blog # 24

Seeing as I’m hoping to change my topic, and also because I am pending a response from my professor, I thought I’d just start my new topic tonight so that I wouldn’t get even more behind…

Initially, Mal and Zoe are not supposed to be left on the planet for long.  They were supposed to get on the train and finish the deal quickly so they can get the goods back to Niska in time.  But when the plan goes south, they are forced to stay on the planet for a little longer than they expected.  It’s obvious that Jane enjoys the power because he mentioned “I’m in charge, and I’ll make the rules,” more than once.  When the plan goes south, and they are all in danger of angering Niska, its Jane who thinks he has the authority to order the crew into doing whatever he pleases.  Jane says “Now I’m in rutting charge here and I’m telling you how it works.  We’ve waited long enough.  Let’s get this bird in the air.”  He says all this when Mal and Zoe don’t come back from their heist.  When in command, Jane does things tat normally would be allowed.  But since he has no higher authority to tell him no, he feels free to act as he wants to.  The same is true for prison guards, more infamously, the prison guards at Abu Grahib and Guantanamo Bay.  The prison guards there are in a position of power and are stripped away from their identity, which is a recipe for disaster.