Most people take the easy way out of a situation, including with love and fear. Niccolo Machiavelli states that it is better to be feared than loved because being feared guarantees the keeping of power over someone else. Being feared rather than loved is a safer option to keep power; however, the feeling of love is greater than the feeling of power. When someone is given the choice between fear and love, they most likely will pick love. In the book the Giver, the elders eradicated all emotions from society to try to maintain power over everyone and create an ideal community. One person stores all the memories of the past. Eventually he has to pass those memories on to someone else: Jonas. When Jonas starts to receive emotions, he wants everyone to have them. The lack of emotions kept control of the community, but no one —not even the elders— had experienced any love. Once Jonas knew what love was like he wanted it to be shared. Jonas chose love over fear of what the elders would do to him and over their ultimate power of the whole community. Although the story is fiction, it stands true; love is stronger than fear and power. Those people who are willing to take chances will pick love in the end, just as Jonas did.
Furthermore, power that is gained through fear will not always …show more content…
No one usually challenges someone for fear of punishment. Fear is the easier option for power over someone because it is effortless gained, whereas love is hard to come by. It takes work to have someone love someone else, but it is simple to have someone fear someone else. However, having power by fear can be lonely and solitary. Love can make someone have great joy, even though it might not last. It is better to have some form of love for even a second, than to never experience it at all. Fear and love usually end in the same place, melancholy, but with love there is a chance at happiness. Most people would take that chance at
Furthermore, power that is gained through fear will not always …show more content…
No one usually challenges someone for fear of punishment. Fear is the easier option for power over someone because it is effortless gained, whereas love is hard to come by. It takes work to have someone love someone else, but it is simple to have someone fear someone else. However, having power by fear can be lonely and solitary. Love can make someone have great joy, even though it might not last. It is better to have some form of love for even a second, than to never experience it at all. Fear and love usually end in the same place, melancholy, but with love there is a chance at happiness. Most people would take that chance at