Comparison Of The Giver: Dystopia Vs. Modern Day America

Have you ever heard dystopia society? I think you don't hear that because you live in utopian society in the Giver. In the giver, People live in dystopian society. Their freedom are restricted. Also citizens live in a dehumanized state. If people do dissent, people will be released. So people cannot do dissent.

In the Giver’s dystopian society one does not get to birth to his or her own baby. For example, one has his or her children given to them as this quote from the giver explains, “He remembered the day they received Lily” (14). This shows that in the Givers society one get’s his or her child handed to them. Meanwhile, in a modern society one gives birth to his or her own child. For a reference one may go to a hospital and give birth to a baby. This reveals that in a modern day society one gets the chance to give birth to their own child. In addition, In both societies, one can have a spouse. For example people one can sign up for a wife In the Giver “ You will be able to apply for a spouse” (128). As one can see from this one can get a wife

The Giver is considered as a dystopian society because everyone is under the illusion that there is freedom. An example of this is when the text states, “you're ready for the pills, that's all. That’s the treatment for the stirrings.” They can't even have independent thoughts. Medication is given to prevent

Between a dystopian and utopian society, there are many obvious similarities as much as there are differences, in compare and contrast to our modern-day society and ‘The Giver’ by Lois Lowry. A utopian society is a perfect society, which doesn’t exist, there is no such thing as a perfect society. A dystopian society is the opposite of a utopian society, and it isn’t perfect, a daunting society is what we live in. People have tried to make perfect societies, but they never work.

Have you ever thought about different societies around the world? Some are Utopian and Dystopian. Being in America we are spoiled by our freedom. There are many places in the world that don’t have as much freedom as we do. There are many differences and similarities between our society and other societies.

Ethan Cobb Pd 3 02/04/2018 SBT EA 2-1 FINAL: Writing an Explanatory Essay Compare/Contrast of The Giver society and ours We are in a dystopian society or a utopian society? That’s the question you have to ask in The Giver society. In The Giver society there are a lot of rules like our society. In comparison, the dystopian society in both the novel and film version of The Giver compares to our own society for a variety of reasons like both of our society’s are heavily ruled and involved a lot death.

Do you ever wonder what it would be like if you lived in a society where their always trying to make it perfect? In the book “The Giver” by Lois Lowry they have all of these rules and specific things you have to do and follow in order to have a good life in their society. Which makes life in the dystopian society of “The Giver” to be different than our modern day society. One difference between our societies is that they give babies numbers at birth and then give them names at the naming ceremony. On page 63 it says “They were arranged by their original numbers, the numbers they had been given at birth.

Fitting in. Belonging to the. This is all that we have considered when it comes to not being out of the ordinary. In our world, it is fine to be different and respect cultural morals. The Giver, however, follows a more dystopian idea where everyone is “equal”.

Everybody has a different opinion on a utopian and dystopian society, Jonas’s has a little of both.However, some things are alike some are also different.While modern society is similar in some ways to Jonas’s society, the differences in birthdays, jobs, and mourning death reveal how different people have differences preferences for a dystopian and utopian society.

Dystopia. A place where everything is imperfect and unpleasant.That's exactly where the main character of the book, The Giver by Lois Lowry, lives. Jonas grows up in a locked community. There is no freedom and the rules are completely insane. Since Jonas is the Receiver Of Memory, he can notice how badly the residents of the community are getting treated. In the book The Giver, the world is a plain dystopia. From extremely strict rules to life of sameness, Jonas lives life through it all.

Jonas’ community appears to be a utopia, but, in reality, it is a dystopia. The people seem perfectly content to live in an isolated wreck—in a government run by a select few—in which a group of Elders enforces the rules. In Jonas’ community, there is no poverty, starvation, unemployment, lack of housing, or discrimination; everything is perfectly planned to eliminate any problems. However, as the book progresses and Jonas gains insight into what the people have willingly given up—their freedoms and individualities—for the so-called common good of the community, it becomes more and more obvious that the community is a horrible place in which to live. You as a reader can relate to the disbelief and horror that Jonas feels when he realizes

The reasons The Giver is a dystopian society is due to, them getting their memories erased, them all being equal, also them all getting assigned jobs when they are only 12. The reasons this makes it a dystopian society is that 18 years old can barely handle their own jobs, how to 12-year-olds do the same, or better. Being equal makes everyone in their society have limits to things that they want to do. In The Giver, you have no memories, which makes it limitless like having everyone being equal. The Giver is a good choice of a book for the sixth graders to read because we know the world can never be a

The Giver Imagine a world without freedom, love, or color. Jonas, the protagonist in, The Giver experiences this everyday. Comparing Jonas’s society to modern day society you can tell that they have very little in common. Their society is trying to create sameness to keep from making bad choices, but is that worth the risk, trying to make a dystopian society into a utopian society?

Lois Lowry’s The Giver is set in a futuristic, dichotomous society, one that is both utopian and dystopian. In response to the overwhelming destruction and chaos in the world, the Elders have attempted to create and maintain a peaceful and orderly utopia, but this security comes at a price. The citizens of the community have sacrificed their individuality and freedom. Although most adult members have some knowledge of the hypocrisies involved, they choose to perpetuate the deception, allowing the community, as a whole, to continue on blissful ignorance. When young Jonas is confronted with all the truths of the present and all the memories of the past, he must choose for himself

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