Individuality In The Giver

There are always more than two themes in a story. If there was just one then i would get to the point of where the author is just repeating themselves. A theme in a novel often reveals the author's opinions on life and one does not simply have one opinion on one subject, throughout their whole life.In The Giver their are many themes that give the book depth and meaning, that the book woulld be boring without. A few of these themes are more important than others.

Throughout The Giver, the author tries to show the reader the dangers that exist when people opt for conformity over individuality. When they first created this society It probably seem like a good alternative to how we live today. They Assumed that is they took away all the choices a person made then everything could be made equal and everyone could …show more content…
The book argues that memories should be shared. And the past experience of others should be shared within reason; for the elders think that if the society ever found out about the pain and suffering then there could be a rebellion because there was a mass realization that the “government” had been lying to them. In reality that would most likely not happen but no memories happy people. So in a way They took away all the knowledge and pain of the past just to have a perfect group of people; However, if the memories were destroyed completely then they would never learn from their mistakes. that is where the Giver comes in he helps guide the elders through their decisions and help the make decisions too. Memories is why he is considered so wise in the book, because he knows things that others do not. Sadly this is also a curse because he has to watch people do things he knows are wrong but he has no say in the matter because everyone else does not see the wrongness of the matter. The memories are the ultimate knowledge and the the most extreme