Kyle Lowry

"Oh. Jonas was silent for a minute...we don 't dare to let people make choices of their own. Not safe? The Giver suggested. Definitely not safe, Jonas said with certainty. "What if they were allowed to choose their own mate? And they chose wrong? (Lowry 98) Making wrong choices can seem catastrophic to someone who has never made their own choice before. However, look at how many people make their own choices on a daily basis. Do all their choices end up being the correct one? No. Yet, from wrong…

What defines an idealistic society? It could be where everyone is accepted, there are no social classes, or where no one is homeless or has to think about their next meal. In contrary, what defines a dystopian society? Kurt Vonnegut’s short story, Harrison Bergeron illustrates a dystopian society with total equality. The government achieves this status by authorizing handicaps for the citizens ensuring that nobody is smarter, better looking, or more athletic than anybody else, thus accomplishing…

Have you ever thought of living in a place where everyone is the same and one is different? Boring, right. In the book Anthem, Rand fully expresses her thoughts about the role of the individualism and of society. Anthem is a dystopian novel, written in 1937 and published in England in 1938. The book is about a dystopian society, in which there is no “I” and only “we” is allowed. The dictatorship of Anthem tries to keep the members of its society brainwashed by focusing on the importance of…

The idea of Utopia came about through Thomas More’s Utopia. More’s idea of his utopia society is where there is no class, everyone is of the same level and wears the same clothes except to distinguish between male and female. Everybody look the same, act the same and just practically doing the same thing everyday without any freedom to do things they want to or they would probably never wish to as they are expose to the outside world just in their own Utopia society. Furthermore, the housing and…

What is a utopia?In Jonas’s community it had many things that could make it a utopia. They focused on making sure that there was peace, no pain, no judgment, no violence, and not having to worry about everything; but because of the all the positive things that they wanted they had to make it successful the caused it to be a dystopian soicety because of its lack of feelings, choices, and individuality. In the book The Giver Jonas the main protagonist has his job chosen as the Receiver and is…

A New, Unrecognizable Society Imagine a society and a city where rules are so strict that everyday is the exact same. Everyone's the same. Everything is the same. Everyone and everything relies on equality to live their everyday to day life. In the book “Anthem” by Ayn Rand, Equality 7-2521 envisions his own perfect world without the cities control. Will he include the society he grew up in within the society he envisions? The city seems to rely on these rules and…

In the novel The Giver by Lois Lowry, Jonas the main character was born into a society where everyone and everything is structured to be equal. By equal, that means that their is no such thing as race, because no one in this utopia that Lowry has created is able to see color. Jonas on the other hand stands out from the rest because he has, “the Capacity to See Beyond” ( Lowry 79) his light eyes allow him to see color, only few with this uniqueness are selected to be the Receiver of Memory. No…

Everyone in this society created by Lowry, has no concept of individualism, true emotion, or color. They see the world as black and white, literally and they feel no emotion or desire because of the “pills” they take to “treat” any “stirrings” of emotions (Lowry, “The Giver” 38). Without emotion there can be no “love,” which is one of the first things Jonas, the protagonist of the story, notices and longs for after receiving the “memories” (Lowry, “The Giver” 125-126). Jonas’s ability to…

Two stories that are alike Anthem Ayn Rand and Giver Lois Lowry are alike and different in many ways. Anthem is about a boy named Equality 7-2521 and how his life is controlled, but that does not stop him from doing the things he wants to achieve. Giver is about a boy named Jonas becoming the next receiver he is controlled by his parents, and the Giver. Jonas realizes that through his dreams the giver is giving him, that life should be like those loving, and caring. Both of these stories are…

Based off of stereotypes, heroes are supposed to have ridiculous costumes and good looks, but in reality, heroes are supposed to be people that use the events around them, and their knowledge to complete their tasks. They are usually based off of appearances, and are not always viewed by the traits that make them fit into the title of a hero. A hero has characteristics of being honorable, being selfless when trying to protect others, and not acting fearful when everything around is against your…