Powerless

     In the Novel Of Mice and Men, two main characters, Lennie and George go through their lives always chasing their dream of living on a ranch. In the end of the story Lennie and George are set in a ravine, the same ravine in which the story had started. Lennie once again asks George to tell him about the ranch. They both then hear the sound of men coming after them. George then suggests that they go to that ranch right now. George proceeds to raise Carlson's gun to Lennie's head and shoots. Both of the men were powerless and I believe that George had made the right decision. I have felt powerless before, quite a few times in fact.

     Just one of the many times i have felt powerless takes place in Virginia. I was at one of Tae-Kwon-Do tournaments at the time. Our classes were divided by belt, age, and weight. I was set into my class and put into a room where I saw all of my opponents. Then I over heard one of the class organizers talking about me to the rest of the organizers. Apparently I was a bit bigger than everyone else in my class, so he moved me up to a way bigger class. I mean bigger as in taller, heavier, and older. To say the least I was scared for my life, for I was just a small lad and these kids were huge. I was reluctant to say anything because I felt that it would be a sign of weakness. So I stayed, and was eventually led out into the arena along with everyone else. There were loads of people watching us enter. I was the first one to enter the arena, and then I saw my opponent. He was huge, at least twice as big as me. The judges didn't even care that it wasn't fair. I was helpless, powerless. I was truly powerless; there was no backing out, just him and you and five minutes of pain. The referee than said "Start". I was terrified and frustrated at the same time. Which didn't help me at all to fight. I was just trying to avoid his kicks as much as I could until he hit me. The pain was dreadful, and I honestly started to cry that it was that bad. I suffered through the five minutes getting kicked so hard. I got yelled at as well in between the rounds. It turned out really bad, but you learn from your mistakes.