PurposeKatie JurekMrs. PowersAP English Literature and Composition28 November 2008PurposeBehind every action, there is a purpose. This purpose is always motivated by the innate desire for ones own happiness, for every person, and without exception. If every action is, in the long run, for the purpose of some sort of self-gratification, then it follows that there is no such thing as a truly altruistic act.Richard Wrights character Bigger Thomas in Native Son kicks his friend Gus to rid himself of the obligation to rob Blums, a store owned by a white man. Lying, Bigger claims he harmed Gus Cause [he] wanted to