Medal of Honor

Imagine for a second, that you are 12, and have just been assigned a job, you do not like your job but you can not change your job. You find yourself in similar scenarios regarding your spouse and children. Can you imagine? Well, this is exactly the kind of scenarios that people in Jonas’ community, in The Giver, experience. People should not be deprived of the right to choose their job, their spouse and the time when they are ready for one, and when they will have children as well as other…

The Giver presents us the story of Jonas, a kid who lives in a utopian society. This society is described like a community in which almost everything is controlled by rules. At first glance it looks like a perfect world; however as the story goes on this concept changes. In like manner, this community has to develop under a considerable law called sameness. Basically, it means that the whole population has to have the same and no one can has individuality. When Jonas became a Receiver of Memory…

World without Humanity In the giver by Lois Lowery, the theme of dystopia is explored and it becomes clear that perception of good and bad don’t exist. No individuality means no emotions. Everyone’s life is scripted and assembled together by the chief elder. No one is different except Jonas and the giver. Perception is everything in this world. Some people live in ignorance all the time. Everyone is de-humanized which makes it hard for everyone to understand. That’s what keeps them clam and…

Unacquainted. The feeling of only knowing what you have been told. Lois Lowry’s novel, The Giver magnifies the idea of a utopian society, and how it works but also how it can break down. It is the story of a young boy who makes life changing decisions through his magnificent, heroic journey. Lowry argues that to truly live, we must experience pain and joy because it is what defines us. One event that Jonas feels extreme pain is when he is given the memory of war. Jonas see that the Giver is…

Sameness, the Key to an Utopian Society In The Giver, Lois Lowry utilizes three aspects of Jonas’s society to illustrate Sameness. These primary aspects are control, rules, and individuality, all of which appear in the text constantly. However, all of these aspects are key factors that build upon the idea of Sameness. In the text, The Giver refers to the word “Sameness” to describe the similarities within the community in addition to the very few differences amongst the citizens inhabiting the…

The Giver: Utopia or Dystopia? “I have great honor, so will you. But you will find that is not the same as power.” - The Giver. Lois Lowry wrote a book called The Giver. It’s about a boy named Jonas who was chosen to be the new Receiver of memory at the Ceremony of Twelves. With the help of the Giver, he finds out things he didn’t know about the community. To some people, Jonas’s community would be a utopia, a place that is perfection, but to others it would be a dystopia, a place that is…

The Giver written by Lois Lowry is a piece that had no limits when it comes to imagination and creativity. Lowry made sure not to make an boundaries that kept him from doing what he destined. Unlike many of the books, this book’s plot was so original. It makes one build up a burden of thoughts that may possibly be never answered. The theme itself aligns itself far away from cliche and one has to admire Lowry’s triumph as it is quite difficult to catch a theme that is so original. It also tells…

Imagine never being discriminated for the color of your skin, being viewed totally equal to your neighbor. But what if it came with a price, not so enticing anymore. In The Giver, future life claims to be a utopian society. When digging deeper we come to find out this society is a wolf in sheep's clothing. The Society shown in The Giver is a deterioration from ours in 2015. First of all, not being able to love is against human nature yet that is something not welcomed in order to achieve…

In The Giver, a boy named Jonas lived in a community where everything was planned out for you. At 12 years old, the kids get their jobs that they train for and have to do. What if you wanted to make a change? I do not support the community because you can not be different, there are few rights or freedoms, and people are released. Every body is alike in so many different ways. You probably could not even tell one person from another. Same intelligence, and same family unit. One mother, one…

What would it be like to live in a world where everything is orderly and predictable, everyone is the same and all important decisions were made by one's leaders? In the controlling world of The Giver, Jonas gets assigned the role of the Receiver. The Giver gives him memories both happy and painful of their past world to keep for the community. Eventually Jonas realizes that the community members need to feel pain in order to be truly happy and understand the true meaning of life. The Giver, by…