Even though the Release of the Old could be considered odd in this world where people die of old age at a designated time, this actually occurs in our world. Lois Lowry’s The Giver tells a story of a young boy named Jonas growing up in a community where they aren’t exposed to information that their government keeps from them. Even though Release of the Old may seem like something that only occurs in The Giver, it also occurs in our world, but is known as Euthanasia or assisted suicide. In The Giver, people may think that the Release of the Old is unreasonable and unfair, but in reality, it is a “ceremony” that happens today. First, Euthanasia still occurs today, it only occurs in few places such as the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, and
