Question

In the context of this story, how does power corrupt? How does the balance of power between the children and the man change throughout the story?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Power can corrupt when someone is looking for power and when they start liking it, so they will go out and try to think they are better than other people.

Explanation:

The balance of power between the characters changed because when the man was stuck in the well the children thought they had more power over the man in the beginning of the story, but at the end of the story, the man in the well gained more power over over the children when he was making them scared because he knew their names which frightened them.

Answer 2

In the context of the story "The Man in the Well," by Ira Sher, we can say the following:

1. According to the story, power corrupts in the sense that, when we have it, we become cold, less empathetic, even cruel.

2, The balance of power between the children and the man changes throughout the story. First, the children hold all the power. They get to decide whether to save the man by calling for help.

However, once their names are revealed, they lose power. They know nothing about the man, but he knows something about them. Even the man's demeanor changes once he learns the names.

• "The Man in the Well" is a short story by Ira Sher. A man has fallen down a well, and he cries out for help.

• The narrator and his friends are the ones who can hear the man, since they were playing around the well.

• When the children realize they hold power over the man, they become less empathetic.

• Instead of going home and asking for help, they stay around the well, trying to get the man to reveal something about him.

• The children aren't necessarily cruel, but they know they are the ones who get to choose whether that man is rescued or not.

• However, one of children accidentally reveals the name of one of them. Now, there is a power shift.

• The man knows something about them now. He is the one who holds power. They know nothing about him.

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