Monday, December 9, 2013
Period 5- Rules
In The Giver, the children are told exactly what to do, when to do it, what to wear, and how to blend into the community. Differences are not celebrated. Think about the pressures that sometimes come at your age with wanting to fit in and having all of the latest trends. Consider the pros and cons of having so many rules. Which rules do you think would be beneficial to our society? Which rules would be difficult to follow or implement? Explain your answer in paragraph form.
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I think one rule that would be hard to follow in our community is that you have to start your community hours when you are only 8.This would be difficult because that would be asking a lot out of just a little kid. For example, you can't expect a kid to take care of a younger kid or supervise them. Kids at age 8 want to have fun and play and enjoy life, not do volunteer work. Also not riding a bike until you are 9 may be difficult to implement because most kids at that age know how to ride a bike and don't need training wheels. A bike is a great source of transportation for younger kids and it is a good outside toy. If they don't get their first bike until they are 9, they would miss out on a lot. A rule that would help our community is at age 12 children are given assignments. This would help you because it would ensure that each child gets a job, even if they don't like it. A lot of people today are unemployed because they just can't find a good job. With this rule all kids can get a head start on their career. Having so many rules would be a bad thing because people need freedom and to be able to make their own choices. People shouldn't have to be told when to get their first bike or to do community service. They shouldn't have to be assigned a family and given children that they aren't their own. It's not fair for kids to have to be given a job that they don't want or like. Also, no one is perfect or the same and you can't just "release" them because they make one mistake. In conclusion, these rules are too strict and some we could benefit from and others not so much.
ReplyDeleteThere are many pros and cons to having a lot of rules. A pro are the fact that you know exactly what to do and when to do it. That makes life very easy and repetitive. A con is the fact that there is no originality. They should be able to reflect themselves in what they do. A rule that could easily be put into place in our community is the backward jackets. That would be good for younger child to start out depending on someone and then slowly become independent. It would be good for them to see the differences some choices could cause. A difficult rule to follow would not to fly over us. There is so many people that it would be difficult to follow and there would be a lot of going out of there way for no reason whats so ever. It would be easier to just go straight over us. Another law that would be difficult to follow is the telling of emotions or dreams. They would have no way to tell if you did it or not. Some families are so busy that there is no way that they could fit this in. Some people don't eat the same time as the rest of there family either. Therefore. there are many pros and cons to the way they live. There is also some rules that would fit into our life while others would just make things harder.
ReplyDeleteIn "The Giver", there are many rules that the children have to follow. Many of these rules include what clothes to wear, when to wear it, and blending into the community. In our society, I think it is best when people get to express themselves, so I think it would be very difficult to follow rules based on exactly what everyone should be wearing and when they should wear it. People like to express themselves. By telling everyone what to wear, that would take away some of our freedom of self expression. A rule that would be beneficial to our society would be no bragging. If people didn't brag in our society, people who may not get the same achievements might not feel as bad about themselves. I know sometimes when people ask people what they got on a test, it can become kind of awkward for the person being asked. If you got a really good grade, and the person asking what you got didn't, it becomes uncomfortable when the person being asked says their grade. Even though we don't really consider that bragging, the people in "The Giver" do, and I think that would be a good rule that would benefit society so people wouldn't feel as bad about themselves.
ReplyDeleteRules are meant to help our community but can sometimes also deteriorate the experience they were meant to create. For example, safety rules help us avoid danger and keep us safe, but they can limit what we can do. They can come in the way of tasks that need to get done such as a ban on pumping gasoline would make cars useless, then travel would be complicated, than people can't get around, etc. It becomes into a ripple effect where the entire world can be affected. I think too many rules makes us devote our lives to following them and they don't promote the idea of freedom. Some rules that I think that would be beneficial would be no trespassing, no neighborhood disturbance after certain hours. Some rules that would be hard to follow would be limit the amount of miles a person has traveled in single day or limit the amount of time a person has spent on the Internet on a single day because everyone has different uses for different needs that require different amount of time. All in all, rules are the key are to a good society, but the real question is how many rules are needed to create a balanced community.
ReplyDeleteSome pros of having so many rules is it keeps a society. In addition, it prevents a society from encountering any conflicts. Some rules in our society that we can benefit from is the curfew. We can benefit from curfew because it keeps us safe and it can prevent any crimes in the community. Another rule we can benefit from is no texting while driving. Our society can benefit from this rule because it can prevent numerous car accidents and it can many lives. Some cons of having so many rules is you can't get a lot of freedom. Also, if you break the rules, you can get punished as well. Some rules that would be difficult to follow or implement is riding bikes with helmets. As kids get older today in out society, we tend to think of wearing a helmet as "babyish", so we don't wear them. Another rule is no phones in school. Most of the students have their phones on them and usually text each other during class or on social media. Another rule registering for dog license's. The majority of the people who own a dog usually don't register for a dog license because it is a long process. In conclusion, there are there are benefits and doubts of so many rules in our society.
