Have you ever wondered what life would be like if you had never experienced what love felt like? In the dystopian story, The Giver, by Lois Lowry, Jonas, the main character must run away from the community to find a better life, a safe place where love is expressed and told to one another. Jonas has a difficult time trying to find the place where The Giver told him to go to, a place where love existed. In the community, there are strict rules you have to follow and f you do not follow the rules, you would get thrown out of the community. Therefore being a Receiver is a punishment. Being a Receiver is a punishment because the Receiver has to hold in all the burden of depressing and happy memories for those who cannot handle the memories by
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Having a job of a Receiver can be stressful because the Community looks up to the Receiver for wisdom, and if the job is not done correctly, then it will be disappointing. Jobs in the real world can be extremely stressful. It is stressful because some jobs require others to stay up late and some jobs have more responsibilities than other jobs. Furthermore, jobs can be pressuring because if they do not do their job correctly, they could get fired from their job. Jobs in the real world can be as respected as the job of the Receiver. One job that can be highly respected in the real world is Congress. Congress must create laws for a safe environment for the people who live in the U.S.A, almost like the Community. One thing the real world and the Community have in common is school. Children in the real world must go to school to get an education so that when they grow up, they can work for a job to pay money. In the Community, the children must go to school as well but the Community chooses for them. One thing the Community and the real world does not have in common is the way the rules are. In the real world, we have the right to choose the job we want, but in the Community, they do not get a chance to pick their job, and if the person does not want the job, the person still must take it. In the Community, babies who are born too early must be thrown out of the Community, whilst in
Having a job of a Receiver can be stressful because the Community looks up to the Receiver for wisdom, and if the job is not done correctly, then it will be disappointing. Jobs in the real world can be extremely stressful. It is stressful because some jobs require others to stay up late and some jobs have more responsibilities than other jobs. Furthermore, jobs can be pressuring because if they do not do their job correctly, they could get fired from their job. Jobs in the real world can be as respected as the job of the Receiver. One job that can be highly respected in the real world is Congress. Congress must create laws for a safe environment for the people who live in the U.S.A, almost like the Community. One thing the real world and the Community have in common is school. Children in the real world must go to school to get an education so that when they grow up, they can work for a job to pay money. In the Community, the children must go to school as well but the Community chooses for them. One thing the Community and the real world does not have in common is the way the rules are. In the real world, we have the right to choose the job we want, but in the Community, they do not get a chance to pick their job, and if the person does not want the job, the person still must take it. In the Community, babies who are born too early must be thrown out of the Community, whilst in