Recently I came across this picture on Tumblr. “Too much perfection is a mistake.”  When I saw it, I thought immediately about the book: ”The giver” written by: Lois Lowry.   It is set in a society which is at first presented as a utopian society, but questions the reader, whether the societies' utopia is worth the cost. The society has eliminated pain and strife by converting to "Sameness," a plan that has also eradicated emotional depth from their lives.  The Community lacks any color, memory, climate and terrain whatsoever, all in an effort to preserve structure, order, and a true sense of equality beyond personal individuality. The book shows actually the perfect world, without; war and comparing between individuals and pain (you’re not even allowed to slide off the slide because they think it’s too dangerous)  etc. Everybody is equal and the government has everything in control. The citizens don’t need to worry about his/her future or anything, the government has it all settled and decided for them. This shows that perfection is a mistake because the citizens in the book showed us that they didn’t know sadness but neither happiness nor joy. There is no happiness nor joy without sadness. But I do think that the world today could be less violent and also the wrong image of the society of “need to be, need to do, need to have” could be less. So what do you think about the perfect world? Do you think that the bad side of the world should be all erased or just a part of it or do you rather have the world we have today? 

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Yours, Lucy