A community without freedom of speech is like trying to drive a car without tires. This means that without the ability to express oneself freely, success and communication in a society becomes quite challenging, similar to trying to smoothly operate a car without its essential component of tires. The novel Ella Minnow Pea, written by Mark Dunn, is a clear example of this concept since the society’s speech in the story becomes restrictive, ultimately impacting the community. This is seen through the horrible conflict, a distinctive character, and the usage of symbolism in a sly, clever way, where Mark Dunn clearly portrays the dangers of removing the right to freely communicate and evidently teaches the theme that having freedom of expression
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This is because as the number of tiles that have fallen increases, the number of people on the island decreases. This is a result of rules getting stricter, which causes many to want to move, and others to get banished. With this, it can be seen that by the tiles falling it is symbolizing how many people are leaving the island. This highlights the importance of freedom of speech as the society would be more populated if individuals could say what they wanted. All of these problems, nevertheless, are the fault of the Council, as they are the ones that made these decisions. From this, it can be seen that the falling tiles additionally symbolize how the Council is slowly gaining more power. This is because they are the ones that create stricter laws relating to the banishment. From this, they have more control over the society, gaining both power and fear. With these laws, everyone must obey them, which is unfair and unjust. Owing to this fact, the society needs to have complete freedom of speech in order for the Council to not obtain full power and for life on the island to be …show more content…
However, he does allow for them to prove that Nollop is not supreme by creating a 32-letter sentence similar to what Nollop, their god, did. Though when things took a turn in the wrong direction with the cruel rules, he proceeded to try and help those that were working on the sentence. The reason why was because he knew the society was becoming corrupt with no freedom of speech. Through this, it is shown how even a Council member, someone who helps make the rules, realizes that freedom of speech is really important. Even if it meant going against his colleagues' beliefs, Mr. Lyttle understood the fact of how crucial unrestricted communication is, and helped put an end to the chaos, unlike the other members on the Council. This adds to how freedom of speech is important, as Mr. Lyttle was able to recognize this truth, unlike others. Just as Mr. Lyttle discerned the reality, the novel emphasizes this rightness as it shows how significant the freedom to communicate freely
This is because as the number of tiles that have fallen increases, the number of people on the island decreases. This is a result of rules getting stricter, which causes many to want to move, and others to get banished. With this, it can be seen that by the tiles falling it is symbolizing how many people are leaving the island. This highlights the importance of freedom of speech as the society would be more populated if individuals could say what they wanted. All of these problems, nevertheless, are the fault of the Council, as they are the ones that made these decisions. From this, it can be seen that the falling tiles additionally symbolize how the Council is slowly gaining more power. This is because they are the ones that create stricter laws relating to the banishment. From this, they have more control over the society, gaining both power and fear. With these laws, everyone must obey them, which is unfair and unjust. Owing to this fact, the society needs to have complete freedom of speech in order for the Council to not obtain full power and for life on the island to be …show more content…
However, he does allow for them to prove that Nollop is not supreme by creating a 32-letter sentence similar to what Nollop, their god, did. Though when things took a turn in the wrong direction with the cruel rules, he proceeded to try and help those that were working on the sentence. The reason why was because he knew the society was becoming corrupt with no freedom of speech. Through this, it is shown how even a Council member, someone who helps make the rules, realizes that freedom of speech is really important. Even if it meant going against his colleagues' beliefs, Mr. Lyttle understood the fact of how crucial unrestricted communication is, and helped put an end to the chaos, unlike the other members on the Council. This adds to how freedom of speech is important, as Mr. Lyttle was able to recognize this truth, unlike others. Just as Mr. Lyttle discerned the reality, the novel emphasizes this rightness as it shows how significant the freedom to communicate freely