The Giver Utopian Society

The Giver presents us the story of Jonas, a kid who lives in a utopian society. This society is described like a community in which almost everything is controlled by rules. At first glance it looks like a perfect world; however as the story goes on this concept changes. In like manner, this community has to develop under a considerable law called sameness. Basically, it means that the whole population has to have the same and no one can has individuality. When Jonas became a Receiver of Memory realizes that it is an oppression and decides to change this situation. Thus, Jonas through the memories starts to learn the different drawbacks that his community has, for instance, absence of color, absence of personal freedom and the suppression of feelings. Jonas’ society is comparable with a world in black and white where everything looks the same. However, when Jonas starts his training with the Giver, he realizes that the world has something more to offer. Jonas with the help of memories provides by the old man begins to develop his capacity of seeing beyond and acquires the ability of seeing colors. According to The Giver, “Once, back in the time of the memories, …show more content…
As The Giver describes this world, it looks like a space in which everything had been done for that people. Basically, a reduced group of people called the Committee of Elders, decides everything for its community. This fact shows that people’s life was meaningless due to they did not have privilege to choose how to dress, a job and even a spouse, that important person who gives you the courage to face the life. According to The Giver, “Like the Matching of Spouses and the Naming and Placement of new children, the Assignments were scrupulously thought through by the Committee of Elders.” (Lowry, 62). This evidence proves that Jonas’ society did not respect any right of individualism and wipe out people’s