Becoming more and more common to gingerbread societies worldwide is the gingerbread graveyard. The gingerbread graveyards are sets of individually wrapped gingerbread men like the one pictured below.
Yes, it is pleasing to the human eye, and easy for human parties, but think about the waste. Each of us must be individually wrapped in cellophane bags instead of all piled on one plate. Each of us need our own ribbon bow instead of a plain plastic covering. And sure it looks like we're smiling, but deep down we're heartbroken. Our first and last hours are spent away from our family because we have no access to them. Even when we managed to wiggle around to other family members in our cellophane cage, we cannot really touch each other because of the wrapping. The worst part of the cage is the breathing. Yes, gingerbread men do breathe people! The amount of air is very limited, and if we are in the cage for more than an hour, some men and women start seeing things. It is a horrible conundrum that is not necessary to either society. Think about the harmful waste you are doing to our world, the gingerbread people are not the only ones who suffer! Humans will suffer from this in the longer term! So, stop creating a cellophane jungle, and start appreciating the luscious jungles that actually better our society.
Gingerly,
Gingy
As always your connection of the class material to the life of the poor Gingerbread man is spot on. Keep up the good work Gingy, keep it up!
ReplyDelete