My big question that I came up with for the remainder of this quarter is: How does innocence and naivety color a person's personality and perceptions of life? This book was written by an English author. It's about a school designed to raise kids from birth to puberty with the sole purpose of sending them off to one day donate all their vital organs. It brings up questions of whether or not this is moral or ethical. And then there's the major theme of whether or not these kids are really human--like we are human. These kids are completely oblivious to their destined paths and only learn bits and pieces as they grow older and move on further down their lives. But, while this seems like a sick and completely inhumane thing, you see that these kids are able to use their naivety to enrich their childhoods--by not knowing their fate, they can enjoy their unique childhoods. Its a incredibly interesting book.
By reading this specific book I came to a better understanding of the saying "ignorance is bliss." We can all relate to times when our worlds were small and focuses even smaller--a time when our parents gave us freedom to be kids before the enevitable world would turn its ugly face toward us. Being innocent, being niave, being ignorant, those aren't qualities that we should negatively neglect, no instead we should embrace them and realize that it is those times that we are the happiest and can always believe and see things better than what they are.
I would recommend this book over and over again. I think it is a very interesting and different kind of book, unlike others. Its not necessarily a hard read, but it definently allows you to think about a couple of things in a different light.
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