June 4, 2012 Idalmis B. Perez Ms. Dickinson THEMATIC ESSAY CHANGE - IDEAS The ideas of individuals have had a significant influence on groups, nations, and regions. Ideas are thoughts of an individual, its way of of seeing things or wanting things to be. Individuals in this case can be leaders, dictators, thinkers, scientist, activist and independent. My two individual are Rafael Leonidas Trujillo (dictator) and King Louis The XIV of France.