The Giver by Lois Lowery- Perfect World

This is a school assignment I had to do and I really liked my response so I decided to blog it. Tell me what you think and write your own response!!!

(assignment) Jonas's world is perfect. Everything is under control. There is no war or fear or pain. There are no choices. Every person is assigned a role in the Community.

What would perfect look like?
How could you have no crime, no unhappiness, no violence, no jealously, no ect?
What things would you have to give up?
Would it be worth it?

(my response) I personally don't think it's possible to have a perfect world. Everything on earth has flaws and I think without those flaws the human race would crumble. In a perfect world, no one would really be happy - or alive for that matter. Rules would constantly have to be followed, and everything and everyone would work like a machine. There would be nothing different in everyday life, no risks, no fights, no excitment. And everyone would look the same. How boring! Flaws is what makes up the world, and if we didn't have them beauty wouldn't exist. It is also not possible to have a world without unhappiness and jealously. Crime and violence is possible to get rid of if there is nothing to be violent about, but unhappiness and jeaously are emotions. It's human instinct to have them and not possible to get rid of them. Something will always happen to bring up those emotions. As for giving things up, well, you would have to give up your life. There are no choices for you if you work like a machine. You couldn't live and learn like a normal human being. You woud always have the perfect soul mate, the perfect family, the perfect friends. I would never want that. Humans are naturally selfish and always want more, so something would always want to be changed in this "utopia." So no, i really don't think it's worth it at all. Living in a perfect world would be like living in a bubble. But what if we started out as a perfect world and already had all the happiness out? Do i think it's possible? Yes. But one person would always have to know unhappiness, anger, and jealously to keep it away. It would also be better at a certain age to decide if we would actually want to live in this perfect world with no options or live in the real world with options, risks, and fun. Who would really want this perfect world as their life?