Prompt 1
Recently, I have read the Giver, an excellent book concerning a boy named Jonas, who is chosen as a receiver, someone who receives memories from the Giver. He lives in a society where there is no pain, no famine, no disease and no freedom or choice. Everything is controlled. Food supply, reproduction, even spouses are chosen. So, the question I have chosen is ' Would you want your future to be decided by others ? Why or Why not? '.
I think I would prefer not having a controlled future, even though it may seem ' perfect '. I do not like the idea of me not being in control of my own future. I would never, ever trade my freedom for such a life. As perfect as it may be, it would never be able to compensate for the price paid. Feelings and freedom of choice are the attributes that define humanity itself and without these, we might as well all be robots. The right to choose and to be an individual form the basis of human conduct and achievement. Like Jonas, for example, became disillusioned when he realized that there was more to life than just being sheltered and fed. Eventually, he found that he was missing out, not experiencing the real world, where there is pain, anger, happiness, love.
Furthermore, having choices made for you is downright unfair. For example, birth-mothers give birth to THEIR offspring an the Nurturers just give the babies away to another random family. All the pain and suffering of giving birth only to have our son or daughter adopted, never to know the real mother. Even Jonas and Lily aren't the biological children of their mother. In my opinion, I wouldn't want this to happen to me.
In conclusion, my response to the question is ' No, I would absolutely hate it. ' To me, life would not be worth living without being able to express myself freely. No freedom = No happiness.
This is Alex, the master of disaster, signing out!
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