Sameness In The Giver

Imagine a world where there was no color, no race, no religion, everyone was the same, everyone thinks the same. is sameness a good thing or bad thing. The book "The Giver" is about a boy named Jonas's who lives in a society where everything is the same and there is no freedom. Jonas is selected the receiver for the community. He learns experiencing different things is better than doing the same thing everyday. Although sameness has some good factors such as being safe and not feeling pain, sameness lacks emotions, personal expression and being able to make decisions.

First off, sameness lacks the qualities a human should have. Sameness means everyone is the same. No religion no emotion, no choices and no individuality.

The people in the community are told who to marry and what job they will have.

After Jonas's father kills the child, he says "bye bye little guy" as he drops him down the chute. This means he thinks he isn't doing anything wrong. My second example supports my topic sentence and thesis because the father doesn't feel any emotion as he kills the baby.

In conclusion, there is sadness and grieve, but there is love and joy that overcome the negative emotions. There is no receiver for us because we have our own memories and we make our own decisions and we make mistakes but we can prevent history from repeating itself. What this tells us is that we have more freedom from being individual and we can advance our minds to prevent past mistakes.

Although sameness has some good factors such as being safe and not feeling pain, sameness lacks emotions, personal expression and being able to make decisions. Difference is great because there is a variety of things you can do without getting controlled. Sameness is not good because people in Jonas's community can't make their own choices or express how they