In class we read a short story called “The Bet”, “The Bet” is a story about a banker and a lawyer and they make a bet about the lawyer staying in jail and if it’s better to stay in jail and live but barely or to be executed. This short story was written by a very famous author Anton Chekhov. Anton Chekhov has also written books such as, “Darkness”, “The Darlng”, “A Dead body ”, and many others.

  The way that this story shows relationships is that how the lawyer could have not taken the bet, grown up, had a family but instead he decided to go on without a relationship. Even though the lawyer was closed in the wing, he still had relationships. He had a bond with his knowledge and his books.  Power could change a relationship by showing the other what it means to be wealthy or wise. Power also changes the person by having the person take responsibility for there actions and not letting the fact of having power get to the persons head. For all they know they might loose that power in a couple of years they could have lost that power over people.

  In the end I like the story the bet because it teaches people about endurance, power, strength, money, and most of all the wonders of knowledge.

        The word that I choose that decribes chapter 3 and 4 is Vie. I chose Vie because in the chapters three and four , In the “Outsiders” the gang of the Greasers and the Socs compete for respectand the girls. The are there for victory to fight one another , Like when jhonny and ponyboy were out at 2:30 am. in the morning, the Socs had arrived and they wanted to fight because the greasers were with Cherry, and Glory, the Socs girls. So the Socs wanted revenge . They saw the greasers at the park and started to fight until…………all of a sudden ponyboy killed the people from the gang “Socs.” Thats why i chose the word Vie because it mostly about what gang is better and stronger so they have to compete with one another.

1. When and how do you use power in your interactions with others? Everyone used power everytime, everywhere. We use it in many diffrent ways. Some people use it in a good way and some people takes advantage of it. Sometimes we use it unconsciously. Using it in a good way would be like making people feel appreciated, or helping those people who needs help. Taking advantage of it will be like using it in a bad way. For example, there are many people in the world who thinks that they are better than everyone. They also feel like they are incontrol. They want to control people in any way that they please.

2. Identify situations in personal relationships that reflect power struggles.

In every relationship, there is always someone who controls it. In my opinion, girls are always the one who are incontrol. But there are some points where guys feels that they have to be the one controlling the relationship since they are men. This usually leads to fighting. They argue about who is better and who has more power.

3.Where do you see or have seen power struggles occuring in your surroundings? (neighborhood, community, local government, etc.) I see power struggles in many different places. One is with the goverment. Some people disagree with the way the government controls the people. Some wants to replace them with a new one who will govern them in the way they want. Another one is with families. Some kids don’t appreciate what their parents does for them so they choose not to follow them. These are called power struggles.

4. Give examples of personal experiences of power struggle situations. What was the outcome?

An example of a power struggle is when you have a little sibling. You have power over them. You can tell them what to do. You can use this power in a good way or in a bad way. However, there will be times where your little sibling would be going through a stage where they don’t want to follow you. Where they would want to have more power over you than you do over them. The outcome of this is fighting. Your mom will probably tell you to just let your little sibling do whatever they want.

     Old-School

     I chose Old-School becuase this story was back in the days. It was also becuase they did not use any guns or bombs back in the days also, They only used knifes or blades. It was mostly going on with gangs like greasers and socs in the book,”The Outsiders.” It was Old-School also to me because back in the days there were alot, but I mean alot of greasers, But now I hardly see any now in days. Another  reason it is because they drived old cars and had long hair with grease on it, combed back.

Identify situation in presonal relationship that reflects power struggles?

The situation in a personal relationship that reflects power struggles is for example a older sister and her younger brother. The older sister might take power and since the younger brother looks up to his sister he might listen to her all the time.Then he might get tired or bored of listening to her that they might get into a fight .The older sister might struggle to do it after because she was used o having her younger brother doing it for her. Another way I look at it is with a friend and you are copying his/her homework. So when it comes to the test your not going to know what to do because all you did was copy his/her homework assignments. It is power to me because how i think about it ”Power is Knowledge” because these things that you are learning right now you are going to need them in the future as you go along in life.

Give examples of personal experiences of power struggles?

The example that I have is when, I was copying my friends homework and i really didn’t get to learn nothing because i was just copying that kids homework. But after when it came to the test I did not know what to do because all I ended up doing was copy and not learn anything. So now i have learned of doing my work and trying to study for my things that I will need to pass on and succeed in life. Another examples is When I got a lot of money for my birthday and it was $950.00. So when I went to the store I could just buy anything that i wanted because money is also power in this world. Also what I know that is power in this world is knowledge. I know that for a fact because everyone has the intension to use there knowledge and use it wisely for right now and there future.

When how, do you use power in your interaction with others?

I use power when i really have to use it. I use m power by using knowledge and trying my best to do thing the way they are. I am writing this because that power of knowledge that us kids use will help us succeed in life and will help me to a point were I am going to be someone in my future.So people look up to me and try to be like me in some way. You can also interact power with others by being a role model to them. Like for example Christopher Columbus is a great role model to us because he discovered the United States of America. That is something important in history to us Americans.

Where do you see power struggles occurring in your surroundings? (Neighborhood,Community,and Government?)

I see power struggles in the community and the government, but mostly the government. I say the government because it is all his fault that we are wasting more money on things. Those things are like Gas and taxes that have raised for the last past year and our community does not like what he is doing. The government is using power by making up rules and not letting the community decide the things that they want for us. The government is getting mostly all the money that he has right now from people that make money and they have to pay there taxes and the other things that he has raised in the past years or months.