Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Blog #11: Survival?


His wife is dead, Kira's uncle will most likely have his children given to other village women. As cruel as this seems, it is an accepted practice among the villagers. In the village, physical survival is more important than th emotional needs. How does this differ from our society? What is more important to you, physical needs or emotional well-being?
Use subject and object pronouns. Be sure to include the antecedent first.

100 comments:

  1. They society is different from ours in many ways. Their society kills babies if they have a disorder while we do not. Also they live in house made out of sticks and mud. Their names differ from how old they are. An inphant will not have aname. A toddler will have a 1 sylable name, a teenager would have a 2 sylable name and so on. Last but not least when a person dies they put the body in a field called the field of leaving. Their spirt would leave in 4 days. While the spirt is leaving the person would stay with them until the spirt leaves. The most important thing to me is me. If I don't have don't have myself striaght then there is no reason to have anything else.

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  2. We live our life a lot different than we live. When a child has a disorder or illness, we usually give the child treatment and TLC. In the novel, they kill the child mith the illness or disorder. Our houses are made of wood, while their's are made of mud. Our society buries people at a cemetery. In the book, the person that is closest to the deceased person stays at the cemetery and watches the soul go into the heavens. WAY DIFFERENT THEN HOW WE LIVE!

    Laura Pfeffer

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  3. this world is very different from ours. they are more savage then civilized unlike our society. to me i think your physical well being is more important. as long as your are alive you can always build up your emotional well being back up.
    ~Wyatt Thomas~

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  4. Our society is different from kira's because we keep our children even if they do have disablilities or something wrong with them it doesn't matter. In my society they try to fix the problem that the baby is having not just take them out of there misery. Our society wants them to have a chance at life. I think emotion well-being is more important to me because it doesn't matter how they look it matters how they feel. Physical needs are something that can be needed to do physical work. The emotion that they have is more important because they should feel good about themselves.
    Maggie Mitchell:)

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  5. To ME the society differs from ours by much.In the novel Gathering Blue the society feels that everybody has to be perfect. Take Kira for example, SHE has a twisted leg and when she was little they wanted to kill her. In OUR soceity we believe that nobody is perfect and we are special in our own way. Also I think phyiscal needs are more important because they are the things that help you survive.

    -Olivia Harris 7-7

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  6. Maggie good job I really liked yours!

    -Olivia Harris 7-7

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  7. IT isn't that much different. But the coulture is definetly different. I think physical is more important because if YOU don't have any physical abilities you'll fall dead not being able to get up.

    Ian Mastroianni

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  8. I BELEIVE that being nice to the people you live with or around is way more important then worrying about something you dont need to. In the book "Gathering Blue" by Louis Lowry a girl named Kira faces death, and consciquence of having a disfunctional leg. The group of ladys' what to KICK HER out of the village and use HER BURNT house remains for tykes to play. In my opinion I think this is horribly wrong. Instead of taking the area that could be used for survival by Kira the ladies what to use it for their tykes instead of getting up for five seconds to pick them up and put them back where they belong on the property. It only takes a couple seconds to gather them up in your arms and take them two steps back where they had laft from. That pen that they are planning to build is not necessary while Kira surviving in a well built house is way more necessary.
    ~Elizabeth Andress~

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  9. Their society differs from ours in many ways.
    Their physical needs are stronger than their emotional needs, while our culture is the opposite. For example, it says in the story that the women in the village kick their children and don't clothe them. We always cloth out children and if we ever kicked them, that would be called abuse. Also, if a baby is not born perfectly, they kill it. In the story, the people of the village believe that when I child is born, they are not human until they recieve their soul. To us, this sounds like nonsence. We believe that a child is human even before it is born. Killing a baby, well to us, it would be inhumane. Also, when someone in their village has a sickness, they burn down their home, or "cott" as they say it. Usually, if someone in an American family had a contagious disease, we quarentine them. The closest thing we have to burning is when someone has lice. Then the most we do is wash everything they touch. But that's not that bad I guess. Oh, I almost forgot the most importnant difference. When someone important to them dies, they go to the Field. They believe that the soul of the dead person is still in body until the fourth day they are dead. They say in the story that the leaving of the soul is like mist rising up from the dead body. In our culture, we believe that when I person dies, they are dead. They don't stay around with the living. They just... die. Then we have a funeral, bury the body, and mourn their death and try to tell them how much we loved them. But like I said, in our culture, our dead bodies don't have souls, so they don't hear a word of our sadness. They just... die.


