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American power has come up in many forms during our American literature class. On this wall I tried to represent the forms of power that were not just physical power but power that could not be measured through strength. The Women Warrior had expressed power through the struggle Fa Mu Lan had to make when she saw her villagers go into battle, and the what the emperor had done to them. her power had come from the list of grievances that she had written on her back. In the Great Gatsby Tom has both physical and emotional power. As a man of brawn and a somewhat lack of brain, he is a intimating man, but he also has power when he confront Gatsby at their final meeting. He has the power to control and manipulate Daisy and is able to call off Gatsby's affair. All the other walls are related to this one. Race, affluence, and fear represent either power or the lack of it. I thought that power was a big part of being American because it represents the ability and more freedom. In the Great Gatsby, Tom and Daisy utilize their power by backing away from the situation and practically got away with murder.