The Giver Dystopian Society

In the novel The Giver a boy Jonas is placed in a dystopian society where sameness is key to having an “ideal” society. Jonas learns that there is a lot more about his community to be discovered that the leaders have not released. In anger and curiosity Jonas wanders away from his community to look for “else where”. There are many differences between Jonas’s society and the one you and I live in today. Jonas's society was a dystopian society because of these rules and the very limited and almost non existent freedom. When Jonas realizes he has a chance to change his situation he does and runs away with a baby boy named Gabriel who was scheduled to be released. One thing that is drastically different is the way age is recognized. In Jonas’s …show more content…
In The Giver your wife and or husband is chosen for you when you are ready for a family which is called a family unit. In addition to this you have to apply for a child and you can not create your own. If a birth mother gives birth to a twin the heavier one is allowed to live and the lighter one is killed or released. The people who are trained to release do not know that what they are doing is wrong. Only one male and one female is allowed. This ties in with the idea of sameness in the community. This sameness is what makes his society a dystopia. Here in the U.S.A we have the freedom to choose to have as many kids we want and we can marry whoever we choose too and if we are not satisfied you can even get a divorce.If twins are born than the child that weighs more after a certain time the heavier one is allowed to live while the lighter one is killed or released. This is because we allowed to be different from everyone else around us. This is why America is filled with many different races, languages, and …show more content…
In Jonas’s society the rules are very strict. There is only room for 3 mistakes in his society and after your third you are “released” or killed. There is a rule that restricts the age you are allowed to ride a bike. A rule that Jonas dislikes is the rule that snacks are not be allowed to be eaten or hoarded outside the recreation center. At the ceremony of eights children's toys or comfort objects are taken away because the community believes they are too old for them. All of these rules are made by the elders or the leaders of the community and are impossible to be changed. In our society we have many rules in the constitution but they are not as strict as the ones in The Giver. For example in our society we can learn to ride a bike at any age we want too. We can buy as much as food as we want and eat as much as we can. Children can hold on too their toys until the parents decide they are too old and not a elder like Jonas’s society. Jonas hated the fact that if you didn't fit in you were released no matter if even if it was being underweight by just one