What do you think of a world where eveyone is equal and evryone has to follow all the same rules ? In the novel "The Giver" it's about a world where everyone in the society is equal and Jonas is apart of the community and has strange powers he does not understand and that's how he have the ability others dont. The book "The Giver" is an society that begins an utopia but is revealed as an dystopian as the story progresses. The society shown in "The Giver has many similarities and differences with our modern day society. The world we live in Vs the world they live in is that they both are controlled by governments. In "The Giver" the chief of elders are they government of thier society they are the ones who gives out assignments to …show more content…
In the giver the childcare center is used for things like after school visiting hours. When asher kept on confusing the word "snack" and "smack". In the real world we have an daycare which is the samething as a childcare. Just like how lily go to childcare after school school hours we have the samething jus like that. The world the live in they have ceremonies when they turn another age Vs the real world we dont have ceremonies when we turn another age. The reason the ceremonies are so important is because for the twelve year olds. Others of the community wants to see what job the elevens are assigned to. In the book before the ceremony of twele everyone is nervous because no one knows what job they will be assigned. On the other hand in the real world when its your birthday you might get presents,cards,cake, and sing happy birthday. I guess its just something that everyone does for thier birthday. The society shown in "The Giver" has many comparisons with the real world. The novel compared to the real world is that they both have many differences and similarities. One example of an similaritie between the real world and thier world is that they are both controlled by governments. Moral of the story is that the real world and thier world have many differences and
The Giver was an example of a dystopian society. In this community citizen doesn`t had any freedom. It had a lots of information about why it was dystopian, but today I will talk about few thing. First reason was the natural world was banished and distrusted. Second was information, independent thought, and freedom were restricted. The last was they had fear of the out side world.
What determines a society to be either a utopia or a dystopia? Would it be everyone following the rules? In the book The Giver, by Lois Lowry, a new “Utopian” culture blossoms from the previously failed society. The Giver’s nation starts out with the intention of creating a utopian society; however, the strict limitations turn it into a dystopia where there are receivers, like Jonas, that hold the good and bad memories from the past culture. Jonas will experience great pain and great joy through his job as the Receiver instead of the whole community sharing the burden. The Giver’s world is a dystopia because of the following three reasons: they kill people that disobey the rules, they do not get to pick their own jobs, and, above all, they beat children if they do not use precise language.
Ceremonies describe birthdays. There are ceremonies going up all through the age of twelve. If someone is in the Ceremony of Twelve, that person and forty nine other people are turning twelve and receiving their assignments. On a rare occasion, the new Receiver of Memory would be selected, not assigned, but selected by the Committee of Elders. The difference is that the selections are special occasions that are not common. Assignments happen with every kid, except for if someone is selected. The twelves could be assigned a nurturer, a birthmother, etc. Birthdays are celebrations that take place for people every year, no matter what age they are turning. Most people get presents on their birthday. In the community, people get one item for their birthday most of the time. For example, the Nines receive bikes. The Eights receive coats with pockets because they are old enough to keep up with their belongings.
In The Giver, a narrative by Lois Lowry, Jonas’s father illustrates his feelings during his Ceremony of Twelve and Jonas tells about his own feelings concerning the forthcoming event. In the text it states, “‘But to be honest, Jonas,’ his father said, ‘for me there was not the element of suspense that there is with your ceremony. Because I was already fairly certain of what my Assignment was to be,’”(Lowry, paragraph 3). This segment of text elucidates the reason of Jonas’s father’s lack of surprise of his Assignment. As stated above, Jonas’s father was already certain of his Assignment, which he continues to explain to be a Nurturer. Jonas’s father explains that as a result of the love he showed all the Newchildren and the time he spent at
In these two societies, they both are similar by having a strict government that does not let anyone leave the community but however, in The Giver no body...
Living in a perfect world is like living in an anthill. An ant does not think on it’s own, make it’s own decisions, and doesn't really have any own identity, just like the utopians. It is not worth living in a perfect world. The utopian society we are introduced to in the book, The Giver, has many different characteristics that make the perfect life unbearable. Examples of these things are The Receiver, the community, and the chief elders.
