Although the film is not explicit on this point, what seems to be driving stephen glass? as best as you can tell, what are his life goals and aspirations? did he truly "know himself," including his own strengths and weaknesses?

glass wants to live in a world of super heroes and villains. he have lived all his life trying to be responsible for the creating the origin story of a super hero; he schemed and caused many incidents (many of them fatal) hoping that someday someone with superpowers would show up and save the day.

he knew himself very much. he saw himself as a villain of a real-life super hero story. he was aware of his strengths (more than smart enough for being manipulative and scheming) and weaknesses (having fragile bones and having to rely on his mind to succeed).

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protectionism fosters competition and keeps price regulated is not an argument in favor of protectionism.