The Last Book in the Universe, by Rodman Philbrick

          In the book "The Last Book in the Universe", Spaz comes across a girl from "Eden", a place where supposedly everyone and everything is perfect. The girl has a clean white dress, and bright blue eyes, and Spaz, who is a "normal" feels intimidated. People from Eden rarely approach "normals", but she does, and gives him a bag of food.

          I think that this is a very interesting idea, because even though she is doing something extremely kind, he questions if it is really out of kindness, or if it just makes her feel like a better person, because now she looks perfect, has money, and helps people who are less fortunate. It does make sense for him to question this, but I think that it really was an act of kindness. He said that it was rare for people from Eden to approach a normal, or even to make eye contact, so the fact that she actually talked to him, makes me think that it was from her heart, even if it did make her a better person.

          In conclusion, some people do good things because they care, and some, for their own feelings of superiority.