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When a individual has enough power in a society, it gives them a lot of reassure everywhere certain things. When they contribute this control, they batch have ownership over a person or a thing. By naming someone, or something, a person gains an unspoken ownership over him or her, they are now in control of him or her and it has created a new identity element for them and erased their old identity. Power, naming and un-naming, control and ownership and identity are very important elements in bloody shame and No visit Woman. Both essays deal with power, identity, control and ownership, while bloody shame focuses to a greater extent on naming and No Name Woman focuses on un-naming.       iodins power and position in a society can give them the rectify or ability to seduce or un-name a person. Someone can gain this right by his or her lieu socially, financially, and even racially. If its their own child, of course, they have every right in the world to na me him or her. But in some cultures, as is evident in No Name Woman, they have the right to take away someones name if they have dishonored their family and/or community. A name is very significant because it gives a person a sense of who they are, an identity. In No Name Woman, capital of Jamaicas aunt had no identity except for the story her commence told her and in Mary marguerite daisys new boss, Mrs. Cullinan changed her name to Mary which then, in a way, removed Marguerites original identity and gave her a new one, one she didnt want.      By changing Marguerites name, Mrs. Cullinan proves how much power she has over a little foul servant like Marguerite. A rich white member of the society, in which Marguerite grew up, has more power and control over things than someone of a poor background or a black background. Mrs. Cullinan wasnt the scratch to incite the drastic change of Marguerites name, although she started it off by calling her Margaret, it was in fact, one of her friends who suggested that the names too long. Id never bother myself. Id call her Mary if I was you.(5) As if showing off to her friends, and proving that she really does have control and power over black people, she starts calling her Mary, much to Marguerites disgust. Marguerite soon learned that Mrs. Cullinan had changed Miss Glorys name twenty years ago.