The Giver A Dystopian Society

Could you imagine your world in which everything was predetermined for you, and you didn’t have a choice? This is the reality in The Giver by Lois Lowry, the main character Jonas faces these problems and many others as he completes his adventure. Although some may think this to be devastating, this is normal in his society. In the dystopian society conveyed in the novel The Giver by Lois Lowry, there are many similarities and differences to our modern day societies.

Jonas’ community appears to be a utopia, but, in reality, it is a dystopia. The people seem perfectly content to live in an isolated wreck—in a government run by a select few—in which a group of Elders enforces the rules. In Jonas’ community, there is no poverty, starvation, unemployment, lack of housing, or discrimination; everything is perfectly planned to eliminate any problems. However, as the book progresses and Jonas gains insight into what the people have willingly given up—their freedoms and individualities—for the so-called common good of the community, it becomes more and more obvious that the community is a horrible place in which to live. You as a reader can relate to the disbelief and horror that Jonas feels when he realizes

The Giver shows the ideology of a dystopian theme as it has the citizens being controlled by the authority. Members of the community are being watched by The Community so that they will not perform anything that hurts the population. For example, “”you know that there’s no third-chance”. The rules say that if there is a third transgression, he simply has to be released.” is quote said Jonas’s mother while sharing her experience that day. In this quote The Community is empowered and regulates every community member to be the way they want them to be; perfect. “Attention. A reminder Stirrings must be reported in order for treatment to take place. “”Jonas you HAVE to take your pills!””is another quote in The Giver. In this quote both the Community

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

Jonas accepting his society because he's unaware of emotions of the other people in his community. Jonas follows the rule of having the share your feelings everyday. Not telling

In today’s society there are many authors who write dystopian novels. They write these novels to give knowledge and to tell how our world is very different from dystopian life. Lois Lowry shows readers how people can suffer in dystopian society. In The Giver, Jonas’ community appears to be a utopia, but in reality it is a dystopia because everyone is under the illusion that there is freedom, dehumanization, and their strict regulations.

To most kids in our society, the changes in Jonas’s world would be difficult to accept because we in America value our freedom to choose and to voice our desires. Did the creator’s of Jonas’s community truly improve society as we know it today?

First of all, I believe The Giver is a dystopia because you have no choices. In document E it states,” If everything’s the same, then there aren’t any choices!” This is significant because in Jonas’s society you have no choices. In document F it states that,” And Gabriel? For Gabriel there would have been no life at all. So there had not really been a choice.” This is significant because if Jonas stayed in the community Gabriel would have died and Jonas could not live with that.

Jonas lives with his father who is a Nurturer of new children, his mother, and his seven-year-old sister Lily. At the beginning of the novel, he is apprehensive about the upcoming Ceremony of Twelve, when he will be given his job that cannot be altered or changed, which officially presents him as a new adult member of the community. He doesn’t have a single

In Jonas society, The community celebrates all birthdays in December, but they don’t celebrate it instead they have ceremonies. Ceremonies is an event held in December, when kids ages 12 and under get “ new responsibilities”. At the age 12 you get assigned a job by the ‘Elders’ that have been watching over you since you were little. In the beginning of the book, Jonas states,“Finally the nines were all resettled in their seats, each having wheeled a bicycle outside, where it would be waiting for the owner at the end of the day” (Lowry 46). At each age you get something new, for example,at nine you get a bike, and at 8 you get a jacket with buttons down the front. There is two other ceremonies. The naming ceremony, and the ceremony of loss. The naming ceremony is when a new child is born, it get’s a name, and everyone chants their name. The ceremony of loss is when someone dies, and the whole community chant’s a person name until everyone forgets them. In the beginning of the book, the narrator states,“The entire community had performed the ceremony of loss together” (Lowry 44). This quote was when a kid named caleb wander off, and the community had to perform the ceremony of loss. On the other hand, in our society, we have individual birthdays, parents get to pick their own children names,and get to have their own

Through our society we are all raised up to be independent and unique individuals such as being ourselves and expressing who each of us are to the world. However, in the book The Giver by Lois Lowry, everyone is raised to count on one another and everyone must look and act the same. Our society differs from Jonas’s in many ways, such as the family units, birthdays, and the way we each learn about our past.

In both societies, violence and lying are not allowed. Another aspect we share in common with Jonas' community is that there are consequences for breaking rules. There are also different types of entertainment. Although there are some ways United Islands and Jonas' community are the same. There are a lot more ways Jonas' community and United Islands are different. One example is that our society doesn't need anybody to work while in Jonas's community you are given Assignments such as Caretaker of the Old, Receiver of Memory, and others. Also, we have color and music while they don't have these things. In United Islands, you can do whatever you want as long as it doesn't break the rules, but you have to follow the rules strictly in Jonas' community. You can get in trouble in Jonas' society just for speaking incorrectly, or not eating snacks at school right away. In our society, there is no school, unlike Jonas' society where kids must go to a school

In the book The Giver Jonas and the community have little choices they can make. In America we have lots of choices like how long your hair is, what you are going to wear to school and what color we want to wear. In Jonas’ community they cant even do that. Jonas left the community because he yearned for the freedom of choice. “If every things the same, then there aren’t any choices! I want to wake up in the morning and decide things”(PG97). Jonas wants to be able to pick his own tunic and job, but in the giver community he cant. He wants to pick his own spouse. Jonas is tired of sameness

"The Giver" is about a boy named Jonas who lives in a serene environment, where there aren't problems such as war, poverty, or climate change. However Jonas's Utopian world does contain problems, besides minor transgressions and anguish. His perfect world has to get rid of things that are imperfect, such as babies that can’t sleep well, or are under-weight, or people with lack of adherence. When children become a twelve, they receive their assignment. Jonas is selected as the

According to the essay in Jonas dystopian society his parents can only have one girl and one boy that the rules of Jonas society. In the