Jonas 'Community In The Giver'

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How do you think Jonas' community is the same and different to ours? Jonas' community is the same and different to ours in many ways. They are the same in ways such as laws and equality, but they are different in ways such as job selection and education. Jonas' community can be compared/contrasted to our own in many ways.

In Jonas' community there are laws that are very similar to our own. One such law that is similar is theft, in the novel before Jonas left the community he would steal left over food from the evening meal, which broke a rule of the community, so Jonas knew that is he ever got caught he would be punished. In our own world a man would be arrested for theft if he got caught. Also the laws are the same because without the

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