The Giver Essay Choices

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Choices are a major part of everyone’s lives. The choices we make now can affect us both in positive and negative ways. It’s important that we have choices to explore every possibility that we can. If we didn’t have choice, everyone would look the same, act the same, and have the same things, just like in The Giver. Individuality allows people to discover themselves and without it, the world would seem like a monotone mass of people instead of a bright and colorful planet.

One of the choices I make is the music I listen to. I love hearing different artists tell their story through words, and I can hear it with just my headphones and the press of a button. If I couldn’t make this choice, I would be stressed and annoyed. Music calms me down

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