The Giver, a novel by Lois Lowry, is about a boy named Jonas who lives in a world of Sameness. Jonas´s world has no color or emotions. Their is no weather and the climate is controlled. Nobody can make their own choices. They all get assigned to everything. Later in the book, Jonas learns that even though their is no suffering, his society is bad to live in because they are missing out on a lot. Lois Lowry is warning her readers that conformity is not always a good thing. Being unique and having diversity in the world is very important. No diversity can lead to a very bland and boring society. One example of conformity in The Giver is, at the Ceremony of Twelves, all of the children get assigned jobs that they will have to do until
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They only get a son and a daughter. This is negative because some people want different numbers of children. Some people might want no children, one child, two children, three child, etc. There are many combinations of children in families today. This example highlights Lois Lowry’s waring because if every family unit is the same, there is no diversity in families.
A third example of conformity in The Giver is, in Jonas’s society, people take special pills for stirrings, or when they start to feel emotions. This is a negative effect on Jonas’s society because emotions are really healthy and not allowing people to feel them could cause a very dull, bland, and boring world. This example highlights Lois Lowry’s warning because not feeling emotions would be bland and boring. No one would ever be happy, sad, joyful, daring, brave and much more.
In Jonas’s world, people get assigned to jobs, they get assigned two children for their family unit, and people do not feel any emotions. The lack of these things results in a world of no real feelings and no freedom of choice. These examples are really important to have in a society or in a world. Lois Lowry is warning that no diversity in a society would lead to dullness. Conformity, or following others, is not always a good
They only get a son and a daughter. This is negative because some people want different numbers of children. Some people might want no children, one child, two children, three child, etc. There are many combinations of children in families today. This example highlights Lois Lowry’s waring because if every family unit is the same, there is no diversity in families.
A third example of conformity in The Giver is, in Jonas’s society, people take special pills for stirrings, or when they start to feel emotions. This is a negative effect on Jonas’s society because emotions are really healthy and not allowing people to feel them could cause a very dull, bland, and boring world. This example highlights Lois Lowry’s warning because not feeling emotions would be bland and boring. No one would ever be happy, sad, joyful, daring, brave and much more.
In Jonas’s world, people get assigned to jobs, they get assigned two children for their family unit, and people do not feel any emotions. The lack of these things results in a world of no real feelings and no freedom of choice. These examples are really important to have in a society or in a world. Lois Lowry is warning that no diversity in a society would lead to dullness. Conformity, or following others, is not always a good