The science fiction genre conveys many themes through many books. A universal theme expressed in many science-fiction genre books is, “the more technology you have, the more dissatisfaction you have.” This means that as soon as technology advances too much, it starts controlling you. This idea of technology not only represents computers and machondroplasia equipment but could also represent our advancing society as a whole. Instead of feeling happy, you will start to feel dissatisfied, unhappy or gloomy. The Giver, The Veldt, and Harrison Bergeron are three different science-fiction based pieces of writing that bring out this theme.
The Giver, by Lois Lowry, is a sci-fi book about life with equality. In The Giver, Lois Lowry, at many times, expresses how the society of “Sameness” though seems to be fair and happy, is actually over powering and over …show more content…
Jonas is the protagonist of the story, who is later selected to be The Receiver. There is one point in the story where Jonas is frustrated because he is unable to make decisions because of the idea of Sameness. “‘If everything’s the same, then there aren’t any choices! I want to wake up in the morning and decide things’”(Lowry 97). This quote, not only proves Jonas’s desire for making decisions, but his anger toward how the government - more like our society’s advancing technology - is too overruling to the extents where even kids can’t decide what toys to play with or what color tunic to wear. Another instance where Lowry very clearly expressed that technology advancement and how that it’s creating a mechanical society is when Jonas asked a question about love, but his parents replied saying that the term “love” was too inappropriate. “‘Do you love me?’ There was an awkward silence
The Giver, by Lois Lowry, is a sci-fi book about life with equality. In The Giver, Lois Lowry, at many times, expresses how the society of “Sameness” though seems to be fair and happy, is actually over powering and over …show more content…
Jonas is the protagonist of the story, who is later selected to be The Receiver. There is one point in the story where Jonas is frustrated because he is unable to make decisions because of the idea of Sameness. “‘If everything’s the same, then there aren’t any choices! I want to wake up in the morning and decide things’”(Lowry 97). This quote, not only proves Jonas’s desire for making decisions, but his anger toward how the government - more like our society’s advancing technology - is too overruling to the extents where even kids can’t decide what toys to play with or what color tunic to wear. Another instance where Lowry very clearly expressed that technology advancement and how that it’s creating a mechanical society is when Jonas asked a question about love, but his parents replied saying that the term “love” was too inappropriate. “‘Do you love me?’ There was an awkward silence