Similarities Between The Giver A Dystopian Society

What is a utopia?In Jonas’s community it had many things that could make it a utopia. They focused on making sure that there was peace, no pain, no judgment, no violence, and not having to worry about everything; but because of the all the positive things that they wanted they had to make it successful the caused it to be a dystopian soicety because of its lack of feelings, choices, and individuality. In the book The Giver Jonas the main protagonist has his job chosen as the Receiver and is chosen out of all the citizens to get all pain and happy thoughts from the past. From this he finds out his society isn't as great as he thought and goes decides to leave. Although modern society has some similarities with The Giver's society, the differences in feelings, choices and individuality between the societies are what make The Giver's society truly a dystopia. To begin, the way in which each society acknowledges birthdays …show more content…
Although modern society and The givers society have some very minor similarities the major differences in feelings, choices, and individuality is what makes it a dystopia. When really analyzing the main concepts ----no pain and no problems---about Jonas’s society it shows how it can be considered a utopia , but from focusing so much on being a utopia it reveals that it ultimately becomes a dystopian society and shows that there is no a easy way to have a world where everything is truly set as a utopia. Also, from comparing the differences between birthdays, jobs, and rules it reveals how modern society feels about being a individual and lettings people make choices for them self compared to the The Giver’s society. To conclude, from comparing the societies we can ultimately see what makes Jonas’s society dystopian and how important feeling , individuality , and choices are and can make someone truly a human