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Monday, May 11, 2015

Do You Have Power?

Today in class we were having a very interesting discussion about how you can tell who has more power in a situation. We were talking about if there were potential ways to tell if two people are having a conversation, which of them has more power.

We originally started in regards to scenes in The Great Gatsby, and talking about which character seemingly had the most power in context of what was happening in the text. For example, we talked about how Daisy, who despite talking at a murmer, held the most power when we first meet her because everyone is leaning in to hear what she has to say. She had to hold the most power in that situation or people just wouldn't listen to her.

We then listened to a report on NPR about language and power. It was very interesting that it started out talking about the filler words we use, and how two people might be more compatible based on the types of words we use. At the end, it suggested that the language we use can also show how much power we have in that situation.

It was interesting because we also heard that you cannot change your language to change your personality, but rather, your language changes when you person changes.

Are there any patterns you see in people's behavior and how they assert their power? Do more factors beside language, or lack thereof, play into who has more power?

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