ReplyDeleteThe Giver is a story based in a utopia with many restricting rules. As the utopia is meant to be perfect, no rules are to be broken at all. Pros to this include less chaos, people will beware the consequences of breaking rules so they won’t do so, and things will run better overall with rules that can be beneficial such as some of the ones in the book. But as pros come, so do cons. In fact, many of these rules are so subtle that they can be broken easily, such as don’t be rude, and always openly tell the truth. These rules are broken so easily that many people might as well be out of the community. Some rules that would be beneficial to our society would be things like telling the truth because many people lie everyday, and it tends to get them in trouble all the time. However, rules like telling your thoughts to your family would be difficult to follow because many people have thoughts that they would never share in a million years, and some can be really mean that it would be almost rude to others to say them. In conclusion, as restricting rules can be helpful at times, they can also be a burden and very annoying to follow.
ReplyDeleteSome rules that I think would benefit our society is the rule about not making fun of someone because they are different. If this rule was taken under consideration, then there would not be anymore bullying, or people feeling like they are outcasts compare to others. A rule that I believe might be difficult to follow is the rule about Eights giving up their comfort object because after eight years of using a comfort object, young kids could get attached to their comfort object. It would be heartbreaking to give it up, and even more heartbreaking for parents to take it away from their kids.
ReplyDeleteIn the Giver, the children, and everyone esle in the community for that matter, are told what to do and how to bland into the community. There are many pressures to be cool or in with the trends at this age, but some of the rules that the characters follow in the Giver could be very difficult of benefical to our society. A rule that would be difficult to follow in our society would be if the other poeple had to pick your spouse for you because some people might get attached to others or may not really like them as a person. Something that might be benefical to the community would be if people would not talk about others differences in a bad manor. This might solve some of our society's bullying problem throughout the schools and work places. Therefore, there are many rules people need to follow in the book, The Giver, but not all of them can work for evey society.
ReplyDeleteAt my age, there is a lot of pressure with wanting to fit in and having all of the latest trends. In The Giver, there are rules that tell children what to do, when to do it, what to wear, and how to to blend into the community. This gives having a lot of rules many pros and cons. One pro is that everyone would be fitting in and having all the latest trends because everyone is wearing the same thing. One con is that you wouldn't have any freedom to do the things you want like wearing a certain type of clothing. One rule from the giver that I think that would be beneficial to our society is the rule of the children not bragging because it's not really nice to brag so it's a beneficial rule to have in our society. One rule that would be difficult to follow or implement is the rule about not knowing the name of your new child before the One year ceremony because most people would name their child at their birth. Those are some pros and cons to having so many rules and how some rules would be beneficial to our society and how some might be difficult to follow or implement.
ReplyDeleteThe pros of having so many rules are that so they are not any troublemakers. Also that their wouldn't be any criminals. The cons are that the people wont have the ability to impress themselves. Also the people would not be given any freedom since their are so many rules.The rule i think will be most beneficial is that people will be replaced from the community after being caught 3 times. Because people these days get caught a lot by doing crimes and the are still are allowed to go to the same place or harm the same person. But in this community they did it more than 3 times they will be released. A rule that would be hard to follow is losing your toy at the age of 8. Sometimes people still keep them till adulthood. Another would be, able to ride a bike at 9. That would be too late to learn how to learn how to ride a bike.
ReplyDeleteSome pros of having so many rules is that people can't poke fun at the way you dress, because the likelyhood of them wearing the same exact thing is very high. Having so many rules also limits decision making, which is good because decisions are often hard to make and may result in someone being unhappy and wanting revenge and such. However, there are also cons to having so many rules. One of these cons is that it doesn't allow people to be themselves. They are unable to dress the way they want, and they are all limited to plainess. They also can't be with the person they want to or love, because they take pills that stop those feelings from coming up and ruining the way the community works.
