Abuse of Pwer

Hope, Nathan

Mr. Troy Voth

English 12:4

2 February 2005

Senior Research Paper

Fascism: The abuse of privilege and power.

I. intro - The abuse and corruption of power.

A. context-Abuse of power

1. within society there is always elected officials throughout history, this is a constant within the human and animal world.

2. This power can be abused.

B. Focus-Some elected officials can abuse this power

In the George Orwell book Animal Farm, corruption of leadership is shown when the pig Napoleon turns his role as farm leader into dictator.

C. A hunger for power and money leads to corruption and the abuse of power

II. Body-Examples of power abuse within our society

A. nonfiction-The Jonestown massacre

1. Corrupt leaders in society can “brainwash” their followers

a) Mass suicide

(1) The Jonestown massacre that took place in Guyana

(2) it was evident that the people were "brainwashed"

(3) The constant re-occurrence of elected officials

2. What causes us to pass off our responsibilities to others?

I) The lack of want for responsibility

s) Religious and political leaders

c) Maybe they are more qualified?

t) Is it just our fault for electing bad leaders?

3. it’s nobody’s fault that these leaders have become corrupt.

i) Corruption is usually a product of greed.

s) High-up officials take their power and abuse it because of their greed and disregard for others.

c) This is shown in almost every case of this by

t) These cases are shown and shape our history

B. Fiction

i) A true example of fascism and power abuse is shown in the book Animal Farm

s) In Animal Farm Napoleon abuses his power as leader and corrupts his fellow pigs

c) This leads to a downfall in the farm

t) This relates to modern day dictatorships

C. Contemporary

i) In Iraq, Saddam Hussein abused his power and ruined his country for his citizens.

s) This required a call to action by the world to remove him and his regime.

c) This led to the downfall of the Iraqi nation because of his