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I used to think that lacking choices may be a good thing for the human civilization, but now I think that to be human is to have choices, as we see when we create art, or love, or do simple human actions.

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I used to think that it might have been beneficial to not have choices in life and that one choice doesn’t change much, but now I think, life is not life without choices, and that one little choice could lead you into a huge change in your life. In other words, one different path could change your life for all eternity.

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I used to think that choice is just something that you get to do, but now I have realized that choice is a power and that power is what changes your life.

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I used to think you could do whatever you want when you make your own choices but now I think that sense there are rules and laws and if you make a bad decision you have to think deeply on how you make your choices throughout your life to make sure it’s the right decision.

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I used to think that choice was something that was just there, that it never left, like the shell on the back of the tortoise. I also believed that choices were horrible things that could change you into a horrible person. It was just an obstacle in the way of your path to death, just a way of every living souls' life. But now I think that choice is a wonderful thing, a privilege, because when you read The Giver, they can't make choices of their own. Colors aren't even real to everyone except Jonas and the Giver.

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I used to think that choices were bad and that choices lead people to crime and other bad things but now I think that choices are good because people deserve a little freedom to do what they want but still have some limitations.

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I used to think that choices are just things that people come across on the road of life, and that everyone had choices, like being a doctor or a secretary. Now, I think that some are forced to make choices. To follow everyday rules and to go against what they believe in, what they support. When you are at a crossroad in life, you have two different paths to choose, and it's up to you to decide on the better one. The ability to make choices gives us freedom, which gives us more responsibility with that freedom. While choices may be small, like having pizza or a salad for dinner, or large, like what college you go to for your future career, that pizza may just affect your life more than what you may think.

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Three new words  that I now connect to the topic "choice" are decision, important, and life-changing. Two new questions that I am now wondering that are related to this topic are "Why do some people make the bad decisions that they do?" and "Why don't many people get to choose what they want?" A simile that describes this topic (and maybe how I felt about it) is I was as frustrated and indecisive as a kid who was just told she can only pick one toy in a toy store. I used to think that choice is a given and everyone has the opportunity to choose what they want, but now I think that choice is a privilege that many people don't have.

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I used to think everyone should always have choices, even if they are against the rules but now I think that choices are needed, although they should follow rules that are just and fair.

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I used to think that it's what you do that's important, but now I've realized that it's what you choose to do that actually matters.

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I used to think that choice is automatically given to everyone, but now i think that it has to be earned over time.

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I used to think that people in The Giver were weird to think that it would make no sense to pick their own job. Jonas laughed at the thought of making his own decision on what job to be or which person to marry. Now I see that the people running this utopian society want absolutely no mistakes whatsoever, they won't allow people to make any non-minor decisions on their own.

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I used to think that choice was something that everyone gets so I guess I took that for granted, but now I realized that not everyone can choose what job the want or who they marry or even what they do in life.

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I used to think of just picking something. But now I think about how i can influence the world by my opinion and my choices because of what i do to others around me and what i choose to practice and do.

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I used to think choice is just something everyone should do every day but now I think it is a freedom and with more choice more responsibility.

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I used to think that choices were just to decide on what you were going to do later that day, but now i understand that they can actually have a very big impact on the future of your life.

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I used to think that it might be good that we don't have choices, and that sometime you don’t have a reason for your choices, but know I think if we didn't have freedom of choice, then you would only have one religion, wear the same clothes every day, etc.(just like Jonas's community) and you always have a reason for your choices.