Hook

        Plants grow with nurturing from the sun, water and soil. Like plants, everything grows taller and stronger. Not only is it living things that grow, but as do lifeless objects. Our world is advancing in knowledge, leading into a world of technology. Technology is that plant. It is growing stronger and stronger with every new discovery. Rumors are spreading of the wonderful things that us humans can do in the near future. Some talk of the ability to enter one another’s mind and read their most valued of thoughts. But is this a good idea? In some circumstances, yes; although, not only would that cause the lack of privacy, but even worse situations… I firmly believe that one another’s solitude is much more valuable than the knowledge and understanding of a new technology. And no one should be able to destroy the precious gift of privacy. Fortunately, you cannot read my thoughts, so I will explain why I believe why mind-reading is a terrible ability to posses.

The Importance of Color

Everyone has motives for their doings; not every motive is considered reasonable, though. The Elders of The Giver, have decided to eliminate color for their own reasons. This caused problems, yet it also solved some. Here are my motives for saying so…

            I am first explaining how the Elders saw the situation. Their thinking was probably much like this… “Without the ability to see color, we would no longer have to deal with racist issues, making everyone equal. No one would be able to look or dress differently, so no one would stand out if they happened to be wearing neon, because no one would see the neon. And finally, people who are color blind will not be anymore, because everyone will be. Because that issue, creates a difference, in which we cannot have or tolerate…” Thinking like that only shows one perspective. But by thinking as someone else would, you would see that there are two arguments to the situation.

            Others would explain that “without color, no one would be able to see the beauty of the sunset, which creates pleasure and joy, and would make someone happy (this really means that people in the Giver’s world cannot feel pain, joy or love). And without color, rainbows do not exist, and neither would the sun (which radiates heat, which leads to warmth and happiness). People would not have tans, without the sun or color; which makes others like their appearance more, feel happier and have a higher self-esteem.

            So basically, without color, we would be missing the beauty of life and the feeling of happiness in our hearts, (which makes us who we are). By destroying color, it leads to bigger problems, in which are linked to other problems and on and on.” I personally agree with this point of view, because without color life would be boring, and nothing would be worth living for then.

            Yet I fear that for every motive, someone would disagree with it (just as I have) … and maybe even their authority. Not to mean that I agree with the Elders though. Some people just go way too far thinking that what they’re sacrificing is the right thing to sacrifice…

            The plan of the Elders was to destroy not only color, but with it, individuality. This was sacrificing way too much, and too many problems rise with less issues being solved. The Elders have made a very poor choice and when I say this, my motives (as I agreed with above) are right behind me.

By Tori Johnson