The Giver Dystopian

In the book The Giver by Lowis Lowry, there are a series of events that suggest that the community is not very like the one we live in today. One of the series of events were the years that marked their birth year, or a birthday in our case. One of the situations included in the series of events is the way that each person in the community celebrates the day. In The Giver, the author explains that the day is celebrated by their community getting together to watch a ceremony where they are given something that symbolizes that year. In Jonas’s case the ceremony of 12, “The initial speech at the ceremony of 12 was made by the chief elder.” “ The speech was much the same each year: recollection of the time of childhood and the period of preparation, the …show more content…
Even though in our world age is something that marks our milestones, knowledge, and character of a person; age does not seem to matter to the dystopian world. The reason Jonas’s world seems to feel that after 12 age doesn’t matter is thanks to the fact that there are no more symbols or ways of teaching, they must go to work for the community and be content with their life. At least that is what the community thinks. Most people, although somewhere deep down are not content at all. In our world we celebrate birthdays being that we know that every year should count considering that there are innumerable accomplishments in life that have passed and are coming. There is wisdom,kindness,love , and more. In the end of the day there is definitely a better way of life (our life) than the dystopian world. There are numerous differences and some similarities between the two worlds, but the fact of no acknowledgement to the age of a person is just one subject that is not agreeable to at all. The Giver in general was an interesting book to learn about, as it is just one example of why we should be so grateful for our