ReplyDeleteIn our society, there would be many pros and cons if we were to adapt the rules like the ones in The Giver. In our society, there is much pressure to fit in to society's views of acceptable and perfect, and there can be consequences to ourselves if we fail to meet these expectations. People will sometimes make fun of others for not "fitting in". Therefore, if all people wore the same things, and acted exactly the same, it would solve the problem of being bullied because of your differences. In my opinion, the rules against being rude and against bragging are actually needed in our society today. This is because many people do not think before they talk, and many times their words can come out as rude, and bragging can become very annoying. Therefore, these rules would be beneficial to our society and would make it a better place. However, some of the rules in The Giver would probably not be the best fit for our society. For example, the rules that tell children exactly what to wear and when to wear it would not be good here. Our freedom of clothing choice is what allows us to express ourselves and to show off our differences. We are all able to develop a different sense of style and dress how we choose. This allows us to be unique and diverse. Our actions represent our free will and the decisions we make represent who we are as independent people. If we were to have the rules as in The Giver, we would not be allowed to have as much freedom, and we would therefore not be able to express ourselves. In conclusion, some rules from The Giver would benefit our society, while others would make it worse than it already is
ReplyDeleteThere are many pressuring problems that come with our age. Some of the rules in their society would actually be helpful in our community. For example, the rule about not being allowed to brag about things would definitely help. Many people get jealous from people bragging about things, and this causes many problems. Also, since everyone has to dress the same, no one would be bullied for how look. No one will feel the pressure to buy the "popular" clothes. Some of the rules wouldn't help our community. Our birthdays give us uniqueness, and everyone in their community has the same birthday. I think we should all have our own birthdays so that we can celebrate our own special days. Therefore, some of their rules are good, and some are bad.
ReplyDeleteIn the book The Giver, there are rules and requirements you need to follow to be in their community. Difference is not celebrated and I think this relates to some of the pressures of growing up at my age. Fitting in is difficult and sometimes it requires staying up to date with fashion trends, music, and along with that, staying up to date as a person. To fit in you can’t be weird or strange because then you’re not like everyone else and change is a scary thing for some people. If you see someone dancing in the street, you might consider them weird and they might not fit in, but to them it may be a way of expressing their creativity and personality. Some benefits to having a lot of rules is that things are well organized so there isn’t anything that is chaotic or confusing. There are also drawbacks to having strict rules like having limited freedom of speech and choice. Having rules makes it difficult to live how you want to or express yourself as you please. Some rules that would be beneficial to our society would be the rule to share your dreams and feelings because you can become a lot closer to your family and understand each other more. Although I like the idea of this rule, I wouldn’t want to have to talk about it every single day like in the book. I think if we shared this kind of information then I would only want it a couple of times a week. A difficult rule to follow or implement would most likely be not having a choice in what you can wear or what you can do. It feels almost suffocating to think about that everything is so planned out and everything seems so unnatural.
ReplyDeleteI think there are several rules that could help people in my generation. For example, the way they have to dress and act, and I think that would be beneficial because then we wouldn't even need a dress code, people would already know how to dress appropriately. I think that the rule that you have to share your feelings at the table would not go well. First of all, kids in my school would not want to share what they are thinking for their parents, and they wouldn't share all of it. For example, Jonas shared his dream about his "stirrings" and I am positive half of teenagers in my school would not say that to their parents.
ReplyDeleteThere are a lot of rules in the society in The Giver, many of which I would consider unnecessary. Although, I believe that some of these rules are necessary and would be beneficial to our society. For example, the rule in which every child has to start community service once they turn eight helps with having a peaceful community. If everyone in our community started community service once they turned eight, the people in our community would have a much better understanding of what other people do and how they live. They would also be a lot more helpful, more compassionate, and maybe even a little more generous. The rule in which children start community service once they turn eight is a rule that would prove beneficial to our community. Although, many of the other rules in the community in The Giver would be a little more difficult to follow in our community. For example, the rule that states that each child is not to receive or learn to ride his or her bike until he or she has reached the age of nine would be very difficult to implement in our society. Even in the “perfect” society in the giver, the citizens have trouble following this rule. In our society, this rule would very easily be brushed aside by the people, and it would not prove beneficial at all to the community. Although a few of the rules in The Giver’s society would prove beneficial to our society, most of the society’s other rules would be too difficult for our community to follow. In The Giver’s community, differences are not celebrated, and that is why I think it is so easy for the citizens to follow all of the rules compared to our community which does celebrate many differences and would have a very difficult time following all of the strict rules in The Giver’s society.
ReplyDeleteof the way people would act and do things accordingly to what they are supposed to do. Some cons of having too many rules is that there is no freedom; people at least need a little bit but in a community like Jonas's I dont think there is much freedom. If there are too many rules, one can never have as much fun as they would with freedom. Some rules beneficial to our society is responsibility - your actions or how how responsible you are. Some rules that would be hard to follow is something that seems so simple that it wouldn't be considered a rule; for example in the giver, a rule that was almost always broken was that the older siblings taught the younger ones how to ride a bicycle before they are allowed to use and get one.
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