Comparing Pleasantville And The Giver

The community in The Giver is also not a utopia because without choice you can not have goals and therefore have nothing to strive for, and life can become very boring. In The Giver the people that live in the community have no choices. They cannot choose their own jobs and they cannot see color which limits their choices. Without such choices the

The world that the narrator imagines is uniquely utopian because it is not static. It is constantly trying to improve itself. Before discussion of how Utopia constantly improves itself, it is interesting to note that this statement implies that this Utopia is not perfect. This is acknowledged near the beginning of the book when the two men meet a traveler who questions the establishment and would rather there be buildings. He says; "[Buildings are] a mere rash. Why should we men play the part of bacteria upon the face of our Mother?"(116). Still this he is not separate from civilization, as he makes, "some considerable way above the minimum wage" (117). This man’s protest of the establishment is the first hint that this new world does not claim to be perfect. In fact, later in the novel, the Voice admits that "There is no perfection, there is no enduring treasure"

The novel ‘The Giver’, authored by Lois Lowry, and the film ‘Pleasantville’, directed by Gary Ross, share numerous similarities. Many of the themes and messages conveyed throughout both the novel and film are very alike. Some of the various similarities between the themes explored include the concept of colour, denial of true emotions as well as the main character being a harbinger for change.

A true utopia requires sacrifices many people cannot condone. This fact has been shown throughout The Giver. The community decides to sacrifice many things to come to Sameness. Pain, individuality and love are among many things that they have sacrificed (Lowry 124). These sacrifices made the community Jonas lived in seemingly perfect; there is no hunger, no war, no pain, no one will ever be alone. But, a perfect community is completely unrealistic. That is why they have The Giver, the person that knows all the imperfections of the society and help the society to achieve perfection.

Another common theme is the audience perception of the societies morphing from utopia to dystopia as both texts progress. Initially in ‘The Giver’ and ‘Pleasantville’, the communities are portrayed as a perfect place where everything is orderly and efficient. “How could someone not fit in? The community was so meticulously ordered, the choices are made so carefully.” The citizens of both communities are protected from human conditions like pain, hunger, homelessness, and anything that would be of inconvenience to

Every human known to man has their own views on what an ideal society should be like. Society is defined as a body of individuals living as members of a community. Many scholars and well known authors like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Thomas More express those ideas through public speaking or literary examples delivered to society. Although those ideas are just one person’s opinion about the subject matter. Others believe in the power of God and the belief that the world was created by him, which in turn developed societies amongst the people. Society is built upon individuals expressing their own beliefs and their opinions and out them into action. The real question is how we as

Pleasantville a film, directed by Garry Ross challenges us to think about the way we view the utopia constructed through “sitcoms” to be ultimately perfect. Through the use of black and white, we are encouraged to see this “utopia” as boring and lacking character. The contrast in colour symbolises imperfections and changes throughout Pleasantville. The people of Pleasantville all live in a society of strict social equilibrium, preventing any social inbalance. The natural imperfections and flaws which the people of “the real world” hold to be true are in fact encouraged by their counterparts in Pleasantville, but do not shine through due to the lack of imperfections that influence such flaws. The influence of these flaws within each citizen

After examining the Utopia in “The Giver”, I do not support eliminating personal choice and freedom for a Utopia. One reason I believe in freedom and choice is I believe individuals should choose their own jobs, unlike in “The Giver” where they cannot. If people chose their own jobs, they are motivated to contribute to society. Some people chose jobs that others may not because they get some personal benefit from it. Steve Jobs said,” Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle.”

The Giver is it a utopia or not? A community that has solved hunger, poverty, and weather , how could it not? The Giver by Lois Lowry makes you wonder this while reading it. The book is about a boy named Jonas who is chosen to become the new Receiver of memory.

A utopian society is a perfect society that possesses perfect qualities. Utopian societies don’t typically work due to money issues and conflict due to control issues within the society. People have conflicts due to the fact that not all of the people in the society think alike. Money troubles became apparent when people in the utopian societies created a system of sharing money and profit. Issues arose when people in the society realized that only very few people in the society were actually working while most were just taking the profit off the ones who did the work.

As human beings, we strive for perfection. But as imperfect beings, we can never really achieve anything that is completely flawless. This perspective can also be adapted to anything we create including a utopian society. In English 11 we have studied Utopian and Dystopian literature, including Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury and outside of class I have read Divergent by Veronica Roth and The Giver by Lois Lowry. Each of these novels start off as their own type of utopian society, but usually an eye opening event occurs and generates a dissent. All of these books are filled with philosophy and generally make you more aware of the way you are living. Several, share underlying themes such as the lost art of thinking critically, freedom of self expression in the emotional and physical sense and even losing sense of what it means to be human. After reading these books, I have come to the conclusion that there is no such thing as a utopian society, after all, this word literally means ‘no-place’ and more generally means an imagined place where everything is perfect.

The Giver by Lois Lowry is a Utopia because no one is ever starving, no one really feels pain, and they can’t choose wrong. Throughout our world I have seen many people on the sides of streets having no food, no home, and no family with no one helping them to have a better life. I have also seen people helping the homeless and shelters but in this book they don’t need to do that because everybody already has a home and food. Plus they don’t have to ask for money and food, they already have it.

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be in a perfect society, a utopia you might say, well the book The Giver includes a utopia a perfect society where everything is the same. For my utopia. I would include most of the rules the Giver has, but a couple would be removed, but there are a lot of questions of how a utopia would work: How is the environment, Would there be sameness, What's a typical day?

‘One man’s utopia is another man’s dystopia.’ This is a famous quote we must often bear in mind when writing about such topics and it is often fairly accurate. A utopian society, in this essay, will be defined as a “non-existent society that is described in considerable detail…” (Fitting, 1993, 1) and an ideal and visionary society that enjoys perfection in various fields such as politics, law and more as seen in Thomas More’s famous novel, Utopia. A positive utopian society is often impossible due to a variety of reasons, primarily human nature and the inevitable inequality found in these idealized societies. A prime example of how a utopian society is often impossible can be found in Andrew Niccol’s film, Gattaca (1997). The film Gattaca explores a new version of an idealized society, a utopia that revolves heavily around genetic engineering. In Gattaca, an individual’s future is delineated by his or

It is very harmful to break off into individual factions based on our personality’s. Many historical people like, Adolf Hitler, have tried to reorganize society into social equality to create a perfect uptiopa. However, all those attempts to create a perfect utopian society failed. In our personality quiz we did, we realized choleric are going to need some sanguine in their group or nothing would get done and visa versa. I believe we need variety in our society. The separation will cause many dangerous issues like future war threats, lack of development, even competition between the factions. We can already see competition between the Agenation and the Erudite developing in Divergent. An example is when Beatrice father says Erudite people