<p>Two essays. For some reason, I just couldn't include vocabulary words in the second essay.</p>
<p>Prompt: Is conscience a more powerful motivator than money, fame, or power?</p>
<p>Money, fame, and power are all motivators that tempt mankind. Theyre the forbidden fruit that all humans(humanity) want but know they shouldnt have. While the purest have managed to avoid these temptations; money, fame and power are nonetheless a much more powerful motivator then conscience.</p>
<p>In the novel Huckleberry Finn, Huck Finn travels to the South in a attempt to save the runaway slave by the name of Jim. As the novel progresses, Huck realizes how corrupt mankind is. He sees cantankerous men fighting for money and a boat. He sees men scamming entire towns all for the sake of some quick cash. He sees men and women trying to pass of as others for fame and power. While Hucks conscience proves pristine, the rest of society has fallen into the trap for money, fame and power.</p>
<p>This theme is also depicted in the novel The Great Gatsby. In it, the protagonist Nick Carraway watches his neighbor lie, cheat, and steal for money fame and power all for the persuit(Pursuit) of a girl he loves. He sees the evils in the opulent society as resembled by Tom and how these temptations have created a void in his conscience.</p>
<p>While these protagonists are made to be intractable, the rest of mankind arent as lucky. In the glitzy modern age where money, fame and power means every(thing), humanity has lost touched with their conscience. It takes 67 blilion(SP) dollars to end world poverty, but the world isnt willing to pay (for it). Men can account for a third of their countrys GDP but never spend money to boost its infrastructure. Mankind only serves to further their temptations. </p>
<p>Prompt: Has the world improved for the better</p>
<p>Global warming ravaging the world, impending nuclear wars, and diseases threatening to become pandemics are constant problems that the world faces. And while the media will never cease to force these problems down our throats, it also paradoxly, resembles why the world has changed for the better. The world has grown into a society where problems are pointed out and are able to become addressed. </p>
<pre><code>Think back to The Roman Empire or The Middle Ages and one can see how society never questioned the ruling party and the world. Men and women were taught to believe that their world was perfect and that no problems existed. Because of this, technology stagnated. It took centuries for men to realize that the world was not round, and it took even longer for men to realize that evolution existed. As problems were not mentioned, they couldnt be addressed. In the 1200s, the Magna Carta was created allowing for the people to freely criticize the ruling party, but that wasnt enough. Communication wasnt advanced enough for society to address their problems.
Now compare mankinds past with the present day. When problems are recognized, humanity can immediately take steps to solve it. In the 1960s, acid rain was first discovered to come from industrial plants that released nitrous oxide through the world. However, scientists immediately took steps to neutralize this and as a result, nitrous oxide levels have decreased by over 50% in the last 40 years. In the 1970s, there was a time during the Cold War, when the Russians believed that the U.S. had launched a nuclear missile at the motherland. However, with the use of radar and technology, it was discovered that the supposed missile was only a group of birds migrating to a warmer area.
By being able to recognize our problems, the world has finally been able to effectively start fixing our problems. Because of this, the world is in fact changing for the better.
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