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Thinkers Anonymous: Do You Think Too Much
Thinking is needed in order for improvement and advancement. Without it we would still be stuck as cavemen or probably extinct. In the story Thinkers Anonymous: Do You Think Too Much? the protagonist is having serious difficulty with thinking too much. Thinking too much is not always detrimental, there are benefits to it. For example it leads me to do great analysis’ on texts, which leads to believe that is probably why the protagonist ran to the library. The concept of people saying to not think so much reminds me of the book The Giver by Lois Lowry, because both have societies where thinking a lot is frowned upon. Which brings to mind the issue of people being subconsciously controlled to not think so they just do as they are told. It baffles
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