“Power,”
such an odd expression. There’s electrical power, solar power, and then there’s
power. This imaginary sense of energy everyone talks about, where it comes from
no one knows.
The
irony was that even though I’d seen Will and Sophie go through their drama
enough times to know it by heart, i was still completely surprised when I
suddenly found myself a part of it. One bad move on one night, and the next
thing I knew it was me she was after-me who was the [s***], the [w****]-and
me cut out, not only of her life, but one I’d come to know as my own, as well. Pg 125
I believe in the book I’m reading, “Just
Listen” by Sarah Dessen, Annabel’s ex-best friend, Sophie has the “power.”
Sophie
and Annabel had the ideal friendship. They did everything together and told
each other everything. They were best friends since the sixth grade and were
now in highchool. But Annabel gave up a lot for Sophie. She ignored people and
she made fun of people, even those she used to be friends with, she basically
became a bully, and that’s not saying she liked it. Annabel’s world was turned
upside-down, inside out in every which way possible when the friendship ended.
Once Sophie ended the friendship that she originally initiated, Annabel was
kicked to the bottom of the popularity pyramid.
How
does that power get shown… I think the question should be how is the power not seen.
Sophie had control of Annabel’s life without even meaning to. She just did.
When their friendship ended, all of Annabel’s other friendships did too. If
Sophie was mean to her everyone else was too, if she calls her a name so did
everyone else, if she even gave her the slightest dirty look everyone mimicked
her. Sophie was like the nucleus in a cell, she told everyone what to do and
everyone did it, just because. She had some type of control over everyone. Why?
Because she had a way of manipulating everyone. Even her boyfriend was an
example of why she had this power: he was the male version of Sophie, herself.
In
school, there is always that one person that everyone talks about, but still
wants to be friends with no matter what type of person they are. It happens
everywhere, I mean come on there was at least one person that came to mind, it
can’t be controlled. Power like this can be shown in the movie Cyberbully, where a teen is bullied by
her ex-best friends to the point where she attempts to commit suicide. A bit
extreme, but you understand what I’m trying to say. My point is, in the words
of Eleanor Roosevelt,
“No one can make you feel inferior without
your consent.” And
with this power that people hold over others and friends hold over each other, I
just want everyone to be more aware of their actions and how they treat each
other.
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