Enl 102 Rough draft Oleanna The ending of Oleanna could have been prevented. I t didn’t have to end with John loosing control. The story is based on miscommunication. Carol could have told John from the beginning that she felt uncomfortable instead of going behind his back and press charges. John is wrong too for abusing the power he had over Carol. John didn’t loose it though until he found out Carol might be …showed first 75 words of 1039 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1039 total…were true. They both knew everything in the report was true but the words had different meanings. Carol blew up the situation and that caused John to be even madder. John sees his life as over because he won’t make tenure, he can’t buy that house and now he just battered a student. This could have been prevented if John didn’t misuse his power and if Carol told John how she felt.