Journal January 14th

With a little less than 3 days and a weekend, the group is striving to finish a first draft of their essay. In this class, the thesis has effectively been changed to create a stronger, more defined essay. The new thesis is:

"The power of a group comes from a collective whole but those who articulate the power end up benefiting the most."

In their essay, they plan to prove:

- King Gyanendra and Yertle used the support of their subjects to increase their control of their Kingdom. Yertle's calling more turtles was parallel to Gyanendra's abolition of the elected government in 2005. Ultimately, this benefitted him more than the people he was meant to work for.

- They will include a paragraph comparing Mack and Maoist leader, Prachanda. How they lead a revolution to hold the masses but ended up with much more benefit than a common member of the group. There were no initial attempts to profit but they did.

That being said, the group will continue to work away!