Speech on 'Authority and the Individual'

Good morning teachers and students. My Speech today will be on the topic of authority and the individual that is shown through the texts: "The chant of J Blacksmith", "Excerpts from various law documents" and a cartoon by Leunig called "First day at school". The novel "Chant of J Blacksmith" by Thomas Keneally described a hierarchy of authority and the struggles of an individual to fit in. The hierarchy can be broken down to 2 major …

…on. Is it just pure laziness? Or maybe is it that they predicted that their Result was like J blacksmith, a useless struggle changing nothing? With this I conclude my speech and it could be seen from the 3 texts that I have used that an authority which is unjust and corrupt will lead to rebellion in the individual and for a society to function ideally, it is necessary to maintain balance of power between the 2.