The Giver in many ways is a “coming of age” story, in which we witness Jonas’ growing up. To begin our discussion of The Giver please address the following three questions in your blog using “good” paragraphs.
- When does one become an adult?
- What does it mean to be an adult?
- At what age are people no longer useful to society?
Becoming an adult is a very big step. When becoming an adult you have many responsibility and independence. If you are mature enough to take responsibility for your actions, and be independent and not rely on anyone else all the time. To be an adult means to support yourself and be able to make the right decisions for the future and yourself. You should be responsible enough to take care of yourself, and if you wish to start a family, you should be able to take care of them too.
I think that everyone is useful all the time in the society. The old people can still do something useful in the society in the giver. And the young kids are the future generation who will one day take care of the world. But I don't think anyone is useless to society. They can still help in their way. Wether it is mantaly helping (like thinkig of the ideas of the future) or physically helping (like doing the actual building and stuff). I mean some old people are still very sharp but they are so old. They can still help with their ideas for a better future.
1 comments:
Hey Hanna Yin;
I completely agree with you that becoming an adult is a huge step and it does come with a lot of responsibilities. However, you don't always want to make the right choice. Sometimes the right choice can mean the wrong choice (if that makes any sense). Making the wrong choice can help you make better choices in the future. But I do agree that the majority of the time, you should be making the right choices. I also agree with the old people ideas because even if they are useless to the society they have the right to live (euthanasia).
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