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Om Sokdae Addiction Quotes

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Addiction comes from the Latin word addictiōn, which means a giving over or surrender. When one is addicted to something they give over their entire life and let it consume their thoughts, they will do anything to get and keep it. Although, most only think of an addiction as something of substance. Contrary to their beliefs, people can become addicted to power or being in a higher rank. The character in the book Our Twisted Hero by Yi Munyol, Om Sokdae, gets addicted to having power in the classroom and becomes manipulative towards his classmates in order to keep them under his thumb. Power is addictive. After watching him for a while, Han comes to realize that Sokdae can steal anything from his classmates. Because they are so afraid of him, Sokdae only has to compliment the …show more content…

This is another example of Sokdae’s manipulation that comes with him being in power because he forces the other boys to do his work. Pak Wonha explains this to Han when he catches him erasing Pak’s name and writing Om Sakdae on the exam. “’It can’t be helped. All of the others do it, too. And Sokdae changes turns fairly, so the loss is evenly distributed. With the exception of Sokdae, our ranking is all according to ability. That’s if some lucky boy like you doesn’t get in front of us.” (Munyol 77) This evidence supports the claim because it is a perfect demonstration of how Sakdae does everything to stay in power. Contrary to what Han believed about him earlier, Sokdae is not the smartest in the class. So in order to remain ranking at the top of the class, he has other boys take his test for him. Obviously they wouldn’t argue with him, because as said before they will be punished, most likely beaten. As a result, Om Sakdae has been manipulating the class with violence in order to remain

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