What common human desires are expressed in the following passage? "As I read, however, I applied much personally to my own feelings and condition. I found myself
similar yet at the same time strangely unlike to the beings concerning whom I read and to whose
conversation I was a listener. I sympathized with and partly understood them, but I was unformed in
mind; I was dependent on none and related to none. The path of my departure was free and there
was none to lament my annihilation. My person was hideous and my stature gigantic What did this
mean? Who was I? What was I? Whence did I come? What was my destination?"
The desires to know and understand one's origin story, to have a fully formed sense of personal identity, and
to find a clear purpose and meaning in one's life.
The desire to become outwardly beautiful and to possess similar interests to others, so that you'll never have
to face rejection
The desires to be heard and understood by other beings who can relate to us.
The desire to hold people accountable for their actions and to seek vengeance in order to balance the scales
of justice