The rules of the community In The Giver by Lois Lowry, the community has a lot of rules. Some people have contracting and contrasting feelings with these rules. One rule is that in one family unit you can only have one female and one male child. The reason for this rule is they want every family to be equal and they also don't want the community to overpopulate. For example, in China there is a human overpopulation law. It states that you are only allowed 2 children. This rule in the community has some good things and some bad things about it. The good part is that they don't want the community to overload. But, the bad part is that you don't get to make the decision on how many kids you want to have. In this community
