Importance Of Rules In The Giver

In the popular novel The Giver by Lois Lowry, a boy named Jonas lives in a post-apocalyptic world. The book is told in a third-person(limited omniscient) point of view, in which the narrator is expressing the thoughts of only Jonas while addressing the actions of everybody. The society in which Jonas lives has strict rules that regulate everybody’s way of life. Rules in place include restrictions on lying, and restrictions that allow only one male and female in every family. At the age of twelve, every child is given an occupation that they hold for the rest of their lives. When Jonas is chosen as the new Receiver of Dreams, he is shocked. There is only one Receiver, and it is that Receiver who will train the next. As the new Receiver, Jonas

Lowry, herself even says “she didn't think of “The Giver” as futuristic or dystopian or science fiction or fantasy, it was just a story about a kid making sense of a complicated world” (Ulaby). In his own way, Jonas served as his own protagonist as his mind attacks him with questions and uncertainty. Community elders also pose as a sort of enemy, keeping people away from the truth. Moreover, Lowry also included other characters to contrast Jonas. Firstly, his friends, Asher and Fiona show up as foils. When Jonas learns the reality of release and war, he looks at his friend in horror. Even the Giver reinstates “Fiona is already being trained in the fine art of release” (153). Giver tries to comfort Jonas by saying “listen to me Jonas they can’t help it. they know nothing... it’s the life that was created form them, it’s the same life that you would have, if you had not been chosen as my successor” (153). This shows how Jonas remains set apart because he was selected as the successor. Rosemary, the previous “Receiver of Memory” shows up as another foil. Although Jonas never met her, everyone, even the elders, compare him to Rosemary. They hope they did the make the same mistake again and watch him closely. All of Lowry’s characters are created to support Jonas’ role in the

In the beginning of the book Jonas’s father said that after they turn twelve their age isn't important anymore. This community has been majorly sheltered to the fact that they have no individuality or emotions. “Well, it’s the last of the Ceremonies, as you know. After twelve, age isn’t important. Most of us even lose track of how old we are as time passes...” (22). This proves that once the people in this community turn a certain age they stop caring about themselves and just work until they get old.

In the book The Giver everything is the same, everyone has two assigned kids, everyone has to wear colorless cloths, and they don’t celebrate birthdays and Christmas. All of it is from their most important law “sameness”. But in a modern day society we don’t have sameness and we have choices in our life.

In the novel "The Giver" by Lois Lowry, Jonas' progression as a character is shown before Jonas receives the "memories" then following after Jonas receives the memories. In a society where feelings are required to be shared at night, "This evening he (Jonas) almost would have preferred to keep his feeling hidden. But it was, of course, against the rules." Although Jonas would prefer to keep his feelings hidden and not discuss them, he would rather not disobey the rules even if nobody would find out. The readers can infer that Jonas would prefer to follow the rules because he does not know to do different nor does Jonas know about a different life "elsewhere". After Jonas receives the memories, Jonas then has a different view of his community

Sameness and difference, is one of the themes Lois Lowry portrays in “The Giver”. The theme of sameness and difference plays a key part in Jonas’s life, and contributes to the people in his community, and their past as well.

This is an example of ‘Socially Expected Behavior’ which is conformity. The negative effects this has on Jonas’s society is that if you do not follow these rules you will come out as weird and be left out of the community, also it can create division between those who don’t really “fit in”. This example highlights Lowry’s warning by informing us that being the same might be boring. If we were all the same in social matters, things would eventually have no meaning to speak about. In my opinion it is good to be socially different because you’ll be surrounded by people who are socially different

“Rules were made to be broken” is a quote that might have some truth to it. Laws have been made in most, if not all, societies in order to limit the amount of dangerous or immoral acts, which in turn keeps humankind from being more destructive than constructive. One should be excused from going against society’s ethics if the action is approved by one with governmental authority or if one is defending oneself or others.

Laws help govern a society, but what can happen if there are only three? For example, in “The Giver” there are multiple laws that help their society exist in perfect harmony. Three rules might not be enough to rule any society but I feel as though these three are the most important. The first law is the most important law of all the laws: People should not kill or attempt to kill other human beings For the second law it should be something to help maintain order: People should not steal or destroy otherś property. The last rule should be a statement from the heart: People should only be kind and loving and any form of rudeness should not be accepted. This is similar to the book “Wonder”. “When given the choice between being right or being kind, choose kind.”

In chapter 9 of The Giver, Jonas learns the rules of being the receiver of memory. Jonas has been given a job after the ceremony of twelves, and need to follow a set of rules. Jonas glanced at the rules and one stuck out.One of the rules, “8. You may lie”(lowry 87) is a big step in Jonas’s life. Jones is not used to lying and it is only him who is allowed to lie, and it is his decision to lie , or tell the truth. Jons doesn't have to lie,but he has to receive answers somehow, as he is told by the community. Jonas is not one who lies, but he needs to learn

In the novel, The Giver, by Lois Lowry, there is a community in which the leaders try to make life perfect. Although that life may not seem perfect for some, it is apparent that the community definitely has at least two core values on which they built their town off of. One can also clearly see that those two values are order and safety by reading the first few chapters of the novel. Safety is often a concern in every type of community, and it should be, because it provides a way for the citizens to be well, but when an announcer yells, “NEEDLESS TO SAY, HE WILL BE RELEASED,” (page 4) referring to a beginning pilot who made one little mistake, one can see that safety is definitely a priority. To be released in this community is the extreme

The giver revolves around sameness. All the girls have the same haircut and all the boys have the same hair cut. Everything is black and white because they don't want them to see color. There cloths are the same and there lifestyle.(Lowry) Reality is everything is in color and you can dress however you want and have whatever haircut you want.

The setting of The Giver takes place in a fictional community known as the “Sameness”. Life here is supposed to be "perfect" because there is no pain or suffering. They don’t have to take

Throughout the novel Giver, Jonas was questioning his society and community. Jonas accepting his society because he's unaware of the emotions of the other people in his community. Jonas starts to question his community when Jonas starts to feel emotions from getting memories. Jonas became to reject his society because he finds out what his community actually is. In the beginning of the novel, Jonas accepts his society's rules but once he starts to feel the memories of the past Jonas questions, and if they purposely took that out for the rest of the community.

Life decisions are what shapes you to who you are. If you were told who to marry, how many children to have, where to live, and what job to have really isn’t living is it? In a world of sameness, everything stays the same and does not change. In The Giver, the story is told through a black and white image, that is until Jonas discovers colors. The receiver and the giver have a hard time connecting with the rest of the community due to being able to see what others cannot. “He found that he was often angry, now: irrationally angry at his groupmates, that they were satisfied with their lives which had none of the vibrance his own was taking on (Lowry, 99).” Jonas starts to get frustrated over the fact that no one else cares about being all the