In the novel 1984, many things resemble another dystopian society in another novel. The book reflects on how much the government controls the people and how much of the citizens’ lives and freedoms get stripped away from them. This type of society also shows up in The Giver written by Lois Lowry. Within this popular novel, just like 1984, the people cannot think or feel for themselves, cannot remember things from their past, are assigned jobs, as well as forced to speak different english. In 1984, Winston and the rest of the people cannot think what they want without punishment. If they feel a certain way, the government considers it a crime and the person who thinks or feels differently than what the party wants, is tortured or vanishes.
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They do not know what the world is like outside their community and cannot remember anything about history, weather, or even colors. The government distorted everything in the community to fit what they saw was correct, although it was not. Feelings, such s love, hate and, joy were taken away as well as things like music and dancing. In 1984, the memories of the characters is a little different, although they still cannot remember the past. The characters in 1984 cannot remember who their parents are or what life was like before Oceania and the Party, but they know that such life existed. The characters in The Giver have no knowledge of another life outside of what they have been …show more content…
Newspeak from 1984 is a simpler, more compact form of english. They use words like doublethink and blackwhite instead of writing out or explaining what it actually means. In The Giver, the language is not changed but the words are. Everything is a euphemism, or a less offensive, more indirect way of saying somethings. For example, “old" is “elderly", “die" is "pass away”, and “kill” is “release”. Also, some words for objects or animals are switched around. In the movie, it uses an elephant as an example. Children were taught that an elephant was called a hippo and that the trunk was actually a fifth leg.
In conclusion, 1984 and The Giver have many similarities. The government on both dystopian societies is very controlling and puts the people under a sort of spell. The people cannot remember their past or what life is like outside of their community. Everything is assigned to people including where they work, what they say and how they speak. The feelings of the characters are limited only to what the government wants them to feel. Lois Lowry closely links The Giver to George Orwell’s 1984 by putting a dystopian community in her novel just like Orwell created
They do not know what the world is like outside their community and cannot remember anything about history, weather, or even colors. The government distorted everything in the community to fit what they saw was correct, although it was not. Feelings, such s love, hate and, joy were taken away as well as things like music and dancing. In 1984, the memories of the characters is a little different, although they still cannot remember the past. The characters in 1984 cannot remember who their parents are or what life was like before Oceania and the Party, but they know that such life existed. The characters in The Giver have no knowledge of another life outside of what they have been …show more content…
Newspeak from 1984 is a simpler, more compact form of english. They use words like doublethink and blackwhite instead of writing out or explaining what it actually means. In The Giver, the language is not changed but the words are. Everything is a euphemism, or a less offensive, more indirect way of saying somethings. For example, “old" is “elderly", “die" is "pass away”, and “kill” is “release”. Also, some words for objects or animals are switched around. In the movie, it uses an elephant as an example. Children were taught that an elephant was called a hippo and that the trunk was actually a fifth leg.
In conclusion, 1984 and The Giver have many similarities. The government on both dystopian societies is very controlling and puts the people under a sort of spell. The people cannot remember their past or what life is like outside of their community. Everything is assigned to people including where they work, what they say and how they speak. The feelings of the characters are limited only to what the government wants them to feel. Lois Lowry closely links The Giver to George Orwell’s 1984 by putting a dystopian community in her novel just like Orwell created