    So as you can see, out culture is VERY different from Kira's. Personally, I would much rather stay with my own culture, thanks you very much.

    ~*~*~*~ Lydia Leach ~*~*~*~

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  10. The society WE have is very different than the one Kira has. In HER society if a baby is imperfect THEY will take YOUR baby and kill it. In our society that would never happen if someone was disabled the people would help try to make it better not just kill them. Also YOU don’t get syllables like in Kiras town a tot’s name would be one syllable and as you grew up there would be more syllables that your name would be. That is nothing like what we do it doesn’t matter how old you are to have a certain amount of syllable name we can we named any amount of syllables and any age. I think emotional well being is more important this is because emotional affects the way you act, but physical needs are more like being able to help and build things but even if you did have a physical well being if YOU were really upset all the time that physical need wouldn’t be helpful because you probably wouldn’t do it.

    -Carissa Novelli

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  11. There is total difference in how we live. THEY kill babies based on disorder while we don't. Both physical needs and emotional well being are important to me because if you don't have one or the other or both you would really not be alive. you have to make people feel good about themselves but you also have to fufil your physical needs.
    Dan Pavlik(PAV-PAV)

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  12. Our society has many differnences from their's in many ways! For example, we don't "give someone back" if they are born "odd". We simpley see that the inside is what matters!!! I believe you should have emotional well-being. I mean, who said your phyisical problem was your leg, maybe it was your arm...you can do sports or activites without your arm. That's just an example, say it was you leg like Kira. If you don't have that well-being your not gonna want to do anything physical, like even walking! I think you need that self of steam!!!

    <3Jdub<3 AKA:Jordan W.

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  13. I agree with maggie 100%!!!!!

    <3Jdub<3 AKA:Jordan W.

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  14. Our society is different from theirs. No matter whats wrong with our children we keep the not give them away. When there's something wrong with our children we do what ever we can to fix it. Our society is a lot different from theirs.

    Sarah Vosler

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  15. Wyatt, just out of curiosity, do you really have any proof that they are savage. Just because they're "different" from us doesn't meaan they are savage! Just saying!:)

    <3Jdub<3 AKA:Jordan W.

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  16. Our society is different because even though one parent may be dead the other parent is still capable of taking care of the children. But in Kira's society the men have to give up their children if they do not have a wife. To me emotional is more important because you have to be emotionally stable to be healthy.
    -Sam Cuva

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  17. Olivia said that we are all considered "special" in some way in our society. Is that really true? Doesn't our society demand perfection? What happens when we strive for pefection and fail?


    These are well thought out responses by all of you considering how difficult this prompt is...Nice job!

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  18. In our society, if we gave up our children, we would be very upset. I feel that physical needs is more important than emotional needs because you can’t survive without something’s such as water, food, and shelter.

    ~~~Kasey Williams~~~

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  19. In our society, if we gave up our children, we would be very upset. I feel that physical needs is more important than emotional needs because YOU can’t survive without something’s such as water, food, and shelter.
    Kasey Williams

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  20. Sam Cuva,

    I definetly agree with YOU beause I feel the same way

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  21. I think they shouldnt take his kids away because he still wants them. I he didnt that would be a differnt story. HE would probaly be sad but at least his kids will be safe. The other women will take care of THEM though. O well they're lives will never be the same.
    MATT MOMO

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  22. I agree with Cuva. Okay that all I said. BYE!!!!!!!!!!!
    Matt MOMO

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  23. I think emotional well-being. Because Your emotoins can sometimse comtrol your actions, or it can improve your physical well-being. It is different from our society because if a mother dies, her children will not be given to an other family, if the dad is still alive and is capible to meet the children's needs.

