"What if life were perfect? What if we lived in a perfect world of perfect people and perfect things, with everyone and everything doing the perfect thing at the perfect time. What if, at one perfect moment in your perfect world you decided...perfection is a perfect bore! What if, at that perfect moment you noticed, for the first time, a button marked "surprise". What if, in that perfect moment, you paused, considered all that was included in the concept of surprise, took a deep breathe, pushed the button, and found yourself exactly where you are right now, doing and thinking, exactly what you are, right now?""
If you were this person, would you push the button? What do you think life would be like and what would it contain after pushing the button? How would it differ from the 'perfect' life before the button was pushed?
It is difficult for us to imagine a world without color, personal freedoms, and love, but in The Giver, the society relinquishes these things in order to make room for total peace and safety. Compare the theme of colour in The Giver with the movie Pleasantville. How is colour a metaphor for life? Do you think the 'perfect' life in the above quote has colour? Why or why not?
i would push the button
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i push it too but life would change
ReplyDeleteI would push the button as well. I would push it because the change would be cool.
ReplyDeleteI would push the button just because a life without surprises or excitment would be the worst thing in the world because you wouldn't have a life worth living.
ReplyDeleteHaving colour or not is simply a manner of opinion. As for me, I would push the button.
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i think its kinda obvious that everyone would push teh buton cuz livin in a "perfect world" would be so boring!!!!!?
ReplyDeleteI would push the button because it would change the world.
ReplyDeleteI would most likley push the button because life without exitment is a life without fun
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