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Power means having possession of control, authority, or influence over others and language is a form of communicating. Julia Penelope’s quote reveals the connection between language and power because she is saying that with our words, we can influence and control other people.
Power emerges in “The Island” because the other characters in the story are trying to influence and control the main character. They do this by telling him that if he is caught loitering in the streets, he will be put in jail (42). Another way that power emerges in “The Island” is the author influencing the readers to think about the ending in their own way by leaving it up for interpretation. The author does this by leaving the ending with a little kid asking his dad if the main character’s corpse is an “island” (49).