Equality vs. Sameness

Equality is a term that means different things to different people. Yet, sameness is often confused with it. Equality has more to do with your rights, whereas sameness has to do with outlook.

The Giver has the best example of equality. For example, every one gets an education, a house, food, water, and a family. Lois Lowry has used the word sameness to show that everyone looks the same and does the same things, and they’re also equal. A quote that shows an example of sameness is, “’Lily,’ her mother said fondly, ‘you’re very close to being an Eight, and when you’re an Eight, your comfort object will be taken away. It will be recycled to the younger children. You should be starting to go off to sleep without it’” (pg. 18 Lois Lowry)

However, Animal Farm doesn’t have as precise the language as The Giver does. There were no examples of equality, because the pigs in the book weren’t working as much as the rest of the animals. There weren’t any examples of sameness in Animal Farm either, because the animals didn’t act in the same way. Yet, in the end of the book, the pigs were exactly the same as the humans. Which does show an example of sameness.

In conclusion, The Giver has more precise language than Animal Farm, because the book has better examples.

The Giver; Becoming an adult

There are many people who are a part of society. When it comes to the age when they are helpful it could differ. One becomes an adult when they are at least older than fifteen. In The Giver, one becomes an adult when he/she turns twelve years old (pg.14, Lois Lowry).This age is too young. When I was twelve, I wasn’t mature enough to understand all adult situations. Now that I’m fourteen, I can understand much more, yet I still don’t understand a few things. There isn’t a certain age when people are no longer useful to society, because even the elderly can still run their own businesses. For example, my grandparents on my mother’s side are over sixty and are still working in the restaurant that they’ve had since my mother was a teenager. There isn’t an age, but when the older people in society aren’t able to do as much as they could, that is when they are no longer useful. There aren’t certain ages to situations like this, but depending on the abilities of different people, you might be able to set an age.

Work Plan

Monday – Take a look at research paper again and edit by myself. Think of a title for research paper. Work on Independent Investigation.

Tuesday – Finish Data Analysis.

Wednesday – Finish Independent Investigation

Thursday – get paper edited, and fix.

Friday – Go to Ms. Caemmerer's room and try and finish poster.

TA DAH!