Anticipating our next book

1. Ambition is a positive, desirable trait in a person- agree
2. If you are in a position of power, you are happy- disagree
3. Everyone is capable of lying, betrayal, and violence, which are basic parts of human nature- strongly agree
4. Who we are--our essential character and temperament--is fixed and unchangeable- strongly disagree
5. Women are more compassionate and less violent than men- disagree
6. Sometimes you have to do things other people consider wrong to get ahead- agree
7. Some things are destined or fated to happen- strongly agree
8. If something is destined to happen, it will happen without your interference- agree

#3 and 5 stood out to me a lot because I had to think for awhile before answering. For  #3, I though it was interesting because we studied human nature with Lord of the Flies. I do believe that everyone is capable of lying, betrayal, and violence, which are parts of human nature, but that does not mean that they have the right to do it. I believe that everyone is born good and if they grow up to be evil, then they are tempted by evil. This example especially fits for today because today is Good Friday and my example is from Peter in the Bible. He denied Jesus three times saying that he had no association with Jesus on the day he died. Peter fits in with the definition of human nature, but he is not bad.

For #5, I was stuck on it for awhile. When I see people getting arrested on the news, it's almost all males. I can see why people think that women are more compassionate and less violent then men, but that is sexist. When we hear about rape, we always think that is a male that did it, but women can get accused of rape too. This led me to strongly disagree with this point because men can be more compassionate and less violent than women. These 8 points were very interesting and it helped me see my view on things.