Please choose one passage from the novel that is significant to you. Why is this passage meaningful?
"Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. Yet he is lord of all the animals. He sets them to work, he gives back to them the bare minimum that will prevent them from starving, and the rest he keeps for himself."
-This passage was very significant to me. It tells me how humans are weak and simultaneously wicked. Through this passage, I have known how selfish, we, humans are. Humans claim for power. They need power, because they are weak. But once they have the power, they do not use it for the others, but only for themselves. Although one might think that they won’t treat people like Stalin, there are leaders who are still not working for their people. Once they become the leaders, they forget about the past, when they used to be weak. Power is a great temptation for people, and I think that one who overcomes with this is a great leader, for he/she does not work for more power and control, but for the others.
I think that this passage is not only meaningful to me, but to all. If one wants to become a leader, he/she must remember that power is not everything that makes a leader outstanding. A leader is called outstanding if he/she works for the others and can serve others.
"Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. Yet he is lord of all the animals. He sets them to work, he gives back to them the bare minimum that will prevent them from starving, and the rest he keeps for himself."
-This passage was very significant to me. It tells me how humans are weak and simultaneously wicked. Through this passage, I have known how selfish, we, humans are. Humans claim for power. They need power, because they are weak. But once they have the power, they do not use it for the others, but only for themselves. Although one might think that they won’t treat people like Stalin, there are leaders who are still not working for their people. Once they become the leaders, they forget about the past, when they used to be weak. Power is a great temptation for people, and I think that one who overcomes with this is a great leader, for he/she does not work for more power and control, but for the others.
I think that this passage is not only meaningful to me, but to all. If one wants to become a leader, he/she must remember that power is not everything that makes a leader outstanding. A leader is called outstanding if he/she works for the others and can serve others.
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