Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Daily Question for March 18, 2010
During the Ceremony of the Twelves, the Chief Elder recalls how Asher had some difficulty with saying his words. As she speaks, Jonas remembers, with chilling clarity, the events that transpired when Asher accidentally said "smack" instead of "snack". Why do you think Lois Lowry would include this incident in her novel? (What was her purpose?) How did this incident change your opinion of the Community, or conversely, strengthen your opinion?
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This was to add emphisis by giving an example of and incident that Jonas had to agree with. This strengthened my opinion that i dont like the way the community works and it isn't a real utopian society.
ReplyDeleteI think the purpose was to show that when you make mistakes then you have to face the conciquences and it determines what job you get if you don't do things right. It changes my opinion so now I think that it is no longer a utopian society and that it would really stink to live there.
ReplyDeleteI think Lois included this incident in the book to show readers that their lifestyle isn't completely utopian. It can be harsh and cruel like real life. instead of simply correcting asher the teacher abused him until he was too scared to make the mistake. This shows that the society they live in isn't as perfect as it seems to be upon first glance.
ReplyDeleteI think that she included this incident so that we would realize just how seriously the community punished mistakes. They abused a three year old until he was too scared to talk for fear of saying something wrong and getting a smack. This has strengthened why I do not like the community because no one should have to live like that, especially not a little three year old.
ReplyDeleteI believe she included this to show how perfect this society must be. Like if a little kid says something wrong and gets smacked thats pretty serious. This made me think of the community as a very very strict one and made me think of what a horrible place to live in, it would be.
ReplyDeleteWell said, Becky. There is no real compassion, nor understanding of another, even of children and the learning processes they go through. The community simply reacts.
ReplyDeleteYet, I wonder what people from that community would think of our "imperfect" one. Perhaps that it was too tolerant, and did not realize how to effectively parent?
The author probably include the incident with Asher to give a bit of a character backround story, nothing kills any story faster than character backrounds. It stregnthened my opinion about the community of strict, harsh, with tonnes of Precision language use
ReplyDeleteWhat do you mean that nothing kills a story faster than character backgrounds, Squig?
ReplyDeleteVideo games, animes, even comedys get destroyed by character backround. Usually backround stories take full episodes and since to have a good series you need a good amount of characters. It makes it so that character backrounds happen often. The worst example i have is that every 10 filler episodes something "important happens"
ReplyDeleteI believe that she did this to show the reader how precise and strict the community really is anad what a horride but yet perfect place it would be to live.
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