If you are expected to write just one paragraph on the disadvantages of sameness in The Giver, you will need a topic sentence to let the reader know what the paragraph is about, you will probably want to explain what sameness is, and you will need to write some sentences listing the disadvantages, using the book as evidence of what you have to say.
To write a topic sentence, you need to let the...
If you are expected to write just one paragraph on the disadvantages of sameness in The Giver, you will need a topic sentence to let the reader know what the paragraph is about, you will probably want to explain what sameness is, and you will need to write some sentences listing the disadvantages, using the book as evidence of what you have to say.
To write a topic sentence, you need to let the reader know the name of the book and its author, and you also need to let the reader know this is going to be a paragraph about the disadvantages of sameness. So, for example, if I were writing a paragraph about "The Lottery," I might have a topic sentence like this:
In "The Lottery," by Shirley Jackson, there are clearly many disadvantages to following a tradition.
The topic sentence is meant to set the reader up to understand what the paragraph is about.
I think a good paragraph should probably explain what sameness is in this story, for a reader who has never read the book. You can explain, for example, all the ways in which people are expected to live in the same way. This includes the same kinds of houses, the same kinds of clothing, and the same number of children.
Most of the paragraph should consist of what you think the disadvantages are in a community of sameness. If you read carefully about what Jonas thinks of sameness, that is going to help you a great deal because, as Jonas receives memories from the Giver, he begins to understand how much people are missing out on when there is sameness. You can also think about what you would miss if you were in a world of sameness, such as color, clothing choices, and the beauty of hills and valleys. In my own opinion, it would be a miserable world, and as you think about this, I think you will be able to think of many disadvantages. Use examples from the book about Jonas' thoughts on this, as well as examples of sameness that you think are disadvantages.
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