The Giver: A Dystopian World

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The Giver is a dystopian world written by Lois Lowry

The Giver is a dystopia because they can’t see color or hear music, the world is just a bland mix of silence and gray. The reason I know this is because when Jonas starts to see beyond, the giver tells him that he is starting to see the color red, and the giver later tells Jonas that he first heard music instead of saw colors. That means that nobody in the community can see colors or hear music.

The second reason I think their community is a dystopia is because They have no weather, no warmth from the sunshine, no having fun in the rain or snow. The reason I know this is because in the book, the giver says “Our people made that choice, the choice to go to Sameness. Before my time, before

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