Feedback 23 April, 2008

Equality means, that everyone one is looked upon as equals, no one is thought about differently, however, sameness means that everyone is the same; everyone is forced to be the same. In a nut shell, equality to me means that everyone is thought about the same, and sameness is when people are forced to be the same. As defined by dictionary.com sameness means lack of variety; monotony, and equality means the state or quality of being equal; correspondence in quantity, degree, value, rank, or ability.

In the giver, the word equality is used because, all the people are ranked by there ability to do jobs, Asher is given director of recreation because he is able to make people laugh and have fun (P.G 56.) In animal farm the word sameness is used because the animals are forced to be the same by the pigs. The word sameness is also referred to in the giver (P.G 85.)

I think that Lois Lowry uses the language more precisely because she writes about so many things that make everyone equal, ribbons in the children’s hair, and the are split into age groups until they are 12.