The Giver: A Perfect Utopian Society

Also if everything is just handed to you and you all get the same of everything you have nothing to take pride in or anything to work for. Without Utopian Societies we learn how to work hard for the thing we want, how to achieve goals, how to express ourselves, and how to be thankful for what we are given without being told to or without having to we get to do it all on our. Even in a Utopia which is suppose to be a perfect community not everything is going to be perfect there is going to be something that goes wrong in it and we are still going to make mistakes. A Utopia is impossible because nothing is

The definition of a Utopia- “an imaginary and indefinitely remote place, a place of ideal perfection especially in laws,government,and social conditions” (Merriam-Webster).The book “The Giver” by Lois Lowry is about a boy named Jonas who lives a community of sameness where everybody doesn’t have feelings but Jonas and The Giver. Jonas’s community is a utopia because the people of the community each get a job, they never starve (basic needs), and they do not have feelings so they do not have pain, sadness, or competition.

Personal choice is necessary, and in the event that you lose your personal choice, you become miserable. You should have a choice in who you want to marry and spend the rest of your life with. A quote from the Giver, “..... sometimes an adult who applied to receive a spouse waited months or even years before a match was approved and announced.” Instead of marrying the person you like you may have to wait years to get a spouse, and even so it may not be with the one you would like. “She didn’t even have a family unit”, yet another quote from the book.

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

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.

In the end, a community with a little freedom were they can’t choose on what they want it’s not really considerd a utopia. They can’t feel, what people outside if the community. They can’t feel what seeing colors is, and how it is to feel love and emotions. They aren’t as free as they think. And if you don’t know what it is to feel. It’s not really a

I would not want to live in this society because they want everyone to be the same and not make mistakes.Jonas stated,”We don’t dare to let people make choices of their own.” (Lowry 93)This is one of the reasons I don’t want to live in The Giver’s society because I like to make my own choices. They also stated,” “They chose their own jobs? “ “Frightening isn’t it?” The Giver said.” ( Lowry 93)

Sometimes in life, you need to have some boundaries to separate you from the dangers of the rest of the world. In the book, The Giver, by Lois Lowry, Jonas’ society has very strict rules. These rules restrict them from being able to make bad choices. There is also a lack of memories, which means the people in Jonas’ community have a limited memory for specific reasons; to prevent pain, to eliminate suffering, and to avert people from making bad decisions and choices. Jonas’ community is a utopian society because there are very strict rules that everyone must follow, there is sameness, and lastly because of the lack of memories.

Everyone believes that utopias are perfect for everyone, but not everybody has the same opinion. Utopias are up to no good, nothing new ever happens, it’s always the same. Some may think that their utopia is the same for everyone else but it’s not. No one is allowed to be themselves in utopias.

A perfect society is one that exists only in dreams. Every place around the world has its flaws and makes mistakes. According to Oxford Dictionary, utopian is “modeled on or aiming for a state in which everything is perfect; idealistic.” The Giver depicts a society in which everything is perfect and safe. Although a fantasy community may be unattainable, six regulations can be supplementary or added for a utopian society to exist within the United States.

In the Giver’s dystopian society one does not get to birth to his or her own baby. For example, one has his or her children given to them as this quote from the giver explains, “He remembered the day they received Lily” (14). This shows that in the Givers society one get’s his or her child handed to them. Meanwhile, in a modern society one gives birth to his or her own child. For a reference one may go to a hospital and give birth to a baby. This reveals that in a modern day society one gets the chance to give birth to their own child. In addition, In both societies, one can have a spouse. For example people one can sign up for a wife In the Giver “ You will be able to apply for a spouse” (128). As one can see from this one can get a wife

The book ¨The Giver¨ by Lois Lowry takes place in a utopian type world and is about a boy name Jones who is chosen for a job that only one person gets every couple of years and in this job he he is not able to talk to anybody about it. In the book Jones gets chosen for the job of the receiver of memories and in his job he has to take memories that only the giver and him are allowed to know about and the rest of the community is clueless about. When he starts to get these memories he becomes very curious about starts to test things in his community like not take his daily injection that stops the community from having feeling and from being able to see color. Jones in the book begins to become curious and wonder if what the community leaders

The question of whether a perfect society is possible or even desirable suggests that our societies aren’t perfect as they are. In other words our societies are flawed and therefore imperfect and undesirable. In my opinion a society without flaws is neither possible nor desirable. