The answer in the space provided is consciousness. It is because consciousness allows a person to be aware of the things that is around him or her in a state of being awake in which it involves of having to make decision, to day dream, reflect and even concentrate as they are the things done when a person is awake and conscious.
William Magear "boss" Tweed is a corrupt representative who defrauds millions of dollars from New Yorkers. He and his peers in the Democratic Party in New York exploit their power in the government for personal gain. As a civil reformer and a cartoonist, Thomas Nast portrays William Tweed as a vulture who preys on New Yorkers.