(a) See section 3 of the case material in the Appendix. (b) and (c) One of my favorite fi ctional examples, albeit not one that is well known, is that of Clark Fries in Robert Heinlein’s Podkayne of...

(a) See section 3 of the case material in the Appendix. (b) and (c) One of my favorite fi ctional examples, albeit not one that is well known, is that of Clark Fries in Robert Heinlein’s Podkayne of Mars. Clark is a precocious, unemotional, and highly intelligent 11-year-old who has been neglected by parents busy following their careers. He develops a style of life characterized by a distrust of other people and constant attempts to demonstrate his superiority, which are usually successful. For example, when a woman passenger on a spaceship acts snobbish and sarcastic toward his family, he soaks her washcloth in an undetectable chemical that causes her face to turn bright red for a few days, forcing her to confi ne herself to her quarters. He grudgingly tolerates his sister, a likable and apparently normal teenager, and takes pleasure in writing critical comments in her diary in invisible ink. Only at the end of the book is there a hint that Clark may some day be able to break through to his feelings and learn to care for other people. (d) See section 4 of the case material in the Appendix. (e) Two fi ctional examples: Ebenezer Scrooge, for obvious reasons; and Gail Wynand in Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead, who detests common people because they are so fallible and keeps a secret cellar containing precious works of art that only he can enjoy. (f) At the risk of sounding cynical, I don’t know of many such examples. I hope you do.