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Response To 'The Giver': Short Response

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The Giver Short Response Some of the ways that it would be safer to have society or government choose things for us is about the being different aspect. There is a lot of conflict going on in the world right now over religion and other people not agreeing with certain religions. For example, there is currently a war going on in the Middle East involving the terrorist group Isis. If society or government chose the same religion for everybody then there would be no conflict revolving religion and it would prevent the thousands of deaths that have happened over it. Another way it would be safer from not being different is involving the kids in schools. Kids all around the world get picked on every day in school and the main reason for it is

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