Character Analysis of Siddhartha Siddhartha had one single goal - to become empty, to become empty of thirst, desire, dreams, pleasure and sorrow - to let the Self die. ... As he reached the river, Siddhartha was overwhelmed with a feeling " . . . of desire to let himself go and be submerged in the water. [The] chilly emptiness in the water reflected the terrible emptiness of his soul" (88). ... His quest was never ending until the river had taught him what he needed to know. ...

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Analysis After Ralph's tense, exciting stand against the hunters, the ending of Lord of the Flies is rife with irony. ... Others approached Lord of the Flies through the theories of the psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, who taught that the human mind was the site of a constant battle among different impulses-the id (instinctual needs and desires), the ego (the conscious, rational mind), and the superego (the sense of conscience and morality). ...

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There is an old saying you can take a horse to the water but you cannot force it to drink; it will drink only if it's thirsty - so with people. ... Man's basic needs are physiological, for example, hunger, thirst, sleep, etc. ...

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The Illusion of Utopia Matthew E. Hudson April 20, 2002 INTRODUCTION Since the beginning of history, man has tried to devise a perfect political system. Plato designed a utopian Republic, while Karl Marx radically changed the face of the earth by offering up a secular state that is supposed to be sufficient for all. The highest hopes for political systems were held by some 18th century French Enlightenment philosophers, specifically Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas Caritat, the Marquis de Condorcet. However, the concomitant attempt to bring about an ideal humanistic system (based on E...

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