Final Assignment

     The lessons that Peekay learns throughout his journey in the the book "The Power of One" had a great affect on his life. The most important of these "lessons" I think happened at the prison. When the lieutenant of the prison ward, and boxing coach, decided to have pictures. As they were getting set for the picture, lieutenant Smit asked if a prisoner named Geel Piet would join the picture, Geel Piet was Peekay's personal trainer, and almost everyone stepped out of the picture, leaving only Peekay's closest friends Doc, Gert, and  Geel Piet. "The photograph captured the exact moment when I understood with conviction the racism is a primary force of evil designed to destroy good men". This "lesson" cultivated his true "Power of One".
    What is the "Power of One"? The "Power of One" to me is someones will. It is how someone acts towards other people and to them selves. It determines if the person "Controls" their destiny, or have someone make the decisions for them. If someone is at one with them self and can "control" their destiny, then they have truly understood what having the "power of one" truly means. When Peekay got his picture taken with the African American in the prison, he realized that people don't have to act the same way that everyone else does. Peekay learned that he doesn't have to be racist. He learned that someone does not move him around like a puppet, that he can make his own decisions. The thing he learned that is the most important is, that he has the "power of one" inside and no one can change that.