Examples Of Deception In The Giver

    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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

Even though The Giver employs theoretical perspectives of behaviorism and existentialism, the application of these theories have strengths and weaknesses. Based on my personal reflection, it appears as though the film did a good job overall in demonstrating the theories through the use of the setting, plot, and characters. One strength of this movie in terms of behaviorism is the way it employs concepts of operant conditioning. From the first lines spoken in the film to the end of the film where the humanity of the community is restored, there are clear applications of rewards and punishment. Besides how well the film employs operant conditioning, the emphasis on how social learning can influence

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.

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.

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.

Holden Caulfield, in The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, struggles immensely with problems that he has been pushing aside for years and continues to have troubles coping with them. He has trouble dealing with the many problems he has in his life. He never seems to handle them and instead just pushes them aside.

People always start off thinking and hoping that they will be different, that they will stand out, that they won't be like one of the other 7.6 billion people alive, but then the vast majority of them conform to the community around them. Conformity is a congenital function in humans to act similarly and is etched into modern-day civilizations through social norms and laws. As social creatures, humans will avoid being seen as an outlier in a group because they are afraid to be socially rejected or excluded from the group even if they know that what they are doing is destructive or wrong. There is an example of this in Animal farm, most of the animals know that something suspicious is going on when Napoleon comes to power but they didn't instantly rebel because their friends don't think that something dubious is going on and were afraid of being rejected by their friends. This is what was called “Spiral into Silence” in the conformity article because they personally know what they’re doing is wrong but they stay on that path in fear of being an outcast

(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.

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.