Utopian worlds do not work and will eventually fail. In the novel The Giver by Lois Lowry, the Chief Elders build a community to protect people from the real world. Jonas receives the job of becoming the Receiver and works with the Giver who gives him memories. Jonas realizes that feelings and making your own choices are good and people should have the right to do that. Jonas runs away from the community and sets free the memories. Jonas realizes that the life the community is living is not a real life because it does not include the best parts of life.
In the novel the community lives in a Utopia which is the most perfect and safest place to live in. The community is a Utopia where the Elders have created sameness to keep the people safe. …show more content…
“ They made conveyance of goods unwieldy. Trucks; buses. Slowed them down. So- He waved his hand, as if a gesture had caused hills to disappear. ‘Sameness,’ he concluded” (84.) Sameness was best for the community because the hills made it inconvenient for vehicles. When the community was created the Elders made everyone and everything the same. The Elders believed that if they do this then it will keep the community safe. One way they made it safe for the community is that they make the choices for the people in the community. “We don’t dare to let people make choices of their own. ‘Not safe?’ The Giver suggested. ‘Definitely not safe,’ Jonas said with certainty” (98.) It would be unsafe for people to make their own choices because they could make the wrong choice. The Elders keep the community safe by not giving them choices. The Elders make sure when they make a choice for a person it is 100% the right choice. Another way to keep the community safe is to keep the memories with Giver and the Receiver because the people in the community cannot handle the memories. “But it will be desperately hard for them. When we lost Rosemary ten years ago, and her …show more content…
The community does not experience colors, memories, or feelings because without that the Elders believe that it is the safest way to live. The memories hold the feelings and The Giver gives Jonas these memories.. “Jonas opened his eyes and lay contentedly on the bed, still luxuriating in the warm and comforting memory. It had been there, all the things he had learned to treasure” (123.) Jonas feels joy and love when experiencing the memory and he enjoys it. The community needs feelings like love and happiness to truly enjoy life. The Elders have taken away the feeling to make everyone in the community the same. The Elders think that the community shouldn’t have the memories because it is unsafe and will destroy the utopia. “The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It’s the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared” (154.) Jonas and the Giver agree that it would be best if the community had the memories. The people in the community are kept ignorant, they do not know what death is or true happiness is. The Elders have kept them ignorant because they feel that this way everything is perfect and the people do not have to worry about anything. Jonas and the Giver are the only people who can see in color. “If everything’s the same, then there aren’t any choices! I want to wake up in the morning and decide things! A blue tunic,
In the novel the community lives in a Utopia which is the most perfect and safest place to live in. The community is a Utopia where the Elders have created sameness to keep the people safe. …show more content…
“ They made conveyance of goods unwieldy. Trucks; buses. Slowed them down. So- He waved his hand, as if a gesture had caused hills to disappear. ‘Sameness,’ he concluded” (84.) Sameness was best for the community because the hills made it inconvenient for vehicles. When the community was created the Elders made everyone and everything the same. The Elders believed that if they do this then it will keep the community safe. One way they made it safe for the community is that they make the choices for the people in the community. “We don’t dare to let people make choices of their own. ‘Not safe?’ The Giver suggested. ‘Definitely not safe,’ Jonas said with certainty” (98.) It would be unsafe for people to make their own choices because they could make the wrong choice. The Elders keep the community safe by not giving them choices. The Elders make sure when they make a choice for a person it is 100% the right choice. Another way to keep the community safe is to keep the memories with Giver and the Receiver because the people in the community cannot handle the memories. “But it will be desperately hard for them. When we lost Rosemary ten years ago, and her …show more content…
The community does not experience colors, memories, or feelings because without that the Elders believe that it is the safest way to live. The memories hold the feelings and The Giver gives Jonas these memories.. “Jonas opened his eyes and lay contentedly on the bed, still luxuriating in the warm and comforting memory. It had been there, all the things he had learned to treasure” (123.) Jonas feels joy and love when experiencing the memory and he enjoys it. The community needs feelings like love and happiness to truly enjoy life. The Elders have taken away the feeling to make everyone in the community the same. The Elders think that the community shouldn’t have the memories because it is unsafe and will destroy the utopia. “The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It’s the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared” (154.) Jonas and the Giver agree that it would be best if the community had the memories. The people in the community are kept ignorant, they do not know what death is or true happiness is. The Elders have kept them ignorant because they feel that this way everything is perfect and the people do not have to worry about anything. Jonas and the Giver are the only people who can see in color. “If everything’s the same, then there aren’t any choices! I want to wake up in the morning and decide things! A blue tunic,