    Riley Fisher

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  24. I agree with Maggie too.

    ~Jimmy Waters~

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  25. To me emotional needs are more important than physical needs. Say for instense there is a kid seems popular to every one and has alot of ACQUAINTANCES but not alot of true friends. This to me is really emotional. Like I know this one girl how I guess seems like a popular girl but here friends dont even like here. That is cold.

    -Chirs Koebert

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  26. I agree with Maggie 100% becauseit is good to feel good about yourself.
    -Chris Koebert

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  27. Our society is way different from Kira's in a lot of ways. WE don't just kill a baby when it's has something wrong with it's leg or anything like that. It isn't right that THEY would just kill a baby just becase it isn't perfect. Nobody's perfect. I think your emotional well-being and physical well being are equally important because if your physical well being is low, YOU could die. So, if anyone has seen the sticks and stones movie, the main person's emotional well-being was being put down so much he thought it wouldn't matter if he was dead. So, both your emotional and physical well being are important.

    ~Jimmy Waters~

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  28. In our society, you could probably say that most people are more caring and they tend to be 'softer'. In Kira's society the children are victims of what we call abuse. She is living in the future, but it seems like she is living in the past. They do not have technology. They also live 'every man for themself and their family'. I think that peoples emotions are important, and come BEFORE physical features. Who really cares what you look like. The true 'attractive' person in the room is the one who is kind and stands tall and confident. I think that Kira's society just doesn't accept anything but perfection.
    JAMIE CESANEK

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  29. I agree with Maggie. I think that a lot of people in our society care for the disabled, but in Kira's they dont.
    Jamie Cesanek

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  30. honestly i think they're equally important but physical might be a little more important because your physical well-being (if it's not at it's highest) can cause you emotional distress.

    kyrsten napolitano

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  31. Our society is different because if our kids have a disability of any kind we dont just throw them away we cherish them and boost their confidence. We dont kill them we help them. I think that emotional well-being is more important then physical because like Maggie said its not the looks its who you are inside that matters.


    **Caitlin Lange**

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  32. I agree with Maggie it was very well written and it made a lot of sense.


    **Caitlin Lange**

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  33. Do I think we are all special in our own way, yes. I don't believe our society demands perfection. There are the people out there who believe people can be perfect. Although there are the people who know that not everyone is perfect, but people can be better!!! When we strive for perfection, I think of striving for progress. And when we are striving for perfection, I always say..."Perfection is sweetest when tasted failure!" That's how I think of it!!!

    <3Jdub<3 AKA: Jordan W.

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  34. I believe that the emotional well being is the best because it can control your actions and reactions to something that happens or is going to happen. You could also get emotionally sick and become anti-social. I think most things that happen in everyday life are basted off of your emotions.
    I Gathering Blue the time is in the future,and the people are recreating the earth from all of our soon to be emotional reaction. The people have to rebuild, repopulate, and relearn everything that has been lost and forgotten. Its basically 1975 in the year 3000.
    *That Girl* hannah knight

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  35. i think that emotionl needs are more important because in our socity if we killed infints and abused our children erveyone would be really hurt and upset.also peple who only have 1 parent could still survive by the love of that parent.i also think that people should love you for who u are not what u look like or what you can physicaly do for your family.

    kaylee carlin:)

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  36. I think that survival is very important and should not be messed with because if you die it would be bad! Even though their society started over they had to take some time to understand the human mind adnd all the emotional needs of a child and an adult. Their society will someday reach that knowledge of feelings, but until they do survival is all they can strive for.

    <3 Natalie Narkiewicz <3

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  37. I agree with Jamie, she made some very strong points!

    Natalie :]

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  38. I think we live a very differnt life than them. Just because a baby is born with an imperfection dosen't mean that it should never live a full life. We try to get the help that the baby needs. we also try to make they're lives as normal as possible. ~Grace~

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  39. There society is way differnt then our society. Because they call people that are differnt "second sylabol". They also call Toddlers teks.

