Power defines life. In life there are always people in charge of something or someone. Once we decide that we need to live with power and not for it we will understand that power is in fact meaningless. In George Orwell’s essay “The Hanging” an authority figures narrates the journey of a Hindu man in jail who was condemned to the gallows of death. Another authority figure, the superintendent, wishes for the man to die in order to go eat breakfast. This statement was a reflection of how abuse of power can become so disgusting and racist that it can determine the faith of innocent people. Power is a double-edged sword. It can give the courage to plea for life in the breach of death or the inhumanity to send a living man to die. We have the power to make the right decisions every day. Sometimes we can’t change the situation but we can always rely on ourselves.