This blog is intended for an educational exerise for EDM 510 at the University of South Alabama
Class, this week we have been reading The Giver. In the sixth chapter, the community gives a family a "replacement child." The boy in the family had drowned the previous year, and the family was given a new baby with the same name to replace him. Everyone in the community, including the family, was happy with this and felt that the problem was solved. This is a feature that keeps coming up in the community. Many students have commented that they didn't like this idea.
Discussion:
How did this part of the book make you feel and why?
Could you accept a "replacement child" in your family? Your school? Why?
I would not like the idea of a replacement child. Then again I do not live in a controlled society like the Giver. It is amazing how natural things like this are in that kind of setting for a community that is so controlled. Please comment on my blog as well Dennis. Enjoyed your blog. If I run across anyone else I will send them your way.
ReplyDeleteYou just pointed out one of the main reasons for this particular scene in the story. Thank you
ReplyDeleteThis part of story challenged me and I personally do not like the idea of being replaced.
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