The Giver: Do Utopias Exist?

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A perfect society, where everyone is treated respectfully and equal, It’s almost imaginary, but it did happen. And those places are called a Utopia. In my opinion, Utopias cannot exist, or at least for awhile. Most likely because they would have to have strict rules because not everyone will respect it, also, everyone has to be equal or perfect, and the job people get cannot always be fair.
Utopias cannot exist because they will have to have strict rules that no one will break, but that’s almost impossible for at least someone to not break the rule(s). For example,”I’d been teaching her how to ride mine, even though I was not allowed too,”(Lowry 14), this quote from the Giver shows that even though there is a rule to not teach the younger
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Another example,“I hope I get to be assigned a birthmother”(Lowry 21)In Jonas’ world you get assigned a job and has to stick with it forever, but not always will you get what you want and you may be sad and feel unequal“Productivity was shot, and the community starved.”( Why Utopias fail 4) This quote shows that the people who were supporting the utopia did not succeed in making food for the town, they probably quit.”Jonas bowed his head and searched through his mind. What had he done wrong?”(Lowry 55) This quote is where Jonas did not get a job because of his actions, and he knew he disrespected the rules and had felt sadness to himself. But he actually did get a job after on, but that’s off topic. But on the other hand, Utopias were and are a great idea, but they won’t very successful for a long time period due to having to have a perfect society where everyone is treated respectfully and equally. Just think about when Jonas broke the society's rules by bringing an apple home, it is one way to see why Utopias would never happen. But honestly Utopias could be one of the best places ever, where everyone is treated respectfully and equally, but they are most likely never to

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