Humans have formed societies since the beginning of time. The structures of these societies have been heavily influenced by climate and location, and as these societies evolved and emerged, so did their work systems and technologies. Over time human organizations have relied less and less on nature and more and more on their own inventions and philosophies.
In the 1800s the Second Great Awakening spread across the restless nation, and several religious settlements began to go to extremes as they tried to create perfect communities. They believed that an individual was truly set free when he or she no longer had any sort of temptations available. This contradictory idea is reflected in the book The Giver.
The Giver is a novel about a supposedly utopian society …show more content…
An aura of perfectionism is integrated into this setting. People are genetically engineered to resemble one another more closely. (This also is to prevent "embarrassing" differences so that everyone feels included and no one feels set apart.) Everything in the community is artificial--the trees, the plants, the technological houses. Besides this, if babies are deemed unsatisfactory, such as he or she is crying too much or does not weigh enough, then they are "released", or injected with a poison that inflicts death. This is in an effort to control population but mostly to make sure that there are no "subpar" individuals who will affect the mostly uniform society. And in the occurrence of twins, both are not kept, of course. What a confusion that would be.
In conclusion, a society that attempted to remove pain and famine and war and loss had taken away most of the aspects of life that make it worth living, and essentially restricted the human experience. In sacrificing many of the good things in life in the name of a perfect utopia, this society had created a dystopia in which people cannot truly “live”, and instead are just expected to
In the 1800s the Second Great Awakening spread across the restless nation, and several religious settlements began to go to extremes as they tried to create perfect communities. They believed that an individual was truly set free when he or she no longer had any sort of temptations available. This contradictory idea is reflected in the book The Giver.
The Giver is a novel about a supposedly utopian society …show more content…
An aura of perfectionism is integrated into this setting. People are genetically engineered to resemble one another more closely. (This also is to prevent "embarrassing" differences so that everyone feels included and no one feels set apart.) Everything in the community is artificial--the trees, the plants, the technological houses. Besides this, if babies are deemed unsatisfactory, such as he or she is crying too much or does not weigh enough, then they are "released", or injected with a poison that inflicts death. This is in an effort to control population but mostly to make sure that there are no "subpar" individuals who will affect the mostly uniform society. And in the occurrence of twins, both are not kept, of course. What a confusion that would be.
In conclusion, a society that attempted to remove pain and famine and war and loss had taken away most of the aspects of life that make it worth living, and essentially restricted the human experience. In sacrificing many of the good things in life in the name of a perfect utopia, this society had created a dystopia in which people cannot truly “live”, and instead are just expected to