    Alizabeth Dinsmore

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  40. I think to be healthy physically, your emotional needs need to be satisfied. If your not happy then you can't be healthy. Just like we learn in Health class, all of the parts of the health triangle are effected by each other.

    Hailey Moss 7-4

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  41. There society is very warped. They kill imperfect babies. And the kids run around naked. That is wrong on so many levels. Imagine being a 5 yr old girl seeing a 7 yr old boy nude. That would scar you.
    I believe that emotional well being is more important.If you are happy with nyourself what everyone says does not matter.
    ~Stewy~

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  42. I understand that the life style is diffrent but it is also very similar. Kira's uncle will give the children given to a village women, well that is very similar to a parent re-marring. Though I thought that a young child should not be put to death if it is flaw. WE, people today unserstand this and love and care for the "inperfected" people. THEY dont seem to understand values of a child as we do today.

    *Sarah Morris*

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  43. I think that Kira's society is very much different then ours. Just think Kira has a twisted leg, in her society they would feed her to the beasts in the "Feild of Leaving" which is when beasts come out and kill you. I'm thinking that, Does not even exsist in our society. We the people in our society take care of the people that have disorders or disabilitys or special needs. In a way we keep them close and take special care for them. We don't just drop them off at the "Feild of Leaving" for beasts to come at get them and kill them. The thing that is most important to me is both because you dont want to see someone with phisical needs an not help them out. With the whole deal about Emotinal Well-being you have to be kind and nice but stern and firm but still you have to help them to understand. So, I think they are both important.

    Riley BEdnar:)

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  44. There is total difference in how we live in the life of today. THEY kill babies based on if something is wrong with it or if they see something they don't like about the babe while we don't. Physical needs and emotional well being are important to me because if you don't have one or the other you wouldn't really be living right now. you have to make people feel good about themselves and also have to fill that spot of your physical needs.

    John Williams

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  45. There are many differences between Kira's village's culture and our's. One is that when someone dies, their loved ones join them in the Field of Leaving to watch their spirits leave the body. Our culture doesn't do that. Another is that if someone has a disease, or dies, they burn the remains of their house. In our culture, we would just keep that person in the hospital and sanitize everything they touch. One last difference is that when a baby is born, if they are imperfect, such as if they had a disease or twisted leg (like Kira) they would be killed.
    ~~~~Alyssa Matchett~~~~

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  46. In our society I don't think that it depends on if your perfect!!! Because really nobody's perfect. We are all unique in our own way!! To me I think that emotional well - being is more important than physical needs!! We don't have to look, act, or be anybody but ourselves!! It's like a needle in a hay stack!!! There's not another one of yourself!! You are you and there's nothing or nobody that can change that!!!!!!!!!!!! :)
    ~ Brooke (M&M)

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  47. I agree with Jordan about perfection and how we are all special in our own way.

    ~ Brooke (M&M)

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  48. Their village is very different from our society because in our life, survival is not as big of an issue. WE have more advanced technology. In the modern world people are more sensitive. For example, WE wouldn’t try to kill a girl so we could have her land. Also, we do not kill babies because they have imperfections. To ME, physical needs and emotional well-being are equally important because YOU need both to survive.
    Emily Gardner

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  49. I agree with Jamie!!!
    Emily Gardner<33

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  50. This society is much different than what WE do. When a person dies you move on, but YOU don't give away your children. I think physical needs are more important because without THEM your chances of survial are slim.

    Luke Anderson 5-5

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  51. Jimmy, I agree with you. Our society is much different than Kira's.

    Luke Anderson 7-5

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  52. samantha
    I love your post. it makes alot of sense to be emotionally stablee.

