1. TOPIC:
The article, “Men and Women are merely players” is an exposure of human being are just like a piece of chess that follow the roles that has been pointed out by certain dominator. The excerpt by Robert Greene advocates that in a society there will be a social idea that would drive a person to follow the scripted roles. If we never realize such game from the beginning, then the tendency for us to be manipulated by mastermind that mad for power is high.
2. CONTENT:
a. Today world resemble the theater that impose everything to appear acculturate, ethical, democratic and legitimate. But the chess pieces which presenting the human being is discouraged to play the game too naively as it will mold them to the path that already set up by masterminds that mad for power. These masterminds tend to take advantage of anyone that fall upon their wicked game trap. b. Human being that tries to be delicate at all time is confined to be spoil at the end of the day among the great number who are not good. c. In order to achieve the highest stage of power, a person needs to master the arts of indirection, learning to seduce charm, deceive and cunningly maneuver your opponent so that they will let their defense down. d. There are some people who believe they can opt out of the game by behaving in ways that have nothing to do with power. e. Those people who claim to be non-players are adept deceits as they use it as a cloak to their evil mask for achieving the highest level of power. f. A real innocent people and also naiveté wouldn’t have the chance to be totally free from the hunger of power since they are not hindered by indication.
3. SOURCE
3.1 The Author (Robert Greene) a. He was born in 1959 to a Jewish Family and had a qualification of a degree in classical studies from the University on Wisconsin-Madison b. He wrote the book on dynamics of social and political power, The 48