Dystopia In The Giver, By Lois Lowry

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

Jonas receives memories of color, something that is absent from his community. He realizes how absent his community really is. Jonas hurts inside to tell people in his community what they are missing. The only person that he can really open up to is The Giver. They grew really close, and it became like a grandfather, grandchild relationship.

The Giver shows the ideology of a dystopian theme as it has the citizens being controlled by the authority. Members of the community are being watched by The Community so that they will not perform anything that hurts the population. For example, “”you know that there’s no third-chance”. The rules say that if there is a third transgression, he simply has to be released.” is quote said Jonas’s mother while sharing her experience that day. In this quote The Community is empowered and regulates every community member to be the way they want them to be; perfect. “Attention. A reminder Stirrings must be reported in order for treatment to take place. “”Jonas you HAVE to take your pills!””is another quote in The Giver. In this quote both the Community

When considering the similarities between Lois Lowry’s novel, The Giver, and the real world; one must consider all aspects of our domain, and history. A few similarities stand out as being predominantly controlling. The Giver, possesses several resemblances to Nazi Germany. The novel also portrays an appalling method for dealing with newborns that are less desirable. The novel also reflects on the way those who are too old are sent on a vacation to elsewhere. The novel leads one to assume that the handicapped would be met with equal cruelty. The story primarily sets forth ideas that are relevant of the era; when politically correctness would have been obstructing to an individual’s uniqueness. There reaches a point where conformity and perfection is controlling of an individual’s free will, and Lowry tries hard to portray the issues found in a world where everyone is the same; in which she indisputably succeeded.

In the novel “The Giver,” written by Lois Lowry, Jonas is a boy who follows the rules, spends time with friends and family, goes to school, and at the Twelves Ceremony is given the job as the Receiver of Memory. At the end of the novel, Jonas learns information that makes him leave the community to save the people he loves. As Jonas becomes older, he acknowledges that he is different from his family and the people surrounded by him. Once Jonas got his assignment as the Receiver of Memory, his maturity became inconsistent throughout the novel.

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

In today’s society there are many authors who write dystopian novels. They write these novels to give knowledge and to tell how our world is very different from dystopian life. Lois Lowry shows readers how people can suffer in dystopian society. In The Giver, Jonas’ community appears to be a utopia, but in reality it is a dystopia because everyone is under the illusion that there is freedom, dehumanization, and their strict regulations.

The Giver by Lois Lowry is about a twelve year old boy, Jonas, living in a utopian society. This story follows Jonas on his way to find out the truth about his Community, and what secrets lie in the past. The society where Jonas lives knows nothing of the real world, and only know of their perfect reality. In the novel The Giver, the most significant theme is control because in the society there is no freedom of knowledge, freedom of love, or freedom to do what they please, which amounts to uttermost control.

In The Giver, Jonas’ world is turned upside down when he is chosen to be the next receiver of his community. The ceremony of twelves is the last ceremony of the day. Jonas waited anxiously for his name to be called; he never hears it. The chief elder has made a mistake. Jonas now has to learn that everything he has been taught was not always the same and it ages him years.

The novel, The Giver, by Lois Lowry, is an everlasting story that shows the importance of individuality. This novel is about a young boy named Jonas who was elected as the Receiver of Memories, a person who is given the memories from the world that existed before their current society, Sameness. In this society there is no individualism. People can not choose who to marry, or what they want to do for a living. Over time Jonas becomes more and more wise, and realizes that the supposedly perfect community actually has some very dark and negative aspects. The author, Lois Lowry is a 76-year-old writer who focuses her writing on helping struggling teenagers become individuals. Lowry had a very tragic childhood. After both of her parents were

Katelyn Zaro Word English 1 Pre-Ap- 5th February 12th 2015 Title of Work: The Giver Author’s Name: Lois Lowry Date of Publication: 1993 Genre: Young Adult Fiction, Science Fiction Characteristics of the genre the work does/doesn’t meet: The Giver does meet the genre of Science Fiction because the book is a dystopian society. Setting: The Giver takes place in the future within a dystopian society Major Characters: Jonas: The protagonist of The Giver.

In today’s society, one can see a divide among people, a world with disorder, and a world dominated by crime. Lois Lowry illustrates in her novel, The Giver, a world unlike any other, a world with no fear and disorder. A perfect society, or so it looks. As the readers go on they come to realize that an ideal society is nothing like it sounds. The readers take for granted our rights to chose what we want to do with our lives; if the audience lived like the people in the novel, our society would have no individual rights. This is a community, created by Lois Lowry, where no one has memories, feelings, or ambitions.

Lois Lowry’s novel, The Giver, offers a thought provoking, well written story, because it changes the perspective of anyone who dares to read it to. Lowry places her novel, at some point in the future when mankind has gone away with changes and choices in life. She forces readers appreciate, or at least re-think the world they live in today. Her novel presents a fully human created environment where people have successfully blocked out conflict, grief, and individuality. Each person follows the same routine every day. Failure comply with standards, to be different, means death. Jonas, the main character, finds himself trapped in this world.

The Giver, by Lois Lowry is an intriguing and thought-provoking dystopian novel which takes the reader into an imaginary world where individuality and uniqueness are restricted and controlled, and obedience is mandatory. The text uses a variety of dystopian elements which makes the reader ponder a society where individual freedom has almost disappeared. This is conveyed by Lowry through a futuristic, post-apocalyptic setting in which the government controls its citizens through the use of propaganda and surveillance. The Giver has several similarities as the Isaac Asimov’s classic short story, The Fun They Had. Whilst this story is not post-apocalyptic, it is set in dystopian future where individual freedom is restricted. The story is confronting for the reader because the world in which Asimov describes is not completely far off from the world that we are living in today. The dystopian short story centres around the protagonist Margie who discovers an old book which explores the way that children were educated back ‘in the olden days’ Plot is an important element used in both dystopian texts to challenge the reader that there is a difference in the standard of living compared today’s society. Both authors have constructed the main characters who question the societies in which they live in, challenging the readers to think about the the values embedded in their own society. This confronts the reader because the two elements used in both texts makes the reader

“The Giver” written by Lois Lowry takes place in the future in a utopian society. The main character is an eleven year old boy named Jonas. He lives in a community where everyone dresses the same, their fate is decided by the Elders, common words such as “love” or “starving” is unacceptable, and their world does not consist of simple things like colors or choices. However, the one person who holds the memory of life is the Receiver. The Elders will choose one eligible person to become the next Receiver and that was Jonas. Since Jonas is to become the new Receiver, the previous Receiver tells Jonas to call him "the Giver" like the giver of memories. Jonas lives with his mother, father, younger sister Lily, and they take care of a newborn child named Gabriel. Jonas' father works at the nurturing center, but Jonas finds out that his father was planning to release Gabriel (in other words euthanize). His father felt no remorse ending a precious life. Ever since the Giver and Jonas were having sessions, they built an intimate relationship.Jonas helped the Giver realize that life should be the way it was so, Jonas brings supplies of food, steals his father’s bicycle, and brings Gabriel with him to change his fate. After months of traveling to Elsewhere (the life where memories existed), the two finally made it to a village during Christmas time. He knew it was destiny.