"I ate civilization...It poisoned me; I was defiled. And then... I ate my own wickedness" (page 240).
After reading this book, the only thing I can really say is wow. I did not expect John to kill himself. WHAT??????? But it only makes sense, doesn't it? He submersed himself in the tragic writings of William Shakespeare. It totally makes sense that John ends his life with a tragic end. Personally, it's just sad that civilization drove him mad. I liked John's character. It added a lot to the story as a whole. And the worst part is, nothing changed. In fact, things became worse. I wish that the clone world would have come to their senses. I wish that they could have changed the way in which they forced people how to live their lives. Did people change? No. They laughed at John. They enjoyed his pain. To be honest, I view John as God's heart. He poured out his love to nature and those around him, but people refused to see his love. Some refused to let him in. And when he sees what evil human kind has done, he tries to reach out. However, this is no use because people live for themselves instead of purpose.
Purpose. What would our lives be without purpose? What would our lives be without punishment? Without sin? Without love? Without structure? The world needs to be a mix of structure and freedom. This book showcased extreme societies: a clone world and a native world. We need to have a happy balance. We need to know how to communicate, first off, in order to live in society. We need to listen and have open eyes for those who are different from us. It is essential that we care for others and help them in their times of need. This book has made me realize that our world needs a lot of work in order to be the place it was created to be. We need to change as people. We need to be accepting of others because an intolerance of differences DOES lead to suicide. People who are made fun of for being different DO harm to themselves because they feel that they are not good enough. This needs to stop. Finally, we need to look at God's beauty and find our happiness through him. We will never find happiness in our own luxuries, in our own material things, in our own forced knowledge. We have use our talents and give back to Him or the world will become corrupted. We musn't live for ourselves; rather, we should live for others. Maybe if that happened harm would not occur. The world has potential to be a better place; we just have to open our hearts, minds, eyes, and ears in order to see the world for all of its greatness and wonders.
THE END FOR MY SUMMER BLOGGING. THIS IS TRULY A HAPPY MOMENT IN MY LIFE! =) Thanks for reading!
Excellent work on the blogs, Francesca.
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