Nearly Perfect Equality

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Jonas was a student, he was 11 years old, and everyone was the same in every way apart from their gender variations, they were all the same height the same colour eyes and hair anyways nobody could tell the difference as no one could see colours anymore since it wasn’t fair for the colour blind people. Pain no longer existed.

As know total equality isn’t possible there were still some elders, the wiser ones who were in charge, they tried to be as equal to everyone and didn’t abuse of their powers. The society was very organised to the point of planning a whole life time from birth to death for every human. When the children turned 14 there was a ceremony in March; the children were to become part of the society leave school and do the jobs they were told to do without questioning as no one had any idea whether they were doing the right thing or the wrong thing.

Jonas had a family, in the society.

Jonas knew he was different he knew he wasn’t equal to everyone in the society; he knew the unequal ones were terminated, he didn’t know what termination meant nor did anyone but the word created fear. He knew his life was soon going to change forever.

3 years later, MarchThe celebration was about to begin Jonas was now 14, he was standing on a stage which another bunch of kids his age, all as anxious as him. An elderly woman came up on the stage, cleared her throat and said: “Welcome, my dear companions we have once again had a successful rate of new borns growing with the same capacities as us and being equal , we have only terminated 216 cases this year which is twice as less as...