A Desirable Place “It’s the choosing that’s important, isn’t it” (Lowry). In The Giver by Lois Lowry, the community is designed to be a utopia, where other people decide fate, and keep the citizens from discovering the truth. In this community, the previous memories are taken away, leaving every citizen the same, no love, color, music, or freedom. The article “Haiti in Crisis” by Bryan Brown and Patricia Smith, is about a country that lives with endless disaster, sarvation, and it has a weak government. Haiti was just hit by Hurricane Matthew, which destroyed almost everything in it’s path. In this case, Haiti would be a more desirable place to live. It is a right that all humans are independant, and can make their own choices. Haiti in
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After Haiti was hit by Hurricane Matthew, this gave the country a chance to rework the government (Brown and Smith). This shows that their community is open to change, and will help make the citizens lives more stable. In The Giver, when Rosemary’s memories are released, the community was shocked. Even though they soon reverted to before, Sameness (Lowry). The community did not change, and the people were not going to change due to gaining a few memories. This means that they are not open to change, and that they can’t improve their society. Also, in Haiti, they have been hit by many disasters, like the 2010 Earthquake and the 2017 Hurricane (Brown and Smith). These disasters have allowed the Haitians to become aware of what to do in crisis. They have practice, so when more disasters hit they know what to do. At the community in The Giver, a plane flew above the community, and the citizens were freaking out. They had never seen a plane fly over the community (Lowry). This shows that they have no experience, and they have not learned what to do in crisis. If this were to happen another time to them, they would not change, there would still be people worried, because they have not as much experience of what to do. Choosing to live somewhere, that can improve society, and can learn from mistakes can make life easier. A community where change can happen, and people can learn is somewhere to
After Haiti was hit by Hurricane Matthew, this gave the country a chance to rework the government (Brown and Smith). This shows that their community is open to change, and will help make the citizens lives more stable. In The Giver, when Rosemary’s memories are released, the community was shocked. Even though they soon reverted to before, Sameness (Lowry). The community did not change, and the people were not going to change due to gaining a few memories. This means that they are not open to change, and that they can’t improve their society. Also, in Haiti, they have been hit by many disasters, like the 2010 Earthquake and the 2017 Hurricane (Brown and Smith). These disasters have allowed the Haitians to become aware of what to do in crisis. They have practice, so when more disasters hit they know what to do. At the community in The Giver, a plane flew above the community, and the citizens were freaking out. They had never seen a plane fly over the community (Lowry). This shows that they have no experience, and they have not learned what to do in crisis. If this were to happen another time to them, they would not change, there would still be people worried, because they have not as much experience of what to do. Choosing to live somewhere, that can improve society, and can learn from mistakes can make life easier. A community where change can happen, and people can learn is somewhere to