Compare And Contrast Essay On The Giver

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Giver VS Haiti In Haiti the national poverty rate is fifty-eight point six, the extreme poverty rate in twenty-four point seven.The Giver by Lois Lowry is a book where people live there life under control always and live in a utopia where everybody is safe and not worried. Haiti in Crisis is an article showing poverty and destruction from after hurricane Matthew hit Haiti. The Giver is about a boy named Jonas who gets choses and the Reservoir of Memory which is the most respected job in the utopian community. Everyone lives the same life with no freedom. In the article Hati Crisis it is about how hurricane Matthew came and destroyed Haiti and put a lot of people in poverty with no home. This is a story about after the hurricane and what they are doing to come back. If given the choice to live in one or the other The Giver community is definitely the more desirable place to live in. A desirable living place is a safe and comfortable environment for everyone living in the community. A desirable living place has all the living and survival need for a whole community to live and thrive as one. In The Giver people do not need to worry about their house being looted …show more content…
The people that live in The Giver community are better being under control all the time and having their life already planned out as a child, than living in Haiti were people starve to death a lot and will never get a good stable job. People in The Giver community are always well behaved, honest, and all around great people therefore it is very easy to succeed in life and in the community. In Haiti life is not good, they do not have any school or education, and they do not have anywhere to sleep comfortably. “Nothing is better than going home to family and eating good food and relaxing.” (Irina

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