The Giver Is A False Utopian Society

When the elders of the community first set up their rules and regulations and put people into jobs without their consent and took away their rights, they highlighted one of the biggest issues in the community. The council of elders attempted to create a utopian society, but instead, they created a false utopia, so the community was torn apart. Lois Lowry's book, The Giver, Jonas believes his community is a false utopia because of their lack of choice, lack of diversity, and their decision to euthanize people in the community.
In the community, the elders put people down in order to avoid confusion and try to keep a subtle and safe community. "There were only two occasions of release which were not punishment and release of the elderly is of …show more content…
The reader may believe that when it says, "But it's all the same, always"(Lowry, ). This quote shows how the elders tried so hard to make the community subtle and without complication, that they even went to the extent of making everybody the same and ultimately banning diversity. This causes the reader to believe that they are prohibiting uniqueness and stripping away their identity because diversity is what shapes people and without it, nobody would have a true identity, and that’s what makes The Giver a false utopia. Although the elder’s main goal was to get rid of confusion, they still sparked up uncertainty by leaving the people alone without integrity and having them stress out if they were different in any type of way. They did this by making the people’s mindset to where everyone believed that uniformity was the only way to …show more content…
. As we progress in life we have to make difficult decisions, but if they are already put in place for them, they will not have to deal with the overwhelming feeling of pressure and stress that comes to decision making. . In some cases this is true, but as they continually allow someone else to take over their life, they become inferior and quite gullible. By following these rules and regulations, they are letting someone distract them enough, to allow them to be able to get into their head and make them think that following a guideline that is basically a step by step process of telling them how they should live their life is ok, but it’s not. By doing that they are giving up their life experience, and that is the exact opposite of living free without