What is "sameness", and why does Jonas's community decide to practice it?

Sameness can come in a few different forms. My examples
would be colour blindness, the community being geographically contained, and the way of
life.

Colour blindness is 'mastered' in the community
because the limited range of colours that the people in the community can perceive
limits their choices, and choices would mean differences. It also increases uniformity
and Sameness in the appearance of the colour of skin.

The
community being geographically contained is another form of Sameness. In this case,
climate control. This is necessary because during times like rainy seasons,
transportation is difficult. Climate control is also found to be necessary for the
community as the unpredictabel weather like snow made growing food difficult and it
limited agricultural periods.

Finally, the way of the life
of the people in the community would reflect on Sameness. The people have limited
choices and are unaware of alternatives. There is no room for mistakes, and in other
words, no room for choices. For instance, people in the community are only allowed to
apply for spouses where they are carefully matched according to their interests and
personalities. Happiness isn't important in the community, efficiency is. Also,
decisions are carefully made by the committee of elders so that no wrong choices are
made.