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Brittany Woodhall 19th July 2010

The Loop Essay Outline

Thesis ideas
• People have a need for power by nature
• The higher up you strive for, the more radical and harder sacrifices become to get
to the top
• So what? Only certain people can do it?
• If so, does this make them worthy of their gained power, or evil for the grief
they’ve caused on others to get their power?

Thesis: Power is sometimes gained by hurting others for one’s own benefit; one who
rises from the detriment of others is not a worthy leader.

Four Arguments

Argument: These ‘leaders’ are often weak, using ‘scape-goats’ for reasoning rather than
blame themselves.
Evidence: “Everything seemed to be going wrong lately… In fact, now he came to think
of it, everything had been fine and dandy until those goddamn wolves showed up. Well, it
was time to get serious and get rid of them” (Evans, 253-254).

Argument: The power one has is often through other people’s efforts, not their own as
they like to let people think.
Evidence: “Lovelace remembered the man’s father, Henry Calder. His own father used to
call him ‘King Henry” and joke about how high and mighty he was” (Evans, 257).

Argument: Those who follow are only ones who have the same mindset, but not the
courage to follow through.(or stand up?) (not a good crowd to support you, will not
follow when you fail)
Evidence: Clyde “was always so keenly tuned to Buck’s mood, always a little too eager
to please. Whatever Buck’s opinion, it became Clyde’s as well and if Buck changed his
mind, even if he argued that black wasn’t black after all, but white, then Clyde would
soon be laboring through paler and paler shades of grey until he got there too” (Evans,
187).
Evidence: “ ‘If you ask me, he’s past it. Way too old.’ ‘I didn’t’ Buck snapped… Clyde
held up his hands. ‘Okay, okay.’ ‘And don’t ‘okay, okay’ me either. Jesus!’ He slammed
a fist on the steering wheel.” (Evans, 342)
Evidence: “ ‘Dan wants to kill the rest of the wolves… Or are we all supposed to call it,
what was it? Oh yeah, ‘lethal control.’… Dan sighed. ‘They killed one of your father’s
calves.’ ‘So Dan’s going to let himself be bullied into doing exactly what your father
wants: get rid of the wolves. No wolves, no way—all you have to do is shout loud
enough.’ … ‘Sometimes you have to lose a battle to win the war.’ ‘That’s bullshit, Dan.
You’re just letting Calder push you around… If you don’t take a stand against people like
him, you’ll never win the war’” (Evans, 385-386).
Evidence: “Dan was still seething from his encounter with Buck Calder. ‘I told you he
was a piece of work,’ Rimmer said… ‘Piece of something, anyway.’ ‘Oh, he’s okay.
Brittany Woodhall 19th July 2010

Reckon his bark’s bigger than his bite. He’s one of these guys likes to test you, see how
tough you are’” (Evans, 35).

Argument: By guilt or revenge (by those who were pushed down), one will regret their
choice of path to power.
Evidence: “ ‘Do you think, Joseph, their life is the same as ours? I mean, what it’s made
of, that little flicker or spirit or whatever it is, inside them. Do you think it’s the same as
what we have inside us?’ ‘No dear of course not. How could it be?’ Her puzzling seemed
to have drained her, for she closed her eyes and sank back on her pillow, with a faint,
contented smile on her lips. ‘You’re right,’ she sighed. ‘How silly I am. How could it
be?’” (Evans, 296).
“Before he died, the wolfer wanted to say sorry but there was no one to say it to. The
only person who’d understand was Winnie and she was dead. He wondered how long
she’d known about ‘that little flicker,’ as she’d called it, and why she hadn’t told him
before, though he knew in his heart he’d never have listened” (Evans, 372)
Evidence: (Things that were once used as an excuse are coming back to bite the one who
started them in the first place) (INCLUDE CONTEXT) “Suddenly, though her shock and
outrage, something he’d once said came back to her. She braked hard and skidded to a
stop, then reversed back so that she was looking right down on him from the window.
‘Wanting something can be better than getting it, remember? Think of it as a favor.’”
(Evans, 357).

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