Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia, has never had a serious threat to his power since his first time taking office in 1999. Although his leadership has proved to be far from flawless, Putin’s approval rating in Russia has continued to climb, reaching eighty-six percent last month. This is much higher than that of President Joe Biden, who currently has an approval rating in the United States of forty-two percent. Despite Putin’s objectively worse political decisions, he more than doubles Joe Biden's approval rating. The reason for this is simple: censorship. By restricting information and only allowing beneficial news to reach his people, Vladimir Putin creates a false image of himself for the Russian people. Suppressing knowledge to gain an advantage is not only seen in Russia, but is a common theme among those in …show more content…
Through the title character in Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card and the creature in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, the contrasting extents to which the people are able to contain their “creations” despite the two characters’ both having significant power as a result of rejection prove that suppression of knowledge by those in power is vital to maintain control Through Ender and the creature’s similar statuses as unique and how they learn to deal with this, Orson Scott Card and Mary Shelley demonstrate how outcast people can become powerful through their rejection. Ender Wiggin is the third child in his house, which immediately makes him an outlier in his society, and also causes him to face great ridicule. However, this contempt results in Ender needing to think creatively and cope with his “issue” in unique ways. For example, in his school, “he was the one who figured out how to send messages and make them march. It was not his fault he was a Third. It was the government’s idea, they were the ones who authorized it- how else could a third like Ender have got into school”