The Giver, by Lois Lowry, fits the description of a dystopian novel and appeals to young adult readers because of the plot, concept, and characteristics of the novel. The Giver tells a tale about a boy named Jonas who lives in a perfect world which he calls the “Community”. What he doesn’t know, along with many others, is the dark side of this utopia. As he goes through his journey as being the next receiver of memory - a special job selected carefully - the illusion of his perfect world, shatters.
There are many means to find out if a novel is a dystopian or not, and The Giver hits many of those points. To fit the description of a dystopian novel, the story must be futuristic. The Giver shows examples of this, in this quote, the Giver and Jonas talk about Climate Control. Climate Control is what controls the weather within the community. “‘Climate Control. Snow made growing food difficult, limited the agricultural periods.’” controlling the weather is way beyond our technology, even to this day, the weather is still a threat to us. But for the Community, that power has already been granted.
Along with that, a dystopian novel also has to have the people idolize a concept. For The Giver, the concept is Sameness. In this quote, the Giver talks about Sameness and how he …show more content…
In a quote from The Giver, the speaker says something to the whole community that was directed to Jonas. “Everyone had known, he remembered with humiliation, that the announcement ATTENTION. THIS IS A REMINDER TO MALE ELEVENS THAT OBJECTS ARE NOT TO BE REMOVED FROM THE RECREATION AREA AND THAT SNACKS ARE TO BE EATEN, NOT HOARDED had been specifically directed at him, the day last month that he had taken an apple home.” this small excerpt shows that the everyone in the Community is being watched, because if they weren’t, the speaker wouldn’t have known and thus be able to make that
There are many means to find out if a novel is a dystopian or not, and The Giver hits many of those points. To fit the description of a dystopian novel, the story must be futuristic. The Giver shows examples of this, in this quote, the Giver and Jonas talk about Climate Control. Climate Control is what controls the weather within the community. “‘Climate Control. Snow made growing food difficult, limited the agricultural periods.’” controlling the weather is way beyond our technology, even to this day, the weather is still a threat to us. But for the Community, that power has already been granted.
Along with that, a dystopian novel also has to have the people idolize a concept. For The Giver, the concept is Sameness. In this quote, the Giver talks about Sameness and how he …show more content…
In a quote from The Giver, the speaker says something to the whole community that was directed to Jonas. “Everyone had known, he remembered with humiliation, that the announcement ATTENTION. THIS IS A REMINDER TO MALE ELEVENS THAT OBJECTS ARE NOT TO BE REMOVED FROM THE RECREATION AREA AND THAT SNACKS ARE TO BE EATEN, NOT HOARDED had been specifically directed at him, the day last month that he had taken an apple home.” this small excerpt shows that the everyone in the Community is being watched, because if they weren’t, the speaker wouldn’t have known and thus be able to make that