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  53. This village differs from our society alot. They treat kids like things instead of real people, and don't even care when one dies.They think evrything needs to be perfect, and if it's not it's not welcomed. To me, I think emotional needs are better because everyone has feelings, and everyone shoudl be treated with respect no matter how they look. Like people always say.."Treat People The Way You Want To Be Treated."
    -Emily Metzger(:

    And Maggie! Yours was soooooooooooo GOOOOD! :D

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  54. Our life is different from theres because WE try to fix things. Like if some one has a disease or something WE don't kill THEM, WE try to help. Emotional is probably more important to ME because if YOU are sad then YOU can't be stable physicaly. Michael Romanchak

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  55. Chris i agree with you completely Michael Romanchak

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  56. our society is wwwaaaayyy different from theirs!!!!! they only care if the kid __looks__ right or ""perfect"" if they don't the kid gets thrown into the fealed of leaving to die! we don't allow that kind of stuff. instead if there is something medically wrong with the child we will pay closer attention to them and take care of them at any cost. I think that physical needs is more important, though emotional well-being is important as well, physical needs come first. Not in the way that the village in "gathering blue" thinks of the meaning, but as in needing a house, food, and clothing. We need all that stuff and for us to feel something we need to not be starving and be happy. The problem with this world is that the parents use to much emotion...... especually anger and frustration!!!! kids like to be babied by all that mushy gushy stuff.. but only until we reach a certain age!!! the children that are babied won't be ready for the real world anytime soon!!!! thats why physical needs come first

    -MEGAN SLOAN-

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  57. ok well there culture is definatly 100% diffrent from ours, for ours we embrace our newborn as one of the most precious things in life besides your own life but in there culture they definatly dont value anything but there life in the sence of if you are not perfect and dont have the ability to work for the tribe then you just as good as a a peice of meat and that you shouldnt even be aloud to walk on this earth your useless and the reason i say peace of meat is because they feet u to animals so yea there culture is 100 times more lustful and "savage" as wyatt said. i cant imagine ANYONE doing that in our culture


    - brad orth

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  58. In our society, we would never do things to others like what the people in Kira's village do and just accept it. Most of them seem to only care about one thing, survival. They steal from eachother and only allow the perfect infants to live, so that when they are able, they can do chores throughout the village. Without people to do those chores, life in the village would not be possible becuase there is no technology. I think emotional well- being is more important. I wouldn't like living under the idea of 'every man for himself'. People should care about others and help eachother out, instead of hurting them or taking things away from them so that you can survive and not even care about the people you took from.
    ~Francesca DiGuglielmo<3

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  59. I also agree with Maggie, good job! :)
    ~Francesca DiGuglielmo

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  60. In our society WE usually keep a child even if THEY have a physical or mental disorder. Because, of this WE have many programs for people with disorders to help THEM. So when someone has a child THEY have that option to keep their baby no matter what issue. Emotional well-being is more important to ME because YOU might not have physical pain but YOU could have emotional pain and YOU wouldn’t want to be unhappy.

    *Madison Richards*

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  61. I agree with Maggie, emotional well-being is more important.

    *Madison Richards*

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  62. To ME,our society is very much different from Kira's. We wouldn't kill a baby if it has an unfortunate disorder. WE try to help those people more to boost up there confidence in doing things. I think emotional well being is more important than physical needs. If you don't have the emotional well being you wouldn't want to do anything physical.
    Brad Jankowski

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  63. Our society is different in many ways because if there is a cripple we try to build their confidence. We don't just through them in the garbage. Violence is not the answer!I think that physical needs are more important because we can't live without them.

    Randy Roach

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  64. I agree with kyrsten 100 percent good job!!!
    Brad Jankowski

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  65. Chirs i agree with you.

    Randy Roach

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  66. Kira's society is different from ours in the way that we don't kill our children who have disabilities. Also, we design our homes so they are built to last. Another thing is the way we bury our dead. in there society they just throw dirt on them and leave them. In our society we put the dead in coffins and then we dig and bury then that way. I feel that emotional needs are more important because if you are not meeting your emotional needs then you may be upset and not be able to do things physically. Which may mean you cant get any work done!

    ~~~Lauren Delp~~~

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  67. I agree with Maggie completely because she feel that emotional needs are more important.

