The Giver Themes

Truth The Giver is a brilliant book that contains many themes. These themes can be used in your life to make you a more successful person. There was one certain theme that stood out the most in the book. Truth can be pleasurable and painful. Truth is a major component in the book. The value of truth is evident throughout the entire book. In the book, The Giver, certain information is retained from the citizens that results in the community being controlled. The lack of freedom for the citizens of community causes them to have “sameness”. The lack of truth also results in the citizens’ emotions to be restrained. One’s freedom to feel and express themselves is a right that should never be taken away. In The Giver the people in charge, The Elders, believe that if they can control one’s feelings that it will avoid many conflicts that the world has already faced. For example, the people in community have stirrings. Stirrings means sexual desires …show more content…
They try to control their society in several ways. For example they try and control their family lives. They not allow restrict the number of kids you can have, but as well as other family aspects. They control rather you are seen fit to marry and who you will marry (pg.). In order, to avoid conflicts that comes along with marriage. You are not allowed to see one naked or to have skin to skin contact (pg.). The Elders retrain a lot of information from their citizens. They are unaware about birthdays, grandparents, holidays, and so much more we enjoy in our everyday lives. They control the landscape. For example, there are no hills everything is flat (pg.). They also control the weather. It is always nice and warm. It never rains or snows (pg.). They control many aspects of the citizens’ lives like that are listed above such as their individuality. If the citizens of the community had access to the truth what would be the end