Freedom and Family: Essential Aspects of Life

Benjamin Franklin once said, “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain little temporary safety deserves neither liberty nor safety.” Freedom is one of the most important ideas in life, even if there is danger, it’s worth it. Freedom is everything, once one gives freedom up for safety, you no longer can make decisions for yourself. Above all, Freedom always comes with a little danger, but take a walk on the wild side, a little danger could make life more interesting.

A real family is so vital for a child to thrive with love and kindness. Family units provide knowledge and a place to live, but not a home. A home is not a building, but a place where you are surrounded by the people you love, a home is safe place you can come back to and find comfort in. “Two children-one male, one female- to each family unit,” families in The Giver are assigned like a job possition, families should not be assigned but made. Furthermore a true family is not just people that are related to you, they are the people that are the closest to you, the people that you confide comfort and

One of the crucial reasons that children have parents is because children need to know the vital ways to survive and navigate our world, but in The Giver they try to model a family without love like an artificial intelligence similar to a computer. In the book the citizens devalue bearing children, but in our society bearing a child is highly regarded and as seen as contributing to society. “‘I hope I get assigned birth mother!’ ‘Lily’ Mother said, ‘Don’t say that. There’s very little honor in that assignment.’” This quote explains how birth mothers are looked upon, not very highly. Ultimately Mothers in our community are looked upon to instill compassion, love, empathy, and all the valuable characteristics that are considered to be