Mo tzu says the following: ‘in the past, east of yue there was the country of gai shu. when their eldest son was born, they chopped him up and ate him, saying this was advantageous to the younger brothers. when their grandfather died, they carried off their grandmother and abandoned her, saying, ‘one cannot live with the wife of a ghost.’ these practices superiors took as government policy and subordinates took as custom, performing them without ceasing and maintain them without choosing.’ what is the meaning of this passage? what is mo tzu’s basic point in invoking these unusual examples?

This passage asserts that conforming to customs and practices may conflict or may be seen as morally wrong.

Mo Tzu and "mohists" assert that society must be held to unified standards with clear points for social, political, and moral order- as well as that conforming to tradition does not always allow for morality.

In this passage, Mo Tzu gives examples of ritualistic practices and government policies, "...eldest son was born, they chopped him up and ate him, saying this was advantageous to the younger brothers. When their grandfather died, they carried off their grandmother and abandoned her..." Although these practices were traditional, killing one's eldest son and abandoning one's aging grandparent, they could also be seen as morally wrong.

panem is a communist totalitarian dictatorship where all the resources and how they are allocated belongs to the capitol. the districts exist only to provide goods and services for the capital and most of the citizens live in poverty. it is a police state where the "peacekeepers" use force and threats to keep the people under control. dissent is outlawed and those who disobey the law are executed, flogged, or turned into avoxes. the games are another means in which the ruling elite in the capitol exert their power over the districts. when reading the books i drew parallels between panem and the soviet union and north korea. in no way is panem capitalist. the people in the capitol are wealthy but the majority of them are involved in the government somehow. it was the same way in the former soviet union where bigwigs in the communist party and high ranking government officials were given access to goods, services, medical treatments not available to the general public. if you think panem has a capitalist economy you need to brush up on your economics.  

i only have part a but here is the first one: - lewis and clark are born

- lewis marries sacajawea and clark is jealous  

- clark drowns lewis and then goes to jail