<p>So I go to these SAT classes but I sometimes don't agree with the teacher. I've got 2 variants of the 2nd paragraph. Anyway here it is..</p>
<p>Prompt: Are peoples actions motivated primarily by a desire for power over other?</p>
<p>Newtons Law states that every action has an equal and opposite reaction. And indubitably, Humans too expect an equally positive response for every positive action. So it is quite understandable that actions towards others are primarily motivated by a desire for some gain, hopefully power, over others. And this desire governs most of our actions for only when one wants a friend to do something does one hand him some candy. </p>
<p>In many cases one bestows favors upon unsuspecting acquaintances and then, at a later date, expects some favors in return from them. Now, the acquaintances having accepted the favors are obliged to comply with ones requests and therefore one has gained power over the acquaintance. Demonstrating this fact, one sees Gatsby from the book The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald, suddenly inviting his neighbor, with whom no prior acquaintance had been made, to his parties. He is often seen singling Nick from the crowd and attempting to gain his approval. Then, once they become friends, he asks Nick to invite Daisy, Nicks cousin, over for tea in his presence. It is revealed that he wishes to meet Daisy for he had been one of Daisys beaux. Hence, one can safely presume that the only reason Gatsby was favoring Nick was to get to Daisy via him. His entire motivation behind being amicable to Nick was the desire for personal gain.</p>
<p>Furthermore, even when one does not consciously want some resultant power from an action, subconsciously somehow, the desire for control does exist. Pertaining to this one can look at the case of philanthropists who donate sums of money to organizations. Ostensibly, it is apparent that they do not donate money to gain power over these organizations but instead do so because they truly believe in a certain cause. However, thinking practically, if a philanthropist donates an exceptionally large sum of money to an organization, he expects some say or control in its functioning. And when this say or control is denied to him, he does feel slighted. Thus it can be concluded that he too desires some control over those who benefit from his actions.</p>
<p>Human life is best described as a series of power play and obligations resulting from the actions of others over one or those resulting from the actions of one over others. One might conclude from the aforementioned statement that the actions in ones life are motivated solely by greed. However, it is erroneous to give this power play such a negative connotation for it also motivates beneficial and good actions. Axiomatically speaking too, no action, good or evil, can take place without motivation and if this system of favoring in return for power provides motivation, it cannot, assuredly, be utterly defective.</p>
<p>A variant to paragraph 2:</p>
<p>In many cases one bestows favors upon unsuspecting acquaintances so as to gain the power to ask for favors in return at a later date. The acquaintances having accepted the favors are obliged to comply with ones requests and therefore one has gained power over the acquaintance. Demonstrating this fact, one sees Gatsby from the book The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald, suddenly inviting his neighbor, with whom no prior acquaintance had been made, to his parties. He is often seen singling Nick from the crowd and attempting to gain his approval. Then, once they become friends, he asks Nick to invite Daisy, Nicks cousin, over for tea in his presence. It is revealed that he wishes to meet Daisy for he had been one of Daisys beaux. Now Nick, having accepted Gatsbys invitations and hospitality is obliged to comply with his request. Thus it is evident that Gatsby has gained the power to get Nick to do anything for him and one can safely presume that his prior actions were meant for the attainment of this power.</p>
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