The powerful have no power without the people

I am reading Witch and Wizard- The fire by James Patterson. This book is about two teenage brother and sister who are wizards and live in a world where they are being hunted down. This world is ruled by a man called The One who is The One, he banned books, art, music, dance, and any type of uniqueness! He believes if you do anything wrong you deserve to die. The girl Wisteria has the power of a million, and has a mission to destroy The One. He either wants to combine his power with hers or kill her.

Wisteria knows she is the most powerful person in the world, she feels the energy of her magic rush through her. But yet defeating The One seems impossible for her. She has him in her grip and cant bring herself to look at what she has done to him. She doesn’t want to be that kind of person, that kills for what they want. When she turns away he rises again even stronger. It shows he thrives off weakness. For that moment she showed no mercy he was powerless. Everyone was always afraid of him so no one stood up to him and stopped him. When someone finally does prove their power over him, he doesn’t believe that he is stronger. She doesn’t want to become him, someone who knows they have power, and that people should look up to them. She feels that by looking at him she will become a monster that it would take to kill someone. But to be that monster you have to kill because you just want to.

I have never liked people who thrive off power. The ones who put themselves on a throne above everyone else and expect to be respected. And they are, no one knows really what to say to them. I had a friend who did that, was mean and controlling to everyone and expected them to still be friends with her. After about five years everyone got sick of it, even her closest friends. People told her she wasn’t acting cool but she ignored them, and thought how dare they say that to me! Its not until everyone just left her did she realize, wow how have I been treating these people? Its like a chair, you need it to sit at a table, be high up and supported. Without the seat or legs of the chair you fall and get hurt. They don’t support you anymore so you cant be higher than them!