What would our life be like without any true feelings? There would never be any true love, or anger, or sadness, there is only general happiness and sometimes minor annoyance. This is how the community lives. Only the receiver has any knowledge of other feelings. In a community that revolves around sameness, feelings couldn't fit in, so they were taken away. Since each feeling is so different, they each were taken care of in a different way.
One of the easiest feelings to remove is love. Around the age of twelve, the children of the community start to get feelings called "stirrings". They don't know it, but the stirrings are the first feelings of love. To treat these stirrings, the community invented a pill that neutralized the feelings of attraction that the stirrings led to. Kids take this pill because they think that they have something majorly wrong with them, but they can take a pill that will completely fix everything. They never have any reason to feel these stirrings again so they just take their pills and don't question anything. This is the solution to love.
Anger and sadness are also dealt with quite easily. The community gives everyone the same amount of everything, so no one has any reason to complain about unfairness. Everyone is well fed, has a nice house, and lives a very comfortable life, as long as they follow the community rules. In general, everyone is happy, so no one is unhappy or upset very often.
This is a world that doesn't need feelings, but is that better? No one has to think for themselves and no one really is their own person. Everything is decided for them by the community and they don't have strong feelings, so they don't complain. This a world that revolves around order and sameness. It is very efficient and runs smoothly, but I still would rather be able to live freely and be allowed to live life to its fullest. That means that I would be allowed to have all feelings and choose my own life.
