The Giver Release Analysis

To start with, the idea of the ‘release’ in The Giver entails ending the lives of useless individuals or those who do not adhere to the expectations of the society including babies, old people and insubordinate children. First, the idea of the release is ‘promoted’ by the Elders as they inform citizens that those who are to be released will disturb the order of the society as a whole. So for the benefit of all, people will think that it is better for them to release those useless individuals who fail to fit in the community. However, the state releases those who may represent danger to its established order not to the whole society. The Elders believe that the useless people will probably leave some inconsistences in the society to appear to the surface.
Second, this idea is practiced daily as it is ‘naturalized’ since people are deprived from their memories and they do not differentiate between cruel and normal acts. The release is passed to them as being sent out of the community, only those who practice the release themselves like Jonas’s Father and Fiona are aware that it is a fine act of killing, but they see it as a relief and good choice to the weightless babies and the olds. Third, the release becomes ‘universalized’ as it becomes shared fact between the whole members of the society. They are all aware that the …show more content…
First, the idea of slating is ‘promoted’ as the Coalition Government deceives people by saying that it is a second chance given to terrorist to have new life in the society. It is also promoted as people are made to believe that the government is fair and just by giving terrorist another chance. Dr. Lysander has informed Kyla that some people requested to be slated like her sister Amy. It was a chance for both those who choose to go against the state and those who undergo bad experiences in their