The+Rules

The Rules By: Jennie F.

There are many rules that sometimes, we have a hard time knowing if they can be broken or not. A lot of times you can tell which rules are completely necessary to follow and which can be broken sometimes. Rules like “don’t steal” or “don’t murder” should never be broken. For example, if someone kills another person they have taken way a life and they have also affected the lives of those who knew and loved the person. In Jonas’s world, a rule like you must go through the Ceremony of Twelve you must follow because that affects your whole life and gives you a future. Rules like these are not rules that you can beak; however there are some rules that are ok to be broken every once in a while. We can often tell if a rule can be broken if we know that it won’t bring any harm to anyone. In Jonas’s world, a rule saying that you can’t ride a bicycle until a certain age can be broken. In our world a rule often broken would be “no lying” because sometimes this is used to be nice to someone else. Say your friend asked you if you liked the new jeans she got; you can’t say that you absolutely hate because then your friend is upset. In cases like this you can tell a little lie and say that you like the jeans so your friend feels good. We have to be able to judge which rules in life can be broken and which ones can not.