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Human Choice In The Lion, And The Wardrobe

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According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, there are a little over 700 children abductions per day. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to live in a world where everyone was safe, and people were rendered harmless? Immediately you may think it is a no-brainer…and wonder why this hasn’t already been established! Although, with a closer look, you may reach a different opinion. Throughout this essay The Giver by Lois Lowry, and The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis will be the primary source of my investigation into human choice. Human Choice has both positive and negative consequences. To eliminate evil one might think that you should eliminate human choice. However, with the abolition of human choice, you will also …show more content…

People are numb to emotion when people die, and look on it as a process of life that should not affect us. Lois Lowry wrote this in the Giver, “As he [Jonas] continued to watch, the newchild, no longer crying, moved his arms and legs in a jerking motion. Then he went limp. His head fell to the side, his eyes half open. Then he was still.” Later in the chapter Lowry added this, “He killed it! My father killed it! Jonas said to himself, stunned at what he was realizing. He continued to stare at the screen numbly.” The community of Sameness, decided that a lack of human choice would create a ‘perfect’ community. However, perfection cannot be achieved, because in the pursuit of perfection; there are costs that will eventually outweigh the benefits. We see this illustrated in the words of Lowry, “His father loaded the carton containing the body into the chute and gave it a shove. ‘Bye-bye, little guy,’ Jonas heard his father say before he left the room. Then the screen went blank.” Jonas’ father had no capacity to understand that human life is sacred and when it is ended; it is not to be taken lightly. With no ability to feel emotion, the little carton was shoved down the chute without a second

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