When free will is sacrificed in order to create a perfect society, it changes the original ideal of utopia. When people are not allowed to make their own choices or change their lives in the way they wish to, it leads to living a bland, robotic life with no emotions.
“…If he had stayed, he would have starved in other ways. He would have lived a life hungry for feelings, for colour, for love. And Gabriel? For Gabriel there would have been no life at all. So there had not really been a choice.” (Lowry, 1993).
In Jonas’ perfect world citizens are unable to make their own decisions as nothing needs to be changed or picked. Everything is given to them by the elders therefore it is unnecessary for them to decide what they need for themselves since …show more content…
He states that their jobs are what provide the community members with their purpose. Although, the people of Jonas’ community are never able to fully understand what it truly means to have purpose and are impotent in figuring out their own ambitions or dreams; they are simply provided with it. It is said that such sacrifices (such as purpose) are made by the members of the community essentially for the greater good of maintaining a utopian society free of conflict. Consequently, this becomes a negative as the citizens of the community are simply seen as a group of people rather than as individuals. As children, they are disallowed to grow up normally, hence they are given a falsified view of what it means to be an individual. They are not allowed to grow up in a way that lets them understand their individuality or furthermore how they may desire for their own life to be. They cannot decide this it is predetermined by the community elders’ outward perceptions of them. The sacrifice of personal ambitions is what ultimately led the citizens of the community to be unable to find their true purpose and live a life of fulfilment and
“…If he had stayed, he would have starved in other ways. He would have lived a life hungry for feelings, for colour, for love. And Gabriel? For Gabriel there would have been no life at all. So there had not really been a choice.” (Lowry, 1993).
In Jonas’ perfect world citizens are unable to make their own decisions as nothing needs to be changed or picked. Everything is given to them by the elders therefore it is unnecessary for them to decide what they need for themselves since …show more content…
He states that their jobs are what provide the community members with their purpose. Although, the people of Jonas’ community are never able to fully understand what it truly means to have purpose and are impotent in figuring out their own ambitions or dreams; they are simply provided with it. It is said that such sacrifices (such as purpose) are made by the members of the community essentially for the greater good of maintaining a utopian society free of conflict. Consequently, this becomes a negative as the citizens of the community are simply seen as a group of people rather than as individuals. As children, they are disallowed to grow up normally, hence they are given a falsified view of what it means to be an individual. They are not allowed to grow up in a way that lets them understand their individuality or furthermore how they may desire for their own life to be. They cannot decide this it is predetermined by the community elders’ outward perceptions of them. The sacrifice of personal ambitions is what ultimately led the citizens of the community to be unable to find their true purpose and live a life of fulfilment and