Should We Strive For Perfection Research Paper

Jeff steps out of the shelter, surveys the land, and thinks about how the world ended up this way. It used to be peaceful, but now wars are fought over everything from the right way to brush your teeth to everyone looking the same. He realizes that it all happened because the world tried to achieve perfection. Perfection sounds to most people like the greatest thing in the world. But is it really? Currently, there is a big debate about whether or not people should strive for perfection. Some people think that seeking perfection is a great idea. However, pursuing perfection would not be a good idea for the world because it takes away all of the good things in life and it can cause more conflict. First of all, perfection would take away all of the good things in life. If there was no war, pain or unhappiness, there would be no peace, love, and joy. If you have never felt sadness, how could you know what happiness is? One can’t exist without the other. For example, in the poem “The Human Abstract” by William Blake, it states, “Pity would be no more, If we did not make somebody Poor: And Mercy no …show more content…
Many people have different points of views, so they would never agree on what was perfect. For example, in The Giver, it states, "'We relinquished color when we relinquished sunshine and did away with differences.' ... 'We gained control of many things. But we had to let go of others.' 'We shouldn't have!'" This shows how Jonas thinks different than the people that made and uphold the community. They think that their community is perfect, but he doesn't. This could happen in real life if society ever were to try and reach perfection. There would be more wars because there would be disagreements over what perfection really is. No one will ever be able to reach it because there is a myriad of different definitions of perfect depending on how people grew up. It woud be a complete