    ~~~Lauren Delp~~~

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  68. In our society we care alot about peoples emotions. We try to build people confidence if they have a problem. We won't just put them in a field and kill them. I still think that physical needs are more important because we cant live without them.

    Joe Funk

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  69. I agree with Randy.

    Joe Funk

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  70. Well, Kira's society has many differences from ours. Like it says in the blog post, they live in a survivalist instinct. In our society, if Kira would be left parentless, she would either live with her uncle or go to an orphanage. So, I would like to live in our society!

    Carrie Weaver

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  71. I totally agree with Carrie! What she said was amazing and insperational.

    -*-*-Riley Fisher-*-*-

    PS. SCREAMING BURRITOS ARE THE LOVE OF MY LIFE!
    <3

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  72. Riley,I totally agree with you! Screaming burritos are the love of my life!! What you wrote was awesome, too!!!

    -*-*-Carrie Weaver-*-*-

    PS. SYMS!

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  73. At our society WE would take kids with no family to the orphanage. For survival YOU need is physical needs.

    Quinn G.

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  74. Kira's life style is much different from our culture today. Instead of treating kids that have deformed legs and abilities, people in Kira's lifetime kill babies like that. They leave them out in the open for wil beasts to eat. In our time today we think that is extremly rediculous, but in there time it was normal, but sad. And I personally think that physical needs are better because they can help you survive in life better. It can be used to fight things in your life because you never know what can jump ahead of you.

    ***Sam Scarpello***
    by the way, I totally agree with Brad

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  75. I agree with you Luke.

    Quinn G.

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  76. I(I is a pronoun) agree with Madison. To ME our society is extremely different!

    -Adrian Jones

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  77. I think emotional well being because survival revolves around other people in our world. Our country and our selves revolve around other people and other countriesvto get resources products and support.

    Gabrielle Bingemann

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  78. I agree with Brad J.



    Gabrielle Bingemann

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  79. I think that Kira has a practical aproach to a society. I think in class we said that this took place in the future? And also that the rulers of this world only wanted power and contribution. This is once again a practical Aproach. But what these people dont understand, is that there are more important things in life then survival physicaly. WE believe that everyone is special. And even though not everyone feels that way, that is the mojoratie. Even if WE are not perfect, WE all play an important role, in ourselves, in our communatie, and in others hearts. I think if i had to live in kira's society, i would try my hardest to bring change. Everyone is here for a reason. I am here to be annoying :), but also to be a postotive person. All my friends are here to brighten up my day :D, other people i dont know much are here to teach me lessons. We all have a purpose, and that is what Kiras society doesnt understand. HE on the street, THEY on the bus, and US in the school. :D

    J-Woww marissa fink

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  80. The society that WE live in today differs from the way Kira's society lives in many ways. In OUR society WE tried to help those that are disabled. The doctors do lots of research and THEY try to help the disabled to get better help in any way THEY can. The emotions of other people are way more important to ME. The emotions of other people can tell you about their personalities, and personalities matter way more than what if you don't have the physical endurance to do something.

    ~~Gabby Magasic:)~~

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  81. Jamie and Maggie I agree with both of you completely!

    <3 Gabby <3

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  82. Their society is very warped. They kill imperfect babies. The kids in their society run around naked (I think they need to make more clothes for people). That is wrong in my opinion, I hope it is wrong to everone else. Imagine being a 5 yr old boy seeing a 7 yr old girl nude and other boys nude, I would think that is nasty. That would scar you and me both.
    I believe that emotional well being is more important.If you are happy with yourself, what everyone says does not matter. It is so important to be happy with yourself.

