In The Giver, the author has portrayed the community to be more like a dystopian world than a utopia. Dystopias are the exact opposite of utopias, the perfect paradise. The Giver society is always being watched, everyone looks the same, and the citizens of the community are living in an illusion of a perfect world. A dystopian society is always under close watch by the people in power. In the community of The Giver, the main character, Jonas, gets called out for a mistake he had made as soon as it happened. On page twenty-three, it states the Jonas had taken home an apple and the announcement, “This is a reminder to mle elevens that objects are not to be removed from the Recreation Area and that snacks are to be eaten, not to be hoarded,”
