There are certain circumstances where people should break rules to achieve higher purpose. Rules are never going to be fair to everyone, because the person who made it is a human and some of the rules he makes might be bias. Rules can be fair, but some rules that are not fair can only be changed by breaking or protesting against it. For example in the play of Julius Caesar by Shakespeare, the senators killed Julius Caesar because he was about to become the king of the Roman Empire, and this would have ruined the Roman Empires democracy.
2. How valuable is pain to the human experience?
Pain is the most valuable human experience. Pain lets humans know if something they did is right or wrong. If we couldn’t feel pain we would keep on making the same mistakes many times, and we would never learn from the mistakes. For example, in the book"The Giver"(pg. 55), Asher when he was a Three he said ‘smack’ for ‘snack’, and if he hadn’t been punished for that he would have never learned the difference between ‘smack’ and ‘snack’.
3. At what age are people no longer useful to society?
There is no age, when people are no longer useful to the society, because as a person gets older, they get more experienced than the younger people. As a result younger people have of chance of learning from them, and they can also know the past through them. Everyone in a society is equally important, because if you start taking people out because of differences, like age, then there is a chance that the whole society will collapse.
4. When does one become an adult? What does it mean to be an adult?
One becomes an adult when they become able to accept their responsibility, and when they have enough knowledge to live on their own. To be an adult means that the person can handle any type of situation independently. Being an adult also meant that the person can survive on their own. For example in many countries people get a job and are allowed to marry when they become adults.
5. Which is more important: personal freedom or the good of society?
Any society must start by accepting that all people living inside that society will demand their personal freedom. As a result personal freedom is more important, because when you have personal freedom you can do thing that will benefit the society. When you have personal freedom you can make your own choices, and you can make choices without telling anyone. However in certain circumstances, some personal freedom should be comprised for the good of the society. For example going to school is a compromise for the good of the society. If a person has unlimited personal freedom, they can choose not to go to school when they don’t fell like it, but this choice will not be good for the society.
6. Should people have the right to die?
People should have the right to die, only if they become a burden to the society and can no longer take care of themselves. For example, if a person get an incurable and vary painful disease they have the right to commit suicide.
7. While reading "The Giver" what was the most important technology related issue that came to mind?
While reading “The Giver” there weren’t any technological related issues, because they don’t mention any technological thing, besides the fact that they use microphones to warn people. The people in the community seem unaware of any technology.
8. Should people have unlimited freedom or should governments make choices for people to prevent disorder?
The governments should make choices for people because it makes peoples lives easier and better, because their life is already planned out and the people don’t have to worry about anything. In the book, 'The Giver', the elders ha already planned the future of the people in the community so they don’t have to worry about their future, so everyone seems to be happy.
9. Should people's emotions be controlled?
No, peoples emotions should not be controlled, because if it is controlled, people become like robots. Emotions are what make everyone different. Without emotions people would be the same. Another reason why emotions don’t need to be controlled is because there are certain times where people want to express their feelings. Emotions are what you fell and they are personal, and people should have a choice if they want to express them or not. For example, in the book “The Giver” emotions are extremely controlled and they are not personal to the person, because everyone has to share their feelings with their family during evening, and they have to take pills if they start feeling love and desiring things like Jonas does, which helps them control their emotions.
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