In Lois Lowry's novel, Jonas and his family live in the "perfect society", it could be described as a Utopian Society: , life is safe, orderly, and predictable. Rules are strictly adhered to; every aspect of a person's life is carefully planned. People rarely make choices on their own; everything is decided for them by the community.
Would you want your future to be decided by others ? Why or Why not?
I would definitely not want my future to be decided by others! I say that because I think that I should be able to chose the future that I want for myself, since I know myself the best. Since the future is what will happen next in your life, I wouldn't want someone to pick what they think my future should be. In my opinion, I think that you know yourself better than what others know about you. I think that because if you don't tell anyone how you feel inside, they wouldn't know. People can see the outside of you, which is what you do, and your actions. They can't see what you are feeling or thinking inside. You are the only one who knows what you want best.
I think that someone choosing my future is like getting capped, like in the story, The White Mountains. I wouldn't want someone to pick my future for me because the future happens to me, and not them.
One important thing that happens in the future, is the job. It is good to be able to choose a job that you know you can enjoy or you think that you are going to be good at. I wouldn't say that the who would be choosing knows us really well, so they might make a mistake. Like in the book, they made a mistake. The community selected someone to be the new receiver she failed in doing so. It caused the whole community to have a great discomfort. The payment of someone failing their job can be very harsh in that community. They can be released, or be sent to Elsewhere.
I think that you should get to pick your own future because like in the community Jonas lives in, people do observe you very carefully before they assign you a job, but they could still be wrong. You wouldn't want to ruin your future, since we only have one live. I would want to live happily ever after. I also don't want people to pick my future for me because if they choose the wrong future for me, I would have to pay for it and go with it, not them. I would also have to go along with it without a choice while they just have to say sorry, even if it was they're fault.
Although I would want to pick my future by myself, it would be nice to have your future decided for you by other people. Although I am a person who like making decisions of my own, having someone to pick for me might make life easier for me. You wouldn't have to worry getting a job since someone would assign you one and the job would be good for you. You wouldn't also wouldn't have to worry about getting fired. But then again, picking your future by yourself would be better because it would be your responsibility, and if you mess up your future, you can't blame anyone but yourself.
The Giver:
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Stop And Think Twice
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