Conflict In The Giver's The Lowry

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As much as some of us dislike conflict, it is inherent in human nature. After all, it is like a wall that keeps us from moving forward in the path of life, but we must understand that those walls merely act as temporary challenges that are yet to be solved. Some conflicts may be insignificantly trivial, and some may be quite immense. Some conflicts may be happening within ourselves, and some may be accompanied by another person. Regardless, we must learn not to run away from conflict, but rather to run over them with a determined demeanor as the conflicts that we encounter in our lives are what helps us learn and grow as an individual. Furthermore, learning and growing from conflict is what shape individuals and what prepares us for the upcoming challenges that life will throw at us in the future.
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Learning and growing from conflict is one way that we can earn wisdom, in which is highly beneficial for making future decisions. In the novel The Giver by Lois Lowry, the main protagonist, Jonas, gains wisdom through the suffering that he faces from the memories he received from the Giver. Unlike the others living within their community, Jonas knows the feeling of pain and suffering which gave him the wisdom that only he and the Giver had. With that wisdom comes a person that is capable of making better decisions in the future, and that wisdom is only obtained if one has encountered hardships and knows the feeling of great agony. With the obstacles that we face, we are able to further appreciate the success and happiness that it yet to come as we overcome the never-ending obstacles that are always being relentlessly thrown at

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