Many people wish that they lived in a “better world”, but what exactly is a perfect or better world. In the book The Giver, a boy named Jonas lives in a society that to its citizens it portrays as a perfect world, where everyone seems equal. Along his life, Jonas discovers new faults to this “perfect society”. Including the government controlling everything to the point that the community cannot see color because they have no memory of it. “Everything had a shape and size, the way things still do, but they also had a quality called color” (Lowry 94). The government also genetically changes unborn living organisms so that everyone has the same color hair and eyes as everybody else. People living in this society have their choices given to
Imagine a life with no choice, variety, and emotions. In the Giver they don't give you that. Sameness is bad because it prevents people from experiencing choice, variety, and emotions.
In the novel The Giver, the people in the community believe that precision of language is a vital component of life. In fact, language is often distorted and twisted. They distort language as a way to discretely and cleverly control the community. The community proposes different terms to conceal the real meaning and what is actually happening. Through the use of language, the elders make disturbing and mournful situations seem less meaningful in order to make life seem more normal.
People often wonder what it is like to live in the “perfect world”, but do they really know it consists of? The Giver runs along the lines of a utopian society or “perfect world”. With all the rules and laws that help the community run smoothly, but limit the power to do so much more. Compared to our society we have so much more room to “breath.” Society today compared to The Giver society is so different but structured in the same way our society uses it
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).
"All knowledge hurts." — Cassandra Clare (City of Bones, The Mortal Instruments, #1) Knowledge may hurt, if the truth is discovered, but the knowledge and truth can give wisdom among other traits, but in the novel, The Giver wisdom gives honor. Knowledge can also change the way one may feel towards something. The Giver, by Lois Lowry, is a novel which portrays the notion that knowledge can change someone's opinion. Knowledge may change your likes, dislikes, and fears.
In the novel, The Giver, by Lois Lowry, the topic of life occurs throughout the story. Jonas lives in a community based on conformity and sameness. Jonas is chosen as the receiver of memory. As he is trained he learns that change is needed in the community. At the end of the book, Jonas tries to go elsewhere to return the memories back to the community. In The Giver, the author uses the characters, plot, and conflict to develop the theme that life can not be taken for granted.
Symbol In The Giver, pale eyes symbolize separation Jonas feels in the utopian society. For instance, when Lily told Jonas he had weird eyes and he felt like he was disconnected from the community. Lowry writes,‘‘Almost every citizen in the community had dark eyes…
Our world has love, hate, passion, anger and fear. All our emotions change the way we act and how other people act, negatively or positively. In the book, The Giver, written by Lois Lowery, a perfect world is created where there are no emotions nor color. Could you give up emotions for a perfect society? The Giver makes readers ask the question what the perfect society is, providing symbolism, like a sled, color and an important character, Gabriel.
Apple: The apple represents the first time Jonas experienced “seeing beyond”. I also feel like an apple describes this community perfectly. On the outside it looks perfect, however once you start to look closer you will realize it’s not as perfect as it seems. You may notice some bruises, rotten spots and some other imperfections once you start to look closer.
I chose idea number one. My symbol is the growth of an egg into a butterfly. I chose this because it symbolizes growth, and in the giver i think Jonas has grown to the best version of himself. He is experiencing emotions, can see colors, and is giving Gabe a better life. Jonas wants to save the town, and his family. At the start of the book Jonas has a normal boring life, and doesn't question the community’s rules. In the middle he is beginning to question them, and learning some new memories to help with his questions. At the end of the book, Jonas is a great version of himself. He can see color, feel new emotions, and he is trying to give the best life to Gabe.
Others would argue that a perfect world is a false paradise, one that robs people of their individuality. People are supposed to be different. These topics are discussed in The Giver and Uglies. Both authors demonstrate that the power of technology would one day harm society. The two novels are both based in an utopian society which would eventually becomes a major problem that ruins their perfect little worlds.
Imagine a world without love or color. Jonas the protagonist in The Giver he ran away and left comparing his community to our society. In our society we aloud to love whoever we want and we free to love. In jonas society love is a word that is prohibited no longer said for example abandoned no longer mentioned because they don't know what it means.
The giver is a fictional novel authorised by Louis Lowry dedicated to informing readers about the devastating impact of extreme conformity on a community. As we progress throughout the book we start to realise and learn all these new things about the giver's community, such as creating and trying to maintain a perfect community, that comes beyond our abilities, while the givers society is having a huge impact on the individuality and individual choices on the members of the community. We learn that the inhabitants of the society had a hard time handling all the different memories, in a sudden event. All hints and evidence to these statements above are hidden and presented throughout the book.
Although there are many colors of the rainbow, red is an important color in the book The Giver. In Jonas’ community, everyone is color blind except for the Giver and later Jonas. When the Giver first introduces color to Jonas, he gave him the ability to see the color red. The first object he sees that is red is an apple. There are other significant things in this book that are red, like Fiona’s hair and the sled.
In The Giver, Gabriel symbolize love. Jonas reveals this when he takes Gabriel with him to release the memories into the community. “ And he had taken Gabriel, too” (208). This is Jonas experiencing love for Gabriel. He wants Gabe to grow as a person and in a society that will except him. Jonas didn't want Gabriel to grow up in a world where everyone is the same. Jonas knew the world Gabe was to grow up in had he not taken him. A world of perfection in the people in The Giver was to take away pain and violence. Although pain and violence were gone, so is love and happiness. They created a world without emotion.