LITERARY ESSAY
“Strength lies in differences, not in similarities,” -- Stephen Covey. Stephen Covey is a famous lifestyle author and has explained in his quote that diversity creates strong societies, whereas sameness makes weak societies. Societies are better when the people are all unique because of the different attributes contributed. With sameness, there is no variety and no change and no growth. Having a community with identical citizens is like a sagging chain link, but with contrasting people it is like a long titanium rod. Dystopian and Science Fiction novels, demonstrate how diversity creates better societies.
Furthermore, in The Giver, the government sets strict rules and examples for everyone to follow in the same fashion. For example, Jonas, the main character, learns that the chief elder would like the community to be a utopia. Jonas is the only one …show more content…
In the story, when Harrison Bergeron escapes prison, he goes to the dance studio. He demands an empress to dance with him. He tears the handicaps off of the empress and himself. Tearing off a handicap is illegal because everyone has to be exactly the same, and some people with more abilities have to wear stuff to make sure that they are equal with others. The Handicapper General… she fired twice”(5). The government does not wants diversity or else they will kill the ones who break diversity. Later on, the government does not want people to be smart, put handicaps on. Some people that are not smart do not need to wear handicaps. They do not have the capability to think without speaking, or comprehend inner thoughts. For example when Hazel said something, George said “you could say that again” and Hazel repeated her sentence. (5) This shows that Hazel cannot comprehend words in her brain because she is repeating everything that she says. George is smarter, as he has
“Strength lies in differences, not in similarities,” -- Stephen Covey. Stephen Covey is a famous lifestyle author and has explained in his quote that diversity creates strong societies, whereas sameness makes weak societies. Societies are better when the people are all unique because of the different attributes contributed. With sameness, there is no variety and no change and no growth. Having a community with identical citizens is like a sagging chain link, but with contrasting people it is like a long titanium rod. Dystopian and Science Fiction novels, demonstrate how diversity creates better societies.
Furthermore, in The Giver, the government sets strict rules and examples for everyone to follow in the same fashion. For example, Jonas, the main character, learns that the chief elder would like the community to be a utopia. Jonas is the only one …show more content…
In the story, when Harrison Bergeron escapes prison, he goes to the dance studio. He demands an empress to dance with him. He tears the handicaps off of the empress and himself. Tearing off a handicap is illegal because everyone has to be exactly the same, and some people with more abilities have to wear stuff to make sure that they are equal with others. The Handicapper General… she fired twice”(5). The government does not wants diversity or else they will kill the ones who break diversity. Later on, the government does not want people to be smart, put handicaps on. Some people that are not smart do not need to wear handicaps. They do not have the capability to think without speaking, or comprehend inner thoughts. For example when Hazel said something, George said “you could say that again” and Hazel repeated her sentence. (5) This shows that Hazel cannot comprehend words in her brain because she is repeating everything that she says. George is smarter, as he has