Day 1 of the daily challenge in February

This is the first day of my challenge. I am going to write at least one post every day this February. if there is a subject that you are dying to read that I should write comment or tell me on twitter @CreativeGanger.

Why do we as humans want to gain power?

What is it we as humans thrive on that gives us power and dominants? 

First of all we naturally fell good about ourselves when we have achieved a goal. It is only natural to what to improve and grow that goal. Does this motivation of development in our goals cause problems? There is a lot of cases where people have wanted so much and they have failed because of a hard leap, a hard jump from their previous level. In books you have the villain who wants to gain power, why is that? well there are many reasons based on what kind of book but they all want power, or at least most villains want power because in the beginning they were put very low which gets to the verge of failure or a rise of an evil plan that will set the villain on top. I'm not saying that we are all villains, I am saying that there are character traits in them that reflect on ourselves. To get more in depth let's choose a villain from a known story around the world. Let's talk about Star Wars for a bit.

Anakin Skywalker was an ordinary boy on Tatooine, actually both him and his mother were slaves there so that was quite a low position for someone. Anakin was always force sensitive even though he never would have though that the Jedi would come to set him free and take him and train him. Anakin won the paud race. It was a bet to determine his freedom and otherwise if he had lost the race then they would have lost the ship. Anyways, Anakin went with Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Won Kenobi to be trained. The Jedi counsel said that Anakin was to old to start training, but when Qui-Gon Jinn died against Darth Maul Obi-Won became Anakin's master. The thing is that the Jedi counsel gave him the rank of master but did not let Anakin be a member of the counsel. There are many moments that Anakin faced that got him angry, for example the bandits that killed his mother, the Jedi counsel refusing and having to keep the love with Padme secret. However there was some influence to the dark side which was Palpatine's influence on him. He led to the dark side. Ever since then, he wanted more and more power. 

What does is story have to do with our need for power?

If you get pushed from what you love and what you are passionate about you want to find any way to get to that point. Sometimes people go way to far. So, what I think people thrive on to get power is motivation. Motivation is a big factor on our lives because it is what gives us the shove when things get tough. I don't just me power like Anakin, but also control of your life. I think many would know that if there life is being controlled by someone else or something else, they would want to fix and control themselves rather than be controlled or manipulated by someone else.

Anyways, leave a though in the comments on this subject and don't be afraid to tell me your opinion on this subject. Also let me know of other subjects you are dying to read.