Selfishness In Ann's Selfless Reason

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When an individual makes a selfish decision, one is pretend to tell herself about a selfless reason. Ann is such a character who pretends to have sacrificial behavior but actually motivated by selfishness. The first evidence which is proving that is when Ann gives wrong information to John about “Pay no attention to me” (1). The words by Ann are really misleading John and make Ann sound like her sacrifice a lot for the farm and family. However, it is for her desire to estrange John in order to have chance to be with Steven. Also, Ann never talks to John about what she really wants. The only thing Ann does is “understanding” and “[keeping] her silence” (3), and telling John to get someone else to help him. It is also seemingly sacrificial