However, love was taken from the community so that it won’t cause problems. Love in the real world will cause pain, jealously, and in some cases, murder. So in a utopian world where everything is “perfect”, things that can cause conflict such as love and feelings are taken away from the citizens. Jonas had asked The Giver, “What if they were allowed to choose their own mate? And chose wrong? (Lowry 98)”. Even Jonas understood the dangers of making decisions and having real love. Later on, Jonas decides to bring love back to the community, because he chose to release all of the memories that he held to make life more meaningful in the community. Decisions were taken away from the people along with pain and other aspects that we would want to get rid of by the creators. In other words, The Giver is not a negative book since love, emotions, and memories was only taken away from this utopian society to make it “perfect” and problem
However, love was taken from the community so that it won’t cause problems. Love in the real world will cause pain, jealously, and in some cases, murder. So in a utopian world where everything is “perfect”, things that can cause conflict such as love and feelings are taken away from the citizens. Jonas had asked The Giver, “What if they were allowed to choose their own mate? And chose wrong? (Lowry 98)”. Even Jonas understood the dangers of making decisions and having real love. Later on, Jonas decides to bring love back to the community, because he chose to release all of the memories that he held to make life more meaningful in the community. Decisions were taken away from the people along with pain and other aspects that we would want to get rid of by the creators. In other words, The Giver is not a negative book since love, emotions, and memories was only taken away from this utopian society to make it “perfect” and problem