose to have the leader if  we want or don't vote for him if we don't want him to be president. Possibly people can bribe  others to become a higher position in the government.   

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