Sameness and Difference

Sameness and difference have many things both bad and good about them. Sameness is bad because then nothing is unique and everything is boring. Difference is bad because then nothing has anything in common. Sameness is good because then everything is safe and there is really nothing bad that can happen to you but you really don’t get to experience war and death or any of the really good parts of life like family, love or warmth. Sameness is boring nothing dangerous ever happens and everything is the same as the day before. Not even the weather changes. You have so many rules that you can’t break. Without sameness nobody can really express themselves. But without sameness nobody would have twins or triplets. Sameness is really dull and boring. Difference is good because then everything is unique. But on the other hand difference isn’t good because then people don’t have as much in common and more people get bullied. Without difference everything is the same. Nothing would ever change without difference. Difference helps people show there interests and meet people with the same interests. Difference is exciting and new. Without difference people would barely ever get to say I like your haircut or compliment them on there clothing. Like in Jonas’s world without the memories there was no color and the only time something really changed was at the ceremonies and once that happened not only did something about you changed, your whole age group had the same thing happen to them. At the ceremony when the boys got there haircut so did all the others in that age group. When girls got rid of there ribbons so did all the others in that age group. Sameness and difference both really affect our world.



~Kendal~