Introduction:
In a Company of Fool wittern by Deborah Ellis,The story is a group of boys who go to St Luc’s and the time of trouble they go through when the Plague hits in the fourteenth century.In a Company of fools it dosnt really talk about power that much, the most power Deborah Ellis talked about is the black death, It killed almost all the peasents in the comunity.In paragraph one is going to talk about the black death arriving and the peasents dying from it, in the other paragraphs,its talking about the Proir having power of the church and lastly is talking about Micah with his singing talents that he thought he was good.
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When the black death arrived nobody knew what caused it,they thought it was the rats but it was the fleas in the rats,It was a disease that killed half the population.They experience…show more content… When the Abbot died the Prior became power of the church,the choir boys hated him and gave them a nickname the Pickle.”You must be very quiet, he said i've come to tell you that our beloved Abbot has just Died” (Page 147). The Prior went to stand up for the church to show his power giving a speech. “The Prior didn't help himself much. He cursed the crowd.’you would die!’ he screamed.” (Page 83)-
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When Micah got asked about the singing for the Prior he thought it would be good doing the job ( actually he thought it would be great ), even though he knew it wasn't a good idea and it would end badly not just for him but all of his friends. He thought with all the power he had it could solve everything and everyone because everyone listened to him because of that power but before it no one knew about him except the abbey, and after it all happened everyone hated him because of what he did. But it didn't take long for his dream to end.
Conclusion
This book from Deborah Ellis was a really good book to do an essay on, i covered on my essay was the black death, the Prior and Micah.In the book power could be used good or bad depends who using
