We were asked to write about our lives as individuals, roommates in dorms, and dorm life in halls. The differences in responsibility are similar and at the same time different. I have my personal definition of cleanliness and need for neatness. Fortunately, my roommate and I share the desire for a neat room. Also fortunately, we have messy tendencies. Usually our room is cluttered throughout the week and we will have a big cleanup on Sunday. We need to agree on noise levels and lights out times. There is a lot of compromise and a need for understanding. My roommate and I luckily share sleeping and study habits, but we are just one dorm in the hall of many. Some girls stay up until 3am with visitors; some girls go to bed by 12 because of early morning classes. Our RA has had to send out reminders to all of us to be courteous of our neighbors and their habits. As an individual, I am responsible for doing my share of cleaning and taking care of my things in my room. As a roommate, I am responsible for not only taking care of my needs but for meeting my roommate half-way with adhering to her needs as well. As a hall member, I am responsible for controlling the noise and activity in my room late at night. Gandhi spends a lot of time talking about the differences of importance in individuals and as the individual as a group member. "As with the individual so with the universe is an unfailing principle which we would do well to lay to heart" (Gandhi 76). People do not have individual purposes alone; they have to take into consideration the groups they form and the people around them.