THE PERFECT SOCIETY
BY ALLISON DAO, AGE 12, 2015 Having any imperfections was considered a shame and curse. We were always told that we were all perfect. In fact, we were perfect. Everyone was beautiful or handsome, smart, athletic, and had absolutely no physical imperfections. Our immune systems were excellent and we did not catch
colds, have allergies, or become sick in general. This was a great improvement, for we had all learned that in the olden days, our kind could be killed by anything. Humans died of cancer, which was incurable back then, along with many other sicknesses. In my entire life, I had not seen anyone with so much as a crooked nose; though many people did have two
different-colored eyes, for that was considered appealing. Because we were all considered “perfect” we also did not seem at all remotely human, at least not by twenty-first century standards. Though our immune system was almost inhumanely strong, we could still be killed by the blade of a knife or the metal of a bullet, just like during the olden days.
In history classes, we learned that society before our era was a lot different than society now. People would steal things from each other and would kill each other for what they wanted. Over the years, scientists had managed to figure out how to make everyone perfect, in their eyes. It had started during the time that my great-great-great-great-great grandparents
had been alive.
