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Are people really capable of making the best choices for themselves? Would people benefit from more choices being made for them in our own society? Explain your reasoning. Must use TE from The Giver.

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I think peoples benefit from more choices from their own society because of the Capable of the givers protagonist
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In Chapter 13 Jonas questions why people in the community cannot make their own choices and The Giver provides one main reason: they might make the wrong ones. ... This lack of individual choice implies that the Elders know the citizens better than they know themselves and that individual choice is dangerous.

Hope this helps, BadAtMath99

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