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Journal 2 Chapters 7-14

In Jonas’s world, choice is eliminated. When you think if eliminating choice is for the better, it is hard to decide whether it is good, or whether it is bad. There is danger in having choices. When you have the power to make your own choice you might pick a bad choice. Some of those bad choices may lead to other catastrophic events, or could harm others. Also, suppose you choose your own spouse or job. You may be wrong about who you chose and might be unhappy with a job that doesn’t use your own unique skills. So, in some ways there is danger in having choices.

Without choices, our lives would be very different. Maybe it would be easier because you wouldn’t have to worry about making the wrong choice. There would be no pressure or stress on some difficult choices that could change your life. There would be no danger because the choices made for you wouldn’t lead to violence and disruption. The community would probably be much safer and organized. Even though we may think life without choices would be bad without any risk or thrill, perhaps it would make our lives easier and safer in the end.