For many years the people and the government have been disputing back and forth whether the government should be in control or the people, this is also known as the “Safety or Freedom” disagreement that started in 2006 when Natan Sharansky gave a Margaret Thatcher Lecture named “Is Freedom For Everyone?”. Since then this event, debate has popped up in court and there are many times where this issue has been a spark to start arguments. Many people see this as a problem but many have also taken advantage of these recent events and have written extremely popular dystopian/utopian novels. These include The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, Matched by Allie Condie, Divergent by Veronica Roth, The Host by Stephenie Meyer and many more. The topic-book of this essay is also a utopian novel that is by the award winning author, Lois Lowry. Lois has written many novels including Number The Stars, Gathering Blue, Son, Anastasia Krupnik, and A Summer To Die. This quarter our class read The Giver by Lois Lowry and studied it’s concepts. This essay is analyzing the advantages and disadvantages of living with the law of “sameness”, or having the government control everything and everyone.
“...what if we could hold up things that were bright red, or bright yellow, and we could choose? Instead of sameness.” (124,Lowry) In this quote, …show more content…
While “sameness” communities are probably the safest places on earth, they are also the least independent. The exact opposite being for communities like ours today. There are many “sameness” pros; families got along together and were happy all of the time. “he had been reassured by the talk with his parents,”. Pros to communities like ours; people are not free to do what they want or even see or hear what they want. “If everything’s the same, then there aren't any choices! I want to wake up in the morning and decide things! A blue tunic, or a red one?” (123,
“...what if we could hold up things that were bright red, or bright yellow, and we could choose? Instead of sameness.” (124,Lowry) In this quote, …show more content…
While “sameness” communities are probably the safest places on earth, they are also the least independent. The exact opposite being for communities like ours today. There are many “sameness” pros; families got along together and were happy all of the time. “he had been reassured by the talk with his parents,”. Pros to communities like ours; people are not free to do what they want or even see or hear what they want. “If everything’s the same, then there aren't any choices! I want to wake up in the morning and decide things! A blue tunic, or a red one?” (123,