In 1993 Louis Lowry writes an apocalyptical novel what is today called The Giver. This novel depicts a clear image on how numb we can be to the world today. The Giver is a novel about a community where everyone is the same; no one or nothing is different. Each member is assigned a certain task to contribute to the wellness of the community at age 12. While every 12 year old gets a normal everyday job, a young boy named Jonas is chosen for an exciting yet painful job. This job provides him with the ability to “see beyond” known as the receiver. While in training with his teacher, the Giver, Jonas experiences love, joy, and pain creating a sense to make things right. As Jonas has been infornmed that a child, whom he believes has the same talent,
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“No, no. It’s just the pills. You’re ready for the pills, that’s all. That’s the treatment for stirrings” (37). Stirrings are sexual wants. Jonas is asked to share a dream with his family. He talks about Fiona and how he wants to bathe her. His mother identifies this desire as his first stirring. For these sexual wants, all members are required to take a pill. This pill eliminates the feelings for Jonas indicating the idea of perfection with no chaos. As we all are wll aware love is a major aspect of life. This one simple word can create something as magical as starting a family. The controlling of these pills is unethical becuase it eliminates the sense of an important emotion towards someone. Abortion is an unethical issue we deal with today. This procedure allows new parents to “get rid” of their children not demonstrating love or providing the children with a future. The ability to perform this procedure creates a mindset to the public of how cruel and uncaring some people really can be. Although the elders control these emotions of people with various methods, Jonas finds a way to break through, employing an array of …show more content…
Because they all are selfsame they do not experience these things called emotions. In chapter 16 of The Giver, Jonas receives a memory of Christmas and all of the joy and happiness that comes along. As Jonas awakes from this comforting memory, the Giver questions Jonas about what he feels from the dream. To Jonas it was indescribable! After the Giver asked what he has perceived, Jonas replied saying, “Warmth and happiness. And - let me think. Family. That it was a celebration of some sort a holiday. And something else i can’t quite get the word for it” (123). Little does Jonas know this feeling he experiences is a meaningful word we call love. We all can recall a extreme trajedy where a man by the name of Adolf Hitler is in charge. This man takes thousands of innocent people’s lives just because they are not the same-- Jewish. Perhaps we can say Hitler never truly experiences love; he has never seen a time where someone expresses love. Therefore it causes him to discriminate. Although this novel has a bland setting, it displays emotions and scenes of logical
“No, no. It’s just the pills. You’re ready for the pills, that’s all. That’s the treatment for stirrings” (37). Stirrings are sexual wants. Jonas is asked to share a dream with his family. He talks about Fiona and how he wants to bathe her. His mother identifies this desire as his first stirring. For these sexual wants, all members are required to take a pill. This pill eliminates the feelings for Jonas indicating the idea of perfection with no chaos. As we all are wll aware love is a major aspect of life. This one simple word can create something as magical as starting a family. The controlling of these pills is unethical becuase it eliminates the sense of an important emotion towards someone. Abortion is an unethical issue we deal with today. This procedure allows new parents to “get rid” of their children not demonstrating love or providing the children with a future. The ability to perform this procedure creates a mindset to the public of how cruel and uncaring some people really can be. Although the elders control these emotions of people with various methods, Jonas finds a way to break through, employing an array of …show more content…
Because they all are selfsame they do not experience these things called emotions. In chapter 16 of The Giver, Jonas receives a memory of Christmas and all of the joy and happiness that comes along. As Jonas awakes from this comforting memory, the Giver questions Jonas about what he feels from the dream. To Jonas it was indescribable! After the Giver asked what he has perceived, Jonas replied saying, “Warmth and happiness. And - let me think. Family. That it was a celebration of some sort a holiday. And something else i can’t quite get the word for it” (123). Little does Jonas know this feeling he experiences is a meaningful word we call love. We all can recall a extreme trajedy where a man by the name of Adolf Hitler is in charge. This man takes thousands of innocent people’s lives just because they are not the same-- Jewish. Perhaps we can say Hitler never truly experiences love; he has never seen a time where someone expresses love. Therefore it causes him to discriminate. Although this novel has a bland setting, it displays emotions and scenes of logical