Thomas Evans
Mr. Whitehurst
Language Arts 8
10 February 2015 “Perfect” Is Not Always Perfect
Every day people go about their lives paying little attention to the differences between themselves and the people around them. For instance, at SHAPE a Polish person is treated no differently than an American one. Unlike the egalitarian treatment all people at SHAPE receive, the characters in Lois Lowry's T̲h̲e̲ ̲G̲i̲v̲e̲r̲ are singled out and penalized for signs of individuality as they can be viewed as an act of treason against the community. Without those differences, we would …show more content…
Each community has similarities and differences as it pertains to death. “the entire community had performed the ceremony of loss together”(43). With death being a serious topic both communities treat death with respect and commemorate those who died. In both communities, when the death of another is brought up, it is usually dismissed as a sensitive topic. When someone is killed by the hands of another person and not from a natural cause, the topic is somewhat alienated in both communities. The much more notable side of death between the SHAPE and Giver communities is the differences. “He killed it! My father killed it!”(141) Jonas said having come to the realization of what release actually is. For instance, unlike in SHAPE killing is done without remorse emotion or any sign of humanity in any way. When someone dies at SHAPE people are sad and mournful, while in T̲h̲e̲ ̲G̲i̲v̲e̲r̲ people simply act like they never existed and move on with their controlled lives. At SHAPE when a member of someones family dies, it becomes a tragic event that devastates the rest of the family for the rest of their lives, while in T̲h̲e̲ ̲G̲i̲v̲e̲r̲ If someone were to die in a family, perhaps a child, the parents would pay little notice to it and simply take hold of a new
Mr. Whitehurst
Language Arts 8
10 February 2015 “Perfect” Is Not Always Perfect
Every day people go about their lives paying little attention to the differences between themselves and the people around them. For instance, at SHAPE a Polish person is treated no differently than an American one. Unlike the egalitarian treatment all people at SHAPE receive, the characters in Lois Lowry's T̲h̲e̲ ̲G̲i̲v̲e̲r̲ are singled out and penalized for signs of individuality as they can be viewed as an act of treason against the community. Without those differences, we would …show more content…
Each community has similarities and differences as it pertains to death. “the entire community had performed the ceremony of loss together”(43). With death being a serious topic both communities treat death with respect and commemorate those who died. In both communities, when the death of another is brought up, it is usually dismissed as a sensitive topic. When someone is killed by the hands of another person and not from a natural cause, the topic is somewhat alienated in both communities. The much more notable side of death between the SHAPE and Giver communities is the differences. “He killed it! My father killed it!”(141) Jonas said having come to the realization of what release actually is. For instance, unlike in SHAPE killing is done without remorse emotion or any sign of humanity in any way. When someone dies at SHAPE people are sad and mournful, while in T̲h̲e̲ ̲G̲i̲v̲e̲r̲ people simply act like they never existed and move on with their controlled lives. At SHAPE when a member of someones family dies, it becomes a tragic event that devastates the rest of the family for the rest of their lives, while in T̲h̲e̲ ̲G̲i̲v̲e̲r̲ If someone were to die in a family, perhaps a child, the parents would pay little notice to it and simply take hold of a new