“A utopia is nothing more than a truth that the world is not yet ready to hear” – Yann Arthus-Bertrand. In The Giver by Lois Lowry, Jonas's society and ours are different and similar. The differences include the careers people choose and the personality and character differences of one another. As the similarity, both utopias have the gaining of more responsibilities. In everyday life, we aren’t able to attain a utopia because people aren’t willing to sacrifice freedom, while in Jonas’s society freedom is what’s given up.
While in our society the people can choose what jobs they would like to do as they grow older, in The Giver the society chooses occupations for the children during the Ceremony of 12. According to The Giver the text states, …show more content…
And if they are to be like such, they have to be released, which is to go “Elsewhere” (death). In the book The Giver the text states, “There were only two occasion of release which were not punishment. Release of the elderly, which was a time of celebration for a life well and fully lived; and release of a newchild, which always brought a sense of what-could-we-have-done. This was especially troubling for the Nurturers, like Father, who felt they had failed somehow. But it happened very rarely” (Lowry 10). In Jonas’s society, if one is born with any major differences from the ideal person, the child is looked at differently, in a sense of not belonging in the community. In real life, anyone is able to have their differences, similarities, and be special without punishments. For example, many people in our world do what they like and look as they please as they show their individuality– even though anyone can be “judged” by someone about their looks, personality, etc., that’s not the person’s problem. And although there may be others that don’t like one’s uniqueness, there is no true punishment of being different, especially if one embraces it. Being unique and different from others is not allowed in Jonas’s society, which restrains the freedom of individuality, unlike in our
While in our society the people can choose what jobs they would like to do as they grow older, in The Giver the society chooses occupations for the children during the Ceremony of 12. According to The Giver the text states, …show more content…
And if they are to be like such, they have to be released, which is to go “Elsewhere” (death). In the book The Giver the text states, “There were only two occasion of release which were not punishment. Release of the elderly, which was a time of celebration for a life well and fully lived; and release of a newchild, which always brought a sense of what-could-we-have-done. This was especially troubling for the Nurturers, like Father, who felt they had failed somehow. But it happened very rarely” (Lowry 10). In Jonas’s society, if one is born with any major differences from the ideal person, the child is looked at differently, in a sense of not belonging in the community. In real life, anyone is able to have their differences, similarities, and be special without punishments. For example, many people in our world do what they like and look as they please as they show their individuality– even though anyone can be “judged” by someone about their looks, personality, etc., that’s not the person’s problem. And although there may be others that don’t like one’s uniqueness, there is no true punishment of being different, especially if one embraces it. Being unique and different from others is not allowed in Jonas’s society, which restrains the freedom of individuality, unlike in our