Since the beginning of time humans have managed to create natural shelters and settlements to survive. As humankind progressed, society has advanced. The structure of human kind gets more complicated and requires a type of government, law enforcer, and rules. In The Giver by Lois Lowry creates a futuristic society where humans of the community are dehumanized. Dehumanization happens in a dystopia/utopia society. Dehumanization means to take away basic human rights and to not be worthy of humane treatment. The two types of dehumanization are animalistic and mechanistic. Lois’s experience with her father’s dementia allowed her to establish a setting of dystopia/utopia in her novel The Giver.
For example the first element of dehumanization in this world is ‘release’. In the novel Jonas goes to a release ceremony to see the elderly off to “elsewhere”. Release is a more proper way of being killed, in this world they are injected with a poison that kills them in a matter of seconds. The people in this story who inject them cannot really know what they are doing because they do not have emotions and they can’t comprehend the topic. …show more content…
This shows a lack of the ability to decision making in the community. The elders of the society like to control everything so the community runs smoothly and they don't have to argue with anybody. The Elders choose what job everyone will have for the rest of their lives without them getting a say so in the decision. It is based off of where they have been volunteering their hours to the most, since they have been allowed to
For example the first element of dehumanization in this world is ‘release’. In the novel Jonas goes to a release ceremony to see the elderly off to “elsewhere”. Release is a more proper way of being killed, in this world they are injected with a poison that kills them in a matter of seconds. The people in this story who inject them cannot really know what they are doing because they do not have emotions and they can’t comprehend the topic. …show more content…
This shows a lack of the ability to decision making in the community. The elders of the society like to control everything so the community runs smoothly and they don't have to argue with anybody. The Elders choose what job everyone will have for the rest of their lives without them getting a say so in the decision. It is based off of where they have been volunteering their hours to the most, since they have been allowed to