One man’s utopia is another man’s dystopia is a great quote that goes hand in hand with the topic of Jonas’ world being superior or inferior to our world. This novel by Lois Lowry titled The Giver follows a boy named Jonas who lives in a world that has resorted to sameness. Emotional pain, war, colors, and weather are a portion of the things that have been dispensed just to name a few, they rolled out these improvements keeping in mind the end goal to dispose of differences so that everybody can be equal and happy. When Jonas is selected to be the next Receiver of Memory he must learn history and live with the torment of the past. In spite of the fact that inhabitants of Jonas’ community may not have much individuality or control over their
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The residents do not need to worry about picking clothes for each day of the week because they have “uniforms”. All that they have to do is have a lot of the same clothes and wash them. They do not worry about who has the prettiest clothes and who look better especially since there is no color making life easier. They do not worry about what clothes to wear the week, what to wear for school, and the color of their clothes. As daily clothes they wear jackets/tunics and pants and they are also assigned night clothes, as they get older they receive new undergarments. The fact that they have specific clothes to wear really keeps kids in check, many kids in our world wear inappropriate clothes that makes them look older than they already are. In this world that does not happen because of their uniforms and that definitely makes their community better than ours. The narrator said “The front-buttoned jacket was the first sign of independence, the first very visible symbol of growing up…” (Lowry Page 40-41) This shows that not only do these “uniforms” make the community organized, keep kids in check, and give no stress about choosing clothes but they also give kids a sense of achievement because as they grow up they are assigned different clothes. The narrator also said “There was new clothing: different undergarments for the females, whose bodies were beginning to change...” (Lowry Page 47) This also shows how clothing is better in Jonas’ world because the community rewards kids for dressing properly and growing up. That is the third and final reason behind why I believe Jonas' world is enhanced compared to our
The residents do not need to worry about picking clothes for each day of the week because they have “uniforms”. All that they have to do is have a lot of the same clothes and wash them. They do not worry about who has the prettiest clothes and who look better especially since there is no color making life easier. They do not worry about what clothes to wear the week, what to wear for school, and the color of their clothes. As daily clothes they wear jackets/tunics and pants and they are also assigned night clothes, as they get older they receive new undergarments. The fact that they have specific clothes to wear really keeps kids in check, many kids in our world wear inappropriate clothes that makes them look older than they already are. In this world that does not happen because of their uniforms and that definitely makes their community better than ours. The narrator said “The front-buttoned jacket was the first sign of independence, the first very visible symbol of growing up…” (Lowry Page 40-41) This shows that not only do these “uniforms” make the community organized, keep kids in check, and give no stress about choosing clothes but they also give kids a sense of achievement because as they grow up they are assigned different clothes. The narrator also said “There was new clothing: different undergarments for the females, whose bodies were beginning to change...” (Lowry Page 47) This also shows how clothing is better in Jonas’ world because the community rewards kids for dressing properly and growing up. That is the third and final reason behind why I believe Jonas' world is enhanced compared to our