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The Giver: Is Sameness A Bad Thing?
Do you think that sameness is good? Well if you do, rethink because I am about to tell you why it is not.

Sameness is a bad thing because there is no emotion, no individuality, and no learning.

Sameness is bad because there is no emotion. Everyone would feel no emotion toward each other. In The Giver, Jonas likes Fiona but she does not like him back, and Jonas loves his family but it is hard for them to love him back. So there is no emotion. And in our world there is no emotion.
Sameness is bad because there is no individuality. Everyone would be the same not different. Everyone be together all the time. Sometimes people need to just be alone and there would not be any of that at all. Everyone would not be able to learn what they
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