Examples Of Dystopia In The Giver

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The world of the giver is a terrible place if you look deep into the horrors it beholds. I strongly believe that the world of the giver is a dystopia. This world is not what it may seem to be, there are many harsh and cruel reasons why this place is not so wonderful.

Firstly I believe the giver is a dystopia because they release/kill innocent people, usually for no reason at all. Babies are killed daily, if there are twins one of them will be released, and if you have complications or problems as a baby you will be killed as well. When the giver showed Jonas how people get released he was very shocked and terrified. “his father began carefully to direct the needle into the top of new child's forehead, puncturing the place where the fragile skin pulsed. The newborn squirmed, wailed faintly” ( Lowry 149 ). This shows his father killed an innocent baby just because he was a twin. …show more content…

When they feel love toward someone they have to take something to get rid of that feeling. There whole world is black and white and they don't get to feel love or happiness at all. When Jonas had a dream about Fiona his parents made him take a pill to forget the feeling of love. “he had liked the feeling that his mother called stirrings. He remembered that upon waking, he had wanted to feel the stirrings again. But the feelings had disappeared. The stirrings were gone” ( Lowry 39 ). This is explaining that when they feel certain emotions they have to wipe them out of their minds, which is very

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