    Anthony Martin

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  83. We are different because we would take in our family. Kira's uncle didnt even talk to her at all. We dont just treat family like garbage, we love them and should take them in. And both are important to me because without one, your life would be totally different!
    ~Breana Dunn~ aka lollypopp

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  84. I think that our society is different from theirs because we care about how people feel, but in Kira's society only cares about power. I care more about physical well-being.
    Justin Cappeta

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  85. Okay so the culture in Gathering Blue is obviously ALOT different than ours. We don't kill innocent little babies because THEY have one imperfection, instead we see what WE can do try to fix it. Women are allowed to read and write here (in fact its really important) while women there are forbidden to learn these skills. We have electricity and can just drive on down to the grocery store for our food while the men there have to journey deep into the woods to hunt down a simple meal. There are so many differences that set us apart from them. Personally, I think emotional wellness is more important than physical because to obtain physical wellness you must first have stable emotional well-being (so they kind of balance eachother out.) For example,if someone wasn't emotionally "alright" and just never wanted to excersise and go outside then they would eventually end up getting overweight! Not saying that they're culture is necessarily "wrong".. they just have a different way of living.

    .~+*Jordan H*+~.

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  86. Dan
    I agree with you when you said "Both physical needs and emotional well being are important to me because if you don't have one or the other or both you would really not be alive." That's definatley true! I tried to say that in my post but I really don't think I worded it right!

    .~+*Jordan H*+~.

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  87. In our society....We would definitley keep a child if THEY had disorders or that needs severe help. The people in the village only care enough if your perfect. I think emotional well-being is more important. Kira mostly relies on her emotions for her mother and how she will survive. i would rather go with my emotions then doing something physical like what the women do....stealing!!! So emotional well-being would be the better choice for US.

    Alexis kelso

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  88. Good job Maggie!!!! i agree with you
    Alexis Kelso

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  89. Our society is very different then the society Kira lives in. With HER twisted leg more people would help herrather than have her land. Our physical needs are very inportant. We need shelter, food, water and other stuff for US.

    brett barnes

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  90. tottally agree with randy

    brett barnes

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  91. They are very different from US. They treat their kids like slaves and give them away when they don't want THEM anymore.
    Jacob Uscinowicz

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  92. Our society is alot different then Kira's. If a baby is born with a problem we dont just toss them away, we accept them and try to cure them.

    Nick Ciquero

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  93. Our society is different from Kira's we don't have to grow are own food we just buy it.We also have more advanced technology.In Kira's village they will kill a baby if its not perfect we are not like that we will love the kid even if it has issues.I think both physical and emotional needs are the same we need

    Paige Gigantiello

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  94. Our societty is very different fromm kiras caz we dont kill unperfect babys.THEY only care about if the baby is perfect, but WE would love it no matter what. I also think thatt both needs are important.
    Adriana Walsh

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  95. Hey Anthony, whats your problem bro. You basically took what I said and added some sentences. To me that sounds alot like PLAGIARISM. BTW I agree with Quinn.
    ~Stewy~
    p.s. (here is the definition of plagiarism from Webster's Dictionary=
    1.to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source

    2. : to commit literary theft : present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source

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  96. Our society is different than Kiras in many ways. One of the ways OURS different than HERS is that I think if someone has a physical defect at birth or somewhere down that road they get treated with more respect as they grow. With Kira's world they would usually be killed at birth and be taked to the feild with that no named infant. That is how our society is different

    Brad i agree with you.I think that she made a point in what you said. And that is Brad Orth.

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  97. The very first on is mine im sorry forgot to put MY name!! n maggie I agree with YOU
    Adriana Tirado

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  98. omg alexis i like what u sed i agree!!
    Kyrsten N.

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  99. In OUR style of living WE do not kill or remove the imperfect from our world. kira's world on the other hand does.THEY do not care for children unless the child is perfect.WE today understand that it is wrong but in kiras time IT "was the way".In OUR world today people take emotional needs before their survival needs,not all people but a pretty large cotere.THEY feel that emotions are what makes for survival if you are weak minded you will be weak. In Kira's world Survival is survival and that is a that.If YOU and your emotions get in the way you have become useless.
    ~Sarah Morris~

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  100. Their society is differs from ours. To me emotional needs are more important then physical needs. Sometimes its different though, for example if you are depressed over being overweight then in that case both your needs are just important.
    -Delaney

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