This source talks about how President Bush is not going after Pakistan, the real enemies to the United States, but how he is invading Iraq, which is not as important. He can do this because he is the President of our country, and he is allowed to do what he thinks is best. However, I think that since his father was in Iraq when he was President, George Bush JR. feels like he had to finish what his father started. Therefore, he is using his power as President for his own personal accomplishments, instead of what is best for the country. This shows how power can corrupt people into doing things that other people don't want to do.
2) Bloom, Harold. "Summary and Analysis." Infobase. Literary Reference Center. Ebsco. Pascack Hills High School. 15 May 2008. Keyword: Macbeth.
This article talks about Macbeth and power. When one person has too much power, like Macbeth did, they become corrupt. Macbeth rose into power by killing many people, such as Duncan and Banquo. However, once he got into power, things began to go wrong for him. People who have so much power become so corrupt that eventually they will lose power. This was the case in Macbeth when he got killed by Macduff at the end of the play. He lost all of his supporters so they killed him. The same thing happened in Animal Farm. Napolean was not killed, but all of the animals hated him and had no support for him. Had the power not gone to his head, all of the animals would have been on Napolean's side for the entire novel, instead of losing their support toward the end.
3) Jenkins, Peter. "The Corruption of Power." New Statesman. New Statesman Ltd. Literary Reference Center. Ebsco. Pascack Hills High School. 16 May 2008. Keyword: Leaders and Corrupt.
This article talks about how people don't really know who they are electing when they pick a leader. They only know what they are told. They don't know what that person will be and do once they actually get into power. This applies to Macbeth and to Animal Farm. When Macbeth was but into power, no one knew that he would go aroudn killing everyone to get what he wanted. Also, when Napoleon was elected leader, none of the other animals knew that he was going to become a dictator ad be like the humans.
4) Tankersley, Jim. "Obama Keeps to Task At Hand, But Looks More and More to November." Chigaco Tribune. 10 May 2008. 21 May 2008
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Well done, but you may want to update your blog because we are done with Macbeth.
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