The society people think to be perfect is far from what society is really like today. The book “The Giver” is based on one idea of what perfection would look like. Along with the title of “perfect society” there are many differences between Jonas’ society and our society. The rules,families, and jobs are all differences between the two societies we know. The rules of the society in “The Giver” are what you could call unconstitutional in our society. For example they have rules or procedures that are “Precision of Language”, no choice, and “release”. Freedom of speech is something that we use and seem to not always appreciate like we should. Freedom speech gives us the right to say what we want while “Precision of Language” limits the words
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In our society people work hard through school and take the rigorous college courses most jobs require. For Jonas, the committee observes him throughout the years and makes a final decision at his “Ceremony on Twelve.” (Lowry 15-17) Some assignments are Birthmothers, Food Delivery, Instructors, and Director of Recreation. (Lowry 53,56) We have similar job options like those consisting of surrogates, delivery/mailman, teachers, and sports directors. Unlike Jonas and the others in his community they were given jobs like the examples, while the people in our society choose what they want to do and try to complete what is needed for this future. Another difference is we have the freedom to leave our current job and pursue a new one. The society in “The Giver” only has the people stay with one job. It is their assignment for life.
The society we live in gives us the freedom to choose how our families are,the jobs we work at, and how we want our government ran. The society Jonas lives in seems to take away these things we cherish. Since it is set in a time after our society the freedoms we have must have been taken away down the timeline. The difference between laws, families, and jobs may have very many differences but the small similarities make it possible to see our society in its
In our society people work hard through school and take the rigorous college courses most jobs require. For Jonas, the committee observes him throughout the years and makes a final decision at his “Ceremony on Twelve.” (Lowry 15-17) Some assignments are Birthmothers, Food Delivery, Instructors, and Director of Recreation. (Lowry 53,56) We have similar job options like those consisting of surrogates, delivery/mailman, teachers, and sports directors. Unlike Jonas and the others in his community they were given jobs like the examples, while the people in our society choose what they want to do and try to complete what is needed for this future. Another difference is we have the freedom to leave our current job and pursue a new one. The society in “The Giver” only has the people stay with one job. It is their assignment for life.
The society we live in gives us the freedom to choose how our families are,the jobs we work at, and how we want our government ran. The society Jonas lives in seems to take away these things we cherish. Since it is set in a time after our society the freedoms we have must have been taken away down the timeline. The difference between laws, families, and jobs may have very many differences but the small similarities make it possible to see our society in its