![]() ![]() The book begins with 14-year-old Roxy trapped in a closet after two men arrive in her home wielding knives. Alderman introduces two of her main characters with visceral examples of the ways in which men are able to hurt women. ![]() ![]() As men generally have a greater ability to hurt, they have made and continue to uphold a patriarchal system. Through her portrayal of these four characters, Alderman shows how the ability to inflict violence on others imbues individuals with power, which can then expand into political, religious, and economic influence.īefore women receive this electrostatic power, Alderman establishes the baseline dynamic between men and women, which reflects contemporary society. Each of these characters provides a different exploration of how “the power,” as it is simply called, shifts the power dynamic in all aspects of life. Alderman examines the 10 years between women acquiring this power and an event called “the Cataclysm,” focusing on several primary characters: Margot, the mayor of an unnamed New England town Roxy, the daughter of a British crime lord Tunde, a Nigerian journalist and Allie, a teenager from Alabama who begins her own religion. ![]() While this ability is an inherently neutral one, women quickly discover what becomes its primary use: to hurt others by sending them severe electrical shocks. The Power imagines a world in which women worldwide suddenly acquire the ability to conduct and send electricity through their hands. ![]()
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