After my initial reading of “Our Secret”, I honestly would not have been able to answer your question of “Well, what was it about?”. However, I did read the story a second time, and while reading it I began forming my own judgment of what this disorderly history is actually about. I believe underneath all of the stories concerning the Holocaust, Heinrich Himmler, and various others, “Our Secret” is about the abuse of authority and power. Susan Griffin goes into extensive detail on many situations of people abusing their power, without really stating that they are. Griffin even touches on the result of this abuse on the person whom is being abused.
The term “abuse” can be defined in many ways; it is a very broad term which heavily depends on what the individual feels is acceptable or unacceptable in society. To “abuse” is to hurt or injure someone or something by maltreatment, or to misuse the power accompanying an office or position; but abuse does not always involve......
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