Examples Of The Giver A Dystopian Society

The Giver made by Lois Lowry is about a boy named Jonas who becomes the receiver of memory for the society. Jonas’ job is to receive all of the memories of the past from the giver, The society in The Giver tries to show itself as a utopian society by creating a sense of peace and calmness by how the different systems is portrayed and the systems they use to convince the public that their society is safe, calm, and peace, but it is actually quite different for multiple reasons. Three reason why The Giver is a dystopian society is because of the releases, the constant lies, and the ways they control the public. My first reason why the society in The Giver is a dystopia is the releases. The releases are the way the society stays strong, no excess people, less total food needed, less resources consumed and a higher quality of life right? Well they have a much darker turn. If the babies are twins, too small, don't develop as quickly, etc... then the doctors will inject a syringe into them, killing the babies, and making the community better. Another problem with the releases is that people

The different ways include releases (139-151), "The Pill" (36-38), and the job selections (52-58). These 3 different methods used by the society are ways that the society can be maintained, controlled, and kept in order, but all those take away the rights of the people. The releases take away your rights even before you can experience life, the pill dumbs you down so you can't experience love and compassion, and the Job selections are forced on you. Now you could argue against releases saying that you can order a release upon yourself or that you can change your job, but the point is the government makes you do the jobs until you die or the society chooses people to be released when they're born to avoid a bigger population. The ways the society control the public are inhumane and