.... no matter how charitable or benevolent, is done for reasons which are ultimately self-serving (p.43-47). For example, if I were to donate to charity, I am actually taking delight in demonstrating my power. Hobbes believes that any account of human action, including morality, must be consistent with the fact that we are all self-serving. His theory notes that humans are essentially equal, both mentally and physically, so that even the weakest person has the strength to kill the strongest (p.44). Given our equal standing, Hobbes believes that there are three natural causes of quarrel among people: competition for limited supplies of materi .....

.... is often times slower and more expensive it is very reliable and more personal than e-mail. Another good argument the author makes is about the claims that computers make your life simpler and easier. He says that a computer can make certain tasks simpler and easier to do if you know how to use a computer and use the specific program needed to complete the specific task. If you do not know how to use a computer or are just learning how to use one, performing new tasks can be very difficult and frustrating. This is because computers are difficult to learn about and understand because they are different from most other equipment. Even some .....

.... Huxley’s idea is to make his new world not overtly oppressive, but superficially attractive, because it is clean, comfortable, and without conflict or stress. However, it is a world without emotion, feelings, and problems. All these things are needed in order to make a person their own. Lack of Individuality Huxley describes a futuristic society that has an alarming effect of dehumanization. This occurs through the absence of spirituality and family, the obsession with physical pleasure, and the misuse of technology. In this world, each person is raised in a test tube rather than a mother’s womb, and the government controls every .....

.... provides the groundwork of her emotional/character being, which at the beginning of the story is an isolated creature, devoid of loving and nurturing contact and shunned by humanity. Two excerpts from her stay at Gateshead illustrate this fact, her reading of Bewick's “History of British Birds,� and her punishment for striking Master John, the stay in the red room of Gateshead. In the opening scene, Jane is found perusing a copy of Bewick's “History of British Birds,� concentrating on the descriptions of the certain landscapes in which some of the birds live. Her words paint a mental picture, one that represents her childhood .....

.... advances, this experience makes her more aware of her age and her lack of experience. At the wedding, she is dragged off screaming from her brother and his brides car because she wants to go away with them. Shortly after, she tries to run away from home, but her plan is thwarted when she is stopped by the police and brought back home. Much later, Frankie and her father move in to a house with her aunt, and uncle, because of her cousin’s death; and her cook quits. Frankie finds a sophisticated friend, in which she can relate to. The relevance of this theme is that change is a necessary part of life, and can’t be stopped fr .....

.... all the pigs was Squaler. He was always able to convince that animals that what every they had done the do for the good of all the animals and not just for themselves. Just like when the pigs had taken the milk and apples for themselves, they said that they only took it was because they needed it and that if they did not have it they would not be able to help operate the farm, he also added that the pigs did not actually like the milk and apples but they had to eat it. They rest of the animals believed them because they did not know what else to think. The pigs where also able to convince them that they had not changed the commandments .....

.... many blamed him for the deaths. Even though that was 25 years ago and people still haven’t forgot. Every year around October a week or two before the anniversary of the accident harassing calls start . Denny father really only one rule and that is not to answer the phone, but now that Denny is sixteen and he wants to be like all other teens so he starts to answer the phone in the middle of the day when he is the only one home. The voice on the other end of the phone was seductive. The mystery voice would soon ravel herself as Lulu. Lulu would tease and play with Denny’s hormones with leading him on with sentences like “I want you .....

.... parents in if they were caught committing thoughtcrime. The English language was being destroyed by the Party, who's language, Newspeak was beginning to become used more frequently. The object of Newspeak was to reduce the number of words in one's vocabulary, therefore reducing one's opportunity to have free thought. At the Ministry of Truth, Newspeak words were being used to transform all literary works of the past into an acceptable state for the present. It was factors such as these that prompted the intellectual rebellion and desire for knowledge which ultimately caused the downfall of Winston Smith. As time passed, Winston Sm .....

.... or just an act of kindness towards another human being . I trend to see Nick as being a hero in some ways because of the way he thought but not really in the way he acted he wasn’t overly strong or courageous like the typical stereotype we have a hero to look like . Nick was more of a modern day hero in his own right . Gatsby on the other hand although not a hero in the sense of a physically strong man who saves the lives of distressed people . But he is a hero more in the sense that he is totally devoted to one woman most of his life . Then when it looks as if she is going to get into trouble for the death of Mrytle after she hit h .....

.... the family, she must now work to put food on their table. Her mother is a complainer and can't speak English, her oldest brother, Ambrosch, is strong, mean and not well liked, the second oldest brother, Marek, is mentally and physically disabled and her sister, Yulka, is still a youngster. With the help of their neighbors, the Burdens, 'Antonia is able to establish a meager living for her family. She does this by working on her farm as well as the other farms in the area. While this work is very beneficial for the family, 'Antonia is turned into a rough and wild creature. When she is old enough, 'Antonia leaves the prairies and goes in to .....