Adapting to Survive
Growing up in two different communities has had a huge impact in my life. I moved from Bell Gardens to Norwalk when I was 9 years old. Although I was fairly young when I moved, I could still remember every detail about the childhood that I had in Bell Gardens. In the novel The Giver by Lois Lowry, there is a society that is portrayed as the ideal utopia. The citizens of this community choose to live in a very systematic and repetitive fashion and dismiss any behaviors that contradict their way of doing things. They are willfully blind to any form of independent action or thought and believe that a community should work together, as a whole, through the sacrifice of individualism. Ones outward perspective can easily evolve through many changes such as the relocation of ones home or other life changing or distressing experiences. Moving from one city to another has definitely evolved mine.
When I first learned that I was going to move, millions of thoughts occurred to me. I was constantly thinking of the friends that I would be losing as well as the lifestyle change that I would be experiencing. I reminisced of all the times that I had spent with the neighborhood children and I was depressed by the thought of leaving that all behind. Being a young kid, I never really paid attention to anything else except for the life that I knew in Bell Gardens. My previous surrounding was the only thing that was important to me. I was obviously aware that there was life outside of my community, but since I was never fond of change, I never thought of a life outside of it. Moving to Norwalk is definitely a milestone in my life because as I reflect upon it now, it really has broadened my view of the world. It was a wake up call that let me know that ones everyday life can change without a moments notice much like in the novel The Giver where a character undergoes a life changing experience. In the novel the character named Jonas, who is the protagonist of...