Introduction Chapter 1 Theories of Power 1.1 Marx's View of Power 1.2 Foucault's View of Power 1.3 Hannah Arendt: Totalitarianism and the Banality of Evil Exploration of Power 2.1 Power of Males over Females 2.2 Power of Parents over Children 2.3 Power of the West over the East 2.4 Resistance Chapter 3 Power and Resistance in An Artist of the Floating World 3.1 Power in a Career 3.2 State Power of Discourse 3.3 Power in the Family 3.4 Ono's Banality of Evil 3.5 Resistance Chapter 4 The Remains of the Day: Power and Resistance in a Class Society 4.1 Power in a Class System 4.2 Power from Social Institutions 4.3 Self-alienation 4.4 Resistance Chapter 5 Never Let Me Go: Power in Panopticon 5.1 Hailsham: The Visible Panopticon 5.2 The Cottages: Internalized Panopticon 5.3 The Society: The Final Sacrifice 5.4 Resistance Conclusion Bibliography