The Giver
When Jonas is first discovering colors, he states that the society should be able to make their own decisions. He says that it would be nice to choose a red tunic or a blue one instead of the same thing every day. In "The Giver," Jonas's society had choices, but each choice was very regulated or limited. For example, the choice to speak and the choice to do certain things during free times or holidays. As far as choices that were even partially liberated, this is about all I can think about. Other common choices, such as our own choices today, were regulated. For example, what to eat, what to wear, time management, the bike you rode, what you did, taking the pill for the stirrings, and much more. The list could go on and on. Such a society lacked color for a good reason. Life is full of color, even though life was existent in this society, it was by far not colorful.The society can be looked upon as a oxymoron. It seems as though the committees whole reason for keeping the society the way it is, is because it was there "perfect society." It lacked pain and emotion, it lacked color and vibrance, it also lacked choices. The committee believed that the choice making should be left up to them and with
Oh, just one more thing: I work at a dry cleaners and don't understand something. But, even the Lord our God calls us to live our life radically. The final point that needs to be made is this: we must be able to make our own decisions. It is looked upon with CONTROL, and it is not your own. To everyone else they believe they have everything they need, or know what is needed and nothing else matters. With this presupposition, sheltering and keeping the people from harm, they lack the vibrance of life. Yet, I believe that words can go beyond meaning one thing. I believe that the sacrifice of experiencing the bad emotions in order to experience the good emotions is a wonderful way to live. We can have a life of formality and boredom. In Jonas's society well being is looked upon with the view of predictability and conformity. We must understand what we are doing, as little as that understanding might be, and how we were lead to making a decision. I myself haven't experienced a lot of bad emotions that have affected my life terribly, however, I do know people who have experienced this. We must also understand that all decisions have consequences, good or bad. In my life I believe that honesty and genuine qualities, and every free expression that is good or bad, of a person are what make that person. This does not mean that we as a society should not be governed and have rules.
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