벌써 세번째 책이네요^^
The Giver는 짧아서 빨리 읽어 갈수 있겠어요.
월요일에 뵙겠습니다.


-장소: 360 Orchard Rd.#09-02 international Building
-시간: 오전 10시 30분
-독서 분량: 처음부터 49P Chapter 8 까지 입니다.

[토론 주제]
- Why is the pilot released from the community?
- How does father help console Jonas about the ceremony of twelve?
- Why has the rule about bicycles not been changed?


-In The Giver, each family has two parents, a son, and a daughter. The relationships are not biological but are developed through observation and a careful handling of personality. In our own society, the makeup of family is under discussion. How are families defined? Are families the foundations of a society, or are they continually open for new definitions?

In Jonas’s community, every person and his or her experience are precisely the same. The climate is controlled, and competition has been eliminated in favor of a community in which everyone works only for the common good. What advantages might “Sameness” yield for contemporary communities? Is the loss of diversity worthwhile?

There are groups in the United States today that actively seek to maintain an identity outside the mainstream culture: the Amish, the Mennonites, Native American tribes, and the Hasidic Jewish community. What benefits do these groups expect from defining themselves as “other”? What are the disadvantages? How does the mainstream culture put pressure on such groups?

Why is the relationship between Jonas and The Giver dangerous, and what does this danger suggest about the nature of love?


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