“We gained control of many things. But we had to let go of others.”- Lois Lowry
In 1992, Lois Lowry visited her father at a nursing home who was losing his memory which inspired Lowry to write The Giver taking her father's world, were painful memories were erased, into account. In Jonas' community, sameness is the main goal. Jonas starts to have a different interpretation of the world with the transmission of memories and wonders if his community really is a dystopia where all sources of joy have been destroyed or a utopia where sameness has deleted conflict and pain. Is the community in The Giver a perfect society or an imperfect and bad to an extreme society? Jonas’ community can be seen as a dystopia because they take away things expecting it’s for the good of the people, while in reality it’s good for the system of the community, are blinding people …show more content…
First of all, Jonas’ community is a dystopia because they are taken away privileges expecting it’s good for the members, really, it’s good for the system of the community. According to Document A, everyone has a different perspective of what a dystopia or utopia is because for example, a person who doesn’t enjoy reading nor intellectual thinking might not care about the ban, or destruction in books, while if you are a reader, you will care. The system of the community has banned books which can be view as an act of a “dystopia” because if you like to read, happiness has been taken away by not allowing you to read. Also, if you like to read or not isn’t the thing here, what is, is that you are taken away freedoms because of rules you must follow. This means that taking away freedoms and choice doesn’t always lead to happiness, on the other hand, it can lead to unhappiness by taking away something you can have. Document B states the following, “ ‘But why can’t everyone have the memories? I think it would seem a little easier if the
In 1992, Lois Lowry visited her father at a nursing home who was losing his memory which inspired Lowry to write The Giver taking her father's world, were painful memories were erased, into account. In Jonas' community, sameness is the main goal. Jonas starts to have a different interpretation of the world with the transmission of memories and wonders if his community really is a dystopia where all sources of joy have been destroyed or a utopia where sameness has deleted conflict and pain. Is the community in The Giver a perfect society or an imperfect and bad to an extreme society? Jonas’ community can be seen as a dystopia because they take away things expecting it’s for the good of the people, while in reality it’s good for the system of the community, are blinding people …show more content…
First of all, Jonas’ community is a dystopia because they are taken away privileges expecting it’s good for the members, really, it’s good for the system of the community. According to Document A, everyone has a different perspective of what a dystopia or utopia is because for example, a person who doesn’t enjoy reading nor intellectual thinking might not care about the ban, or destruction in books, while if you are a reader, you will care. The system of the community has banned books which can be view as an act of a “dystopia” because if you like to read, happiness has been taken away by not allowing you to read. Also, if you like to read or not isn’t the thing here, what is, is that you are taken away freedoms because of rules you must follow. This means that taking away freedoms and choice doesn’t always lead to happiness, on the other hand, it can lead to unhappiness by taking away something you can have. Document B states the following, “ ‘But why can’t everyone have the memories? I think it would seem a little easier if the