Power and Justice Introduction Paper – 50pts.

Consider yourself as son/daughter, a friend, and a student at WHS. Describe these relationships in terms of power and justice. In each of the three areas, are things fair or unfair? Do you feel you have power or are you without it? Support each idea with vivid specific examples.

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Examples…

“I have too much power over my friends because they always do what I say.”

“I have a lot of power over my friends, because they always do what I say. For example, if we’re going to the movies, we won’t end up seeing a movie that I don’t want to see.”

“…Over the summer, our group was standing around Del Amo outside Johnny Rockets. Mike starts pretending to be batman and all of the guys laugh, so he says, ‘let’s go see The Dark Night.’ They all start talking, getting excited, but I just kicked back because I didn’t want to see it again. Lucas says, ‘you wanna go?’ and I just shake my head. So, they sort of stop. I realize that they’ll probably go to whatever movie that I say, like I said, I pretty much have the power with them. I’m not saying it’s right, in fact it’s probably not right, but it’s true. Just to see if I can, I say, ‘we need to see Mamma Mia’ and I start walking…