The novel, The Giver, by Lois Lowry, is an everlasting story that shows the importance of individuality. This novel is about a young boy named Jonas who was elected as the Receiver of Memories, a person who is given the memories from the world that existed before their current society, Sameness. In this society there is no individualism. People can not choose who to marry, or what they want to do for a living. Over time Jonas becomes more and more wise, and realizes that the supposedly perfect community actually has some very dark and negative aspects. The author, Lois Lowry is a 76-year-old writer who focuses her writing on helping struggling teenagers become individuals. Lowry had a very tragic childhood. After both of her parents were separated and killed in the middle of a war, she was devastated and the only way she was able to block and forget all of the horrifying things that were happening, were books (Lowry). “My books have varied in content… Yet it seems… that all of them deal with the same general theme: the importance of human connections,” Lowry explained in her autobiography. In the novel The Giver, Lois Lowry uses the literary elements symbolism, foreshadowing, and imagery to express the theme: importance of an individual.
Is there such a place that is a complete dystopian society? In Lois Lowry’s book The Giver, the government controls the people in the society with an abundance of rules. They attempt to create a utopian society, but they actually create a dystopian society. Every citizen is assigned a job when they turn twelve, and Jonas is selected to be the receiver of memories. The Giver is a dystopian society for three reasons: they beat little children with wands, they kill babies if they are identical twins or sick, and they abuse the elderly.
society, everyone wears the same clothes, follows the same rules, and has a predetermined life. A community just like that lives inside of Lois Lowry’s The Giver and this lack of individuality shows throughout the whole book. This theme is demonstrated through the control of individual appearance, behavior, and ideas.
It is one of the few brave books that exposes the horrors of humanity and serves as a cautionary tale for us all. Even in a “paradise” like Jonas' community, people still try to control others in order to keep the world pure, innocent, and shaped in their image, while they are ignorant of the past, of history, and their abilities to harm others even when they have good intentions. The Giver is a vital piece of literature for society today; its lessons of the horrors that can occur in society and the beauty that humanity offers are invaluable to us all. Freedom and choice are vital to a successful and fulfilled society. A world without freedom and choice “is a frightening world. Let’s work hard to keep it from truly happening.”
Throughout the history of the world, there has been many societies. All these societies had similar structures and ideas, but they all are different by their own special traditions and ways of life. Similarly, both our society and the society in The Giver share similar ideas, but they are different in certain areas. For example, they both celebrate birthdays and have family units, but they have their own way of doing so. Based on the celebration of birthdays and the formation of family units, our society is better than the society in The Giver by Lois Lowry.
The Giver provides a chance that readers can compare the real world with the society described in this book through some words, such as release, Birthmothers, and so on. Therefore, readers could be able to see what is happening right now in the real society in which they live by reading her fiction. The author, Lowry, might build the real world in this fiction by her unique point of view.
The Giver is about a boy named Jonas who was chosen to be the community’s next Receiver of Memory. He lived in a community where everything was chosen for the citizens, and everything was perfect. During Jonas' training, he realized that the community was missing something and that there was more in the world. Jonas wanted everybody to know that. The Giver book was then made into a movie. Though the two were based with the same story plot, there are three important differences that results with two different takes on the same story. The three main differences between the book and the movie are Asher and Fiona's Assignments, the similarity all Receivers had, and the Chief Elder's role.
As I was reading the book the Maze Runner I was frequently reminded of the Giver. In both books the time is sometime in the future and is in a community separate from the rest of the world. Both communities have their own way of functioning separate from the rest of the world. In both stories there is one main character, in the Giver Jonas, and in the Maze Runner, Thomas, who help change the norm of the society. In both stories there were a specific group of people assigned to govern the community and the people (Elders and the Keepers). In both the Giver and the Maze Runner our interests assign different jobs and everyone does their job so the society can function properly. The Giver seems tried to be a Utopian Society while The Maze Runner is the complete opposite and is a Dystopian Society. In the Giver there are no endangerment or threatening situations while in the Glade there is danger everywhere around you. The reasons why I believe that the Giver and Maze Runner are similar are because they are both separate societies that function differently and are isolated from the rest of the world and have their own way of functioning.
The purpose of this book was to show us a possible version of a "Utopia".