The Giver by Lois Lowry

How do you feel about the "standard practices" and "rituals" in the community?

I chose question number 2 because this question actually relates to the other questions. Every standard practice in Jonas' community is very different. As I always been living normally, I know what rights people get today, and other obligations too.  One example of ritual in Jonas' society is always being interdependent to the other people in their community. I have two strong reason why I disagree. Firstly, the jobs, since people get assigned with their jobs in twelve years ceremony, some can get easier jobs and some get the harder. Don't you think that the people that get the harder jobs should get more payment? But no! They all get the same amount of needs! I would protest if I actually have been assigned to a hard job.


Another reason for why I disagree is that it might be impossible to make sure that people do their work correctly. If the whole community would depend with several people that is in a single important subject, what if they goof of? Although if they can be released it will be very hard to find a new person and replace their job. The whole society might corrupt. More for standard practices, the people in Jonas' society have to rely to the important elders for almost everything about people's future.  If everything in the future had to be decided by a group that is responsible for it. There can be many problems that can happen, if you think about people today, even when people choose, they can create many violence crime when depressed. Example, if a family hate each other, how would they live together? A whole family can commit suicide! And isn't it unfair if some guys/girls get the more handsome or prettier ones for their husband or wife.

Pretty much all the rituals and standard practice in Jonas' community is disturbing for me. Especially the day story telling and dream telling. Why would anyone do that? Can't they have some private time and life that no one needs to know. For the parents in family day telling, they have to lie many more times. Parents can't tell everything, they would been given bad parenting then. Why would the kids get in trouble then? So, does this telling actually necessary? Not for me for sure because, I bet parents would know if their children are ill or guilty, it's better for the parents to ask than for the child to be nervous before even getting to that point of the day. Although the parents should truly create a very faithful and good bond between their family, for me it doesn't mean to do these things. I'm not saying family are not suppose to be that close.