The Giver World Comparison Essay

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The differences between our world and Jonas world is that, Jonas world is a controlled environment while are world has freedom of choice. Jonas world revolve with no feelings and assigned families and in our world we have the freedom to choose who we love, and show feeling while Jonas has to take some kind of medicine to prevent that happening so. So he won’t feel won’t have hormones but the only similar part about Jonas world. And our world is the United States is also controlled our world is controlled by the government just like Jonas world. But Jonas world has mostly sameness, there is no lies, no animals, no money, and no economy while we live in a world with a big economy and a lot of animals. And, no books, Jonas world has no color …show more content…
Jonas world is more dependent on the controlled elders than our world somewhat have a depends like government housing or welfare and food stamps but Jonas world mostly controlled by a group while our world is control by an entire house or building. Jonas world seems more of a safe environment while the world we live in goes ether way safe or not but our world depending on what area we live in they also have no climate changes it’s always warm and it’s never hot or cold in Jonas world.
Our world and Jonas world is a lot different than ours we live in a different society with different rules and media.
I think our world is a lot better than Jonas world because it would be boring and no freedom at all I would rather live in a world where I’m free to do whatever I want to do and not to be controlled by a group of government officials if we lived in the world that was like Jonas it would be boring living with sameness, the assigned jobs, assigned families and no books. How can I live in a world like that maybe except there will be

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