There are many possible answers to this question. For one thing, the council may not want the men to know the things the council discusses that are not definite. For another, they may not want the men to have knowledge so they could not rise up against them and create their own society. Or maybe they want to keep their citizens feeling inadequate and stupid by keeping them int the dark. The only thing that all these possible answers have in common is the withholding of knowledge on purpose. Because of this, I wonder how much the council really cares about it's people. Do they really want them to be happy or do they just want to have the sensation of having power over others? Or do they really believe that feeling inadequate is the best thing for these people? I do not think that this information will be reveled in the book but I think that, at least at some point, the council wanted the best for it's people and would not have withheld knowledge from it's people or created rules that would mean withholding knowledge from it's people. I think this because the council holds some good values that could not have come from cold hearted people, such as love your brothers.
Why did the council find it necessary to make the rule that if the other scholars say so a man must abandon his work?
I think that the council found this rule necessary because the scholars wanted to feel in control. A way to let the scholars feel in control without giving them power is to let them rule the men within their group. Although the council must call it a way to be equal, it must be a way to keep everybody happy and prevent an uprising.
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Why do you think that the council outlawed mirrors?
I think that the council outlawed mirrors because they wanted equality between all people. If somebody knows they look different from their brothers then they may act superior. Of course, the others can still see this person so they can see if they are truly superior. But everything has it's flaws and that is not something that the all powerful council can change.
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Why did the council find it necessary to make the rule that if the other scholars say so a man must abandon his work?
ReplyDeleteI disagree with your answer to the question above becuase simply making one abandon his work when the group tells him to does not prevent an up rising. If it does, I invite you to explain it to me. My answer would be that the council wants to ensure that technology does not advance too fast and cause problems as they did in the unmentionable times. By forcing the group to decide it slows down their ability to advance becuase if someone comes up with a brilliant idea and the group disagrees they do not advance. I know this becuase the book talked about the candle and how it took 50 years to convince every one to change from torches. As you can see this process slows down technical advancements and ensures the council that they will not have the problems the unmentionable times had.
I would love to answer question #2. I have to agree with Cian on this one. I think it's a pretty good rule actually. People in this society all work together are all equal, so if someone disagrees then that person shouldn't continue. You are bringing the society at risk. I don't want to repeat what Cian said, however the book did mention how it took 50 years to convince everyone to change torches to candles. In there community they know, well partially know what happened in the past with technology and they wanna remain their community safe. I know we have a different perspective since we live with technology, but we have to understand their point of view to. How they are scared, so they don't want to move fast with the advancement of technology.
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ReplyDeleteYour post was really good! Nice questions and precise answers to them. I picked the question: Why do you think that the council outlawed mirrors? In this question, I had to agree with you Katie. I think the council wants this equality thing between them. A mirror is a way to differentiate each other. So as a result, they didn't add them to the society. Since they don't have mirrors, how do they know how they look?
Katie I thought your post was very good. I could tell you put a lot of effort into it. The first reason I could tell you put a lot of effort into your post is that you asked us questions such as her you asked us “Or do they really believe that feeling inadequate is the best thing for these people?” The second reason I could tell you put a lot of effort into this post is that I could really tell your question were very detailed such as this one “Why did the council find it necessary to make the rule that if the other scholars say so a man must abandon his work?” The last and final reason I could tell you put a lot of effort into this post was you really
ReplyDeleteWhile I could tell you put a lot of effort into your post I have just a little bit of advice for some of your post. Which was that I think you could have more sentence fluency. Such as in one part I think you were typing to fast and scrambbled up some words when you said “hem int the dark” which I didn’t get. Altho I saw this in your writing I really connect because sentence fluency I get a lot of that same advice about which I am trying to work on right know. Because my sentence fluency is not at it’s greatest point right now. However I am working on it.
Great post Katie,
Adam