For instance, in the form of ownership in tribal ownership, the production of labour is just at its undeveloped stage because the society lives in a small, simple life which people live by hunting or fishing routinely in order to survive. ... Weber also argues that in order for people to understand their social action, it is not compulsory for them to perform the action of the similar situation: "'It is not necessary to be Caesar in order to understand Caesar'. ...

• Word Count: 2739
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Depressed people, like Maria and the Rabbits, are those that have to be told what to do. ... Death usually brings people down. ... In other cases people value the opinion of others to determine the meaning of life. ... Thus we are not a single person but a collaboration of people placed inside one. ... Would we all lose our mind tonight, by some kind of virus, then tomorrow we would be ordinary apes again, naked apes. ...

• Word Count: 5369
• Approx Pages: 21
• Grade Level: High School

This ambiguous concept of light Ondaatje presents throughout the novel is not ordinary light, but one that illuminates the void of darkness. ... He is confined to the bus, meeting new and unique people as they get on and off. ... But there is something essentially different from Patrick and the people whom he befriends. ... Throughout his journey, he meets many people who help play an important role in his life. ... It talks about the people he meets and how they change his life. ...

• Word Count: 3985
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: High School