In The Giver by Lois Lowry, their community has an unbiased society where everyone must be fair, and differences are not allowed. For example everyone in the community must have a specific purpose in the community even at a young age.If you don't have any purpose in the society there is no need for you.But in reality their “ideal” society turns out to be flawed. And soon enough things start to change, the community turns into more of a dystopia rather than a utopia.
Jonas and the Giver two of the main characters in the story begin to realize that the elders might be hiding something,and that's why they are so controlling. In chapter one Jonas explains how one day the announcer announced a message. The announcements seemed so demanding, …show more content…
The ceremony is mainly for the 12’s. For this ceremony every 12 gets their occupation. After watching all of his friends and classmates get their jobs, it's finally his turn and he is skipped. But at the end of the ceremony jonas is told that he has been selected for a special job. He is the receiver of memory. “Jonas has not been assigned a job, he has been selected [57].” Now that Jonas has his purpose he is not allowed to pursue in anything else, because the elders have created a system that does not allow him or anyone else to follow there own path.
After finding out that he is the new receiver of memory, Jonas has to abide by all the rules that are given to him. But every job has its own set of rules.”Go immediately at the end of school hours each day to the Annex entrance behind the house of old and present yourself to the Receiver[65].” If Jonas does not uphold these rules, he will have to be chastised. And more than three chastisements will result in being released. In The Giver, the ceremonies,the announcements,and all the rules show how no one is aloud to be different. The idea of being pure is all the matters. But one thing the elders seem to forget is that perfection should never define a community or you as a person. Therefore the actions of the elders in the community show that they have created a dystopia rather than a
Jonas and the Giver two of the main characters in the story begin to realize that the elders might be hiding something,and that's why they are so controlling. In chapter one Jonas explains how one day the announcer announced a message. The announcements seemed so demanding, …show more content…
The ceremony is mainly for the 12’s. For this ceremony every 12 gets their occupation. After watching all of his friends and classmates get their jobs, it's finally his turn and he is skipped. But at the end of the ceremony jonas is told that he has been selected for a special job. He is the receiver of memory. “Jonas has not been assigned a job, he has been selected [57].” Now that Jonas has his purpose he is not allowed to pursue in anything else, because the elders have created a system that does not allow him or anyone else to follow there own path.
After finding out that he is the new receiver of memory, Jonas has to abide by all the rules that are given to him. But every job has its own set of rules.”Go immediately at the end of school hours each day to the Annex entrance behind the house of old and present yourself to the Receiver[65].” If Jonas does not uphold these rules, he will have to be chastised. And more than three chastisements will result in being released. In The Giver, the ceremonies,the announcements,and all the rules show how no one is aloud to be different. The idea of being pure is all the matters. But one thing the elders seem to forget is that perfection should never define a community or you as a person. Therefore the actions of the elders in the community show that they have created a dystopia rather than a