Corruption of Power - The Children of Men

Each in the altogether generation of human beings revels in the belief that its members are in the midst of a revolution. They are working toward a important change for humankind. They are type of the dawning of a refreshful era, one far divergent from, superior to, and more go on than that of generations prior to theirs. Literature and memoir both are ingest with stories of those who believe they are sack to make the world a better place to live. As we gibe these idealists come to indicant, the incredulity is whether they will in fact effectuate change or whether power in itself changes the individuals in power. In P.D. mob The Children of Men, Rolf initially speaks eloquently of the need for change besides eventually he dialog of his plans for when he becomes Warden are no different from Xans. When Theo bug outs Xan, his focus at a time turns to how to maintain power for himself quite an than what good he could do with his power. P.D. James novel The Children of Men shows that although globe may initially see power as a means to remedy unworthy, they eventually become corrupted by the power they seize; remedying evil becomes secondary or inconsequential and the true motive is maintaining power and garnering more power. \nWhen Theo asks Rolf what his plan is when he becomes Warden and it is no different from that of the catamenia Warden, and when Rolf abandons Julian and the others to alert the Warden of Julians pregnancy, James puts an image into readers minds of the tossing aside of ethics to keep power. In a conversation between Theo and Rolf near his plans for the islet of Man and the Quietus, Theo begins:\n presumptively youll do something about pacifying the Isle of Man. \nThats hardly a advanced priority. ¦ \nTheo said: I believe thats Lyppiatts idea, too. ¦ \n¦What about the Quietus? \nI shant interfere with peoples liberty to kill themselves ¦. \nThe Warden of England would agree. 1\nBefore Julian became p regnant and power crept in...