Analysis Of Dystopian Literature In The Giver

Throughout history, we as people have learned everything we know from the past, but is there any knowledge to gain from the future? Dystopian literature foretells grim futures that loom on the horizon if their warnings are not heeded. Although literature and the tales of others give us ample warning of what is to come, these can be hard to digest or comprehend, many choose not to believe what is in front of them, or imagine it impossible to occur. Warnings of our down fall or repression are leaping off the pages to tell us what is to come, all that is required of us is that we simply stop and listen.

In hopes that we may open our eyes to these perils, a range of authors have put into words the various events that could lead to our undoing.

As a matter of fact the there is only one thing that keeps the community from completely disconnecting

While his training starts out simple with The Giver showing Jonas a memory of riding a sled down a hill in the winter, it gradually becomes more intense while Jonas begins to learn what true emotions are and how beautiful the world is now that he can see color, Jonas accidentally receives a memory of war from The Giver and this shows Jonas the true horrors of the life that used to exist before their life in communities. Nonetheless Jonas agrees with The Giver that these memories and the true feeling of emotion should belong to everyone, from this point on Jonas and The Giver create a plan to return the memories to the entire of the community. To achieve this The Giver tells Jonas that if Jonas was to successfully leave the community and escape to elsewhere all the memories that were received should be returned and shared with everyone in the community. Jonas takes this plan into action by taking Gabriel; a baby that his family was ordered to raise by the Elders, who was scheduled to be released because he is not growing fast enough and does not sleep through the night; and fleeing the community. While Jonas and Gabriel are escaping the Elders of the community use everything at their disposal to attempt to find the two, which proves futile because Jonas the entire time is transferring