Monday, January 12, 2015

How do people relax and enjoy their spare time in The Giver?

People have almost no spare time in the community.  This is one of the reasons their careers are chosen for them so carefully, in hopes that many of them will enjoy what they do, I suppose.  When an unscheduled holiday is called, it is unusual.  I also suspect that it is being used to observe people when they are not at work, and record how they choose to spend their spare time.   Children do get some free time to play, but once they get a little older they are supposed to spend their time volunteering in various jobs to see which ones they are good at.  There is no television, few games or sports, and definitely no books.

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