I am currently reading the book The Giver by Lois Lowry. I'm reading it again as a re-read, as the school year is winding down. It's about a kid named Jonah, who lives in society where everyone follows strict rules,and there is no color. He learns as he gets older that he has a secret ability to see color. A person in the community who is known as the Giver gives Jonah the power of memory. Memory of a time when the world was like ours.

This book made me think very ethically, what's right and what's wrong. I'm going to focus on a specific part in the society they live in. It's called being released, it's when they kill babies that aren't developing smoothly and old people. I was thinking, is it right to kill old people if it's necessary to help feed other people who are still doing well? I was really thinking is it just for someone to die for the benefits of others? It' never good to take one person's life for others. I don't think it's right for kids to die especially kids if they're not developing as fast, some take longer than others. It's never right for anyone to die for someone else's purpose.

In this society it's also right for people to marry the people that they are put together to be compatible with. In the islamic religon it is considered right for people to marry others of their parents choice. I was wondering should people should get the choice. I think that they should what if they regret meeting that person. They will live a life of being depressed.Which is very unhealthy in general. It is definitely not right at all for people to be forced to liive with a parents decision. Sometimes it is a good choice, so it is beneficial to the parent also and the person forced to marry.

Overall this book has many things that are controversial. It isnt right for people to be forced to do something in general, even when needed in important situations. Life's shouldn't be put over other lives,and people shouldn't be forced to live with others.