Is there really such a thing as a perfect society? Although our society may not be perfect doesn't mean there isn't one. In the novel The Giver it shares “a perfect society” or a “utopia” but is it really so perfect. In the novel there are a few similarities to the modern society, on the other hand there are many differences between the two. There may be many things different between societies but there are still things that are the same.…
The Giver? How would it feel not to have love? in the future a boy named jonas lived in a community called The Giver in The Giver community where no one knows anything about the outside world or past. The only one who knows anything is The giver,but the twelve ceremony, jonas becomes the new receiver memory.…
Can you imagine a world in which there’s no color, weather, or sunshine. Imagine you not being able to have your own children, well in the dystopian novel The Giver by Lois Lowry. The protagonist, Jonas has to deal with this for 12 years and doesn’t begin to realize that something in his society is wrong until he is chosen to be the next Receiver for his community. This is very different from our modern day society. While Jonas’s society is emotionless, experiences sameness, and doesn’t have the freedom to choose, modern day society is free to love and celebrates individuality.…
Although they bear some significant similarities, the differences between The Giver and our world are clear. In Chapter 7 of The Giver, it says, “The punishment used for small children was a regulated system of smacks with the discipline wand….” In the Giver’s world, small children get a smack on hand for their misbehavior for the first offense. On the second offense, three sharper smacks on bare legs. By doing in this way, small children will correct their manner when they are young.…
Utopia, an imagined place and state of being in which everything is perfect. Jonas’s society is a utopia unlike modern day society. In The Giver they have celabrate birthdays, create families, and establish laws and rules somewhat like modern day society, yet both societies practice these things differently. A birthday is a celebration of age, This is shown in both the Giver and modern day society we celebrate birthdays.…
Imagine a world with an absence of individuality, war, and awareness of history managed by a committee called the Elders. This is an accurate depiction of the novel The Giver by Lois Lowry. Which when compared to our society the novel’s society appears very different, however there are many similarities as well. For instance both societies use history as a way to learn and as an example.…
In addition, there is no diversity or uniqueness and lastly no self-expression. To begin with when you conform you have no freedom of choice. In the Giver people have no choice on what to name your child, choose your job, and choose your spouse. In the Giver it stated, “Like the Matching of Spouses and the Naming and Placement of new children, the Assignments were scrupulously through by the Committee of Elders.”…
In the book, The Giver, the ability to make choices is taken away from the people. They don’t have any choices to make in their lives. They just have to follow strict orders from the Committee of Elders. In the book, it stated, “Two children-one male, one female-to each family unit.” This line shows how each family unit doesn’t even have the choice to have how many children they want.…
In conclusion, Modern society and The Giver's society…
Could you ever imagine a life of having everything chosen for you? The Giver is a book where the leaders of a futuristic community want everyone to be as similar as possible. They ensure this by having everyone wear the same clothes and have the haircuts. To keep safety and peace in the community the citizens are given no freedoms. Citizens are given their spouses and jobs based on observations made about them.…
What would it be like to live in a community where there is no individuality? In the novel The Giver by Lois Lowry the protagonist, Jonas in the story live in a community like with no individuality. Jonas changes over the book by questioning the community and breaking the rules in his community.…
The Giver by Lois Lowry is about a futuristic and dystopian community where there are no emotions, freedom, or individuality. An ambitious boy named Jonas is given a special job in the community and learns a lot of knowledge most people in the community will never understand. I do not think that the community Jonas lived in was a good community because there was no individuality, freedom, or emotions. The Giver community was not a good community because there were no emotions.…
In the novel, The Giver a controlled thing is called "sameness". It keeps the community from many dangerous things but also holds the community from having many things they should have like weather changes. Sameness chooses for the people like spouses and families. They're supposed to be a perfect community but they hold many secrets and lies from the community. It doesn't allow people to choose their job but the committee study kids as they grow, and they usually get a perfect job for what you like.…
that's just one example though, as there are many other differences. In our world we can can chose and to some extend do whatever we want. We can chose who we will marry, how many kids we want and what jobs we will have. In the givers society however, its different.…
Later in the book, Jonas learns that even though their is no suffering, his society is bad to live in because they are missing out on a lot. Lois Lowry is warning her readers that conformity is not always a good thing. Being unique and having diversity in the world is very important. No diversity can lead to a very bland and boring society. One example of conformity in The Giver is, at the Ceremony of Twelves, all of the children get assigned jobs that they will have to do until…