Examples Of Deception In The Giver

In the novels “The Giver” by Lois Lowry and “Anthem” by Ayn Rand it gives examples of radical Conformity and the results. In The Giver it states “two children - 1 male, one female to each family unit, it is written very clearly in the rules.”. This gives us a basic idea on just how controlling the society is and how the people think of as it normal. In order to lead a joyful and stressless life one must find a balance between individualism and conformity.

The world is not all sunshine and lollipops. Jonas true change to being in the initiating stage was when he started gaining the memories of color on page 97. he talked about how he had no choice in the matter of anything.

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,' written by Louis Lowry, is a novel told in a perspective of a 12 year old boy by the name Jonas. Jonas and his family live in an 'utopian' society. Jonas shows us how the community he lives in, is flawed in multiple ways. 'The Giver,' transmits memories of the past generation including memories of love, joy, emotions, colour,

Jonas was always so honest until he begins his training and becomes more deceitful. Jonas, in the beginning of the book, did not want to share his feelings at the dinner table. He was scared of what they would think of him for feeling apprehensive. Jonas would have preferred to keep his feelings inside, but instead of lying how Jonas felt, he told the truth anyway. Another way that proves Jonas was always honest was when he was looking at his rules for the Receiver of Memory, and it said he may lie.

Thomas Gray once said “Ignorance is bliss”. As children grow up, they learn many unpleasant truths. Scout too is introduced to many harsh concepts like prejudice. In her novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee uses deception and racism to show Scout’s coming of age.

    F. Scott Fitzgerald published a Novel known  as the Great Gatsby in the year of 1925. At the time of it’s release it wasn’t very successful it was only after a couple years afterwards that it started to gain success. In modern day it is very well-known to a majority of High School Students, College students, and adults. The era in which this novel takes place in is during the 1920’s a historic time in America’s History which was known as the Roaring Twenties. Businesses and Stock markets were doing so well and it was the highest point of America’s Economy. Fitzgerald introduces a couple of interesting characters that fit together and really sets the tone for the novel. The first character introduced into the storyline is Nick Carraway and throughout the story he follows a character who goes by the name of Jay Gatsby. Throughout the novel Gatsby is very mysterious towards everyone especially towards Nick, no one really knows who is Jay Gatsby or the details of his past or in what manner he was able to gain all the wealth he has. Gatsby is an example of character deception.

The novel The Giver by Lois Lowry illustrates a dystopian society hi lighting the limitations of individuality and suppression of cultural memory in order to prevent any potential destruction that warrants deviation from the totalitarian state of mind with the society depends on. The dependence on the elaborately regulate system however causes the burden of beneficial and detrimental knowledge to the rest on one person's shoulders. Through sociological analysis I will analyze the effects of this reliance on the Giver’s ability to retain such crucial information on a singular causes the detrimental affect triggered not by the inability of the Giver but rather by the society’s unwillingness to change. It can be observed that dystopian societies are ambivalent in nature, situated in utopian text; however, in Lowry's novel the world is engineered where the utopia goes wrong due to its extinction of the aesthetic and personal choices. In “The Utopian the Function of memory in Lois Lowry’s the giver, the author analyzes the ambiguity between the dystopian aspect and the utopian aspect of the society created in the novel (Hanson).

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.

(This is just my body paragraph) The system that the society prides itself most on is the system of Sameness. Sameness was originally intended to bring about order by eliminating differences between citizens of the society. In the beginning of The Giver, Jonas notes that after Asher shows up tardy to a class, he “...remained standing to make his public apology, as was required” (Lowry 3). The fact that a public apology was required shows that citizens take Sameness very seriously.

Honesty may be the best policy, but lies and deceit are what makes us human. Throughout the novel, The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, various characters are presented with demoralizing features that further them away from innocence. One can see by examining characters Tom Buchanan, Daisy Buchanan and Jay Gatsby that the underlying theme of lies and deception have a great impact on the story. By examining Tom Buchanan, one can see that he feels so unfulfilled and entitled in his level of society.

In the story, The Giver, by Lois Lowry, a twelve-year-old child named Jonas fights for his community’s right to be free of the Elders’ control. Within this utopian that masks a dystopian type world, his community and he are restricted of their right to feel emotions, perceive color, and to recall memories to lead safe, same lives, (which is called Sameness by them). Their ignorance of the knowledge that's known by the Giver and the Elders is ultimately the driving force for Jonas to start a single-person rebellion to give himself and others freedom of the Elders’ rules.

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

The result is, as praised by Jonas’ family unit, that the decisions the Elders make are never incorrect or unsuitable. They seem omniscient, and this strengthens their claim to power, their right to make decisions for the whole community as they are excellent at it. As has been shown above, the novel contains various forms of oppression. In order for “people” to express their individuality and humanity, freedom of choice is essential. Dehumanization is observed in The Giver’s society, and life within the communities becomes deformed, manipulated, and far from being a utopia. Infact, due to all the dehumanization, fear, surveillance and inequality shown in this society, it now strongly resembles dystopian one.

In the classic dystopian novel, The Giver, by Lois Lowry, there are many rules to keep the Community in order, and most of these rules can be broken in one simple, yet unthinkable way, lying. These rules are made to keep everyone safe, but everyone seems to be almost brainwashed. They would never think to do something as daring as lying to have a little freedom in life. Throughout The Giver, by Lois Lowry, the theme of lying is shown constantly, proving that their world isn’t as perfect as it seems.