The Giver: Analyze the advantages and disadvantages of Sameness in Jonas's community.

There are many advantages of Sameness. The most important, is that people don’t fight between them and there is no war. Also, everything is fair, there are no poor and hungry people, and there are no rich, and full people. Everybody is equal. Also there are no slaves and people working under terrible conditions. Even though, kids might fall and scratch their knees, there is no serious physical, or emotional pain. The climate control is good for the farmers, because their crops don’t get destroyed. And the last advantage of Sameness is that there are no cars and pollution. So these people live in a healthy and quiet environment, and they exercise often by riding their bikes. Even though it looks weird there are not so many disadvantages of Sameness. First of all people don’t have a choice, they don’t have their own opinions, and everything is chosen by others for them. Everything is the same; they don’t have colors and music. They don’t choose their jobs, their husbands and wives, their food, their clothes, their names, and their houses. People don’t have their own birth day, and they celebrate their birthdays together on the same day. It’s like no one is an independent person and grown-up. The most important disadvantage that will shock you, is that people don’t have emotions, love, sadness, angriness, happiness, joy, and feelings in general. Can you imagine life without feelings? The people in that community don’t even know what these emotions and feelings are. Also the fact that they have a bike is tricky. They don’t have cars, airplanes, trains, metros, motorcycles, and any other vehicles, that can transport them to other places. And with the bikes you can’t go very far, because you get easily tired.