Every Gain There Is A Loss

Part I of Essay
A solitary snowy crystal slowly drifts and whirls towards the waiting ground below. Its graceful decent symbolizes so much; the first snowflake of winter, cold, solitude, gloom, sorrow, the beginning of the end. In an instant, it's crushed within the merciless death-grip ....

Part II of Essay
.... we learn that perfection comes at a steep price. The people in this story lost the ability to see color, to smell, or hear music. All in order to keep peace and avoid conflict. After dinner, families are forced to discuss their feeling with another and not allowed to keep any secrets. But this boy, Jonas, realizes just how shallow these people are. They claim anger, but have never felt the blood-boiling rage of a fatal injustice. They profess sorrow, but have never lost anything dear to them. Indeed, they've never been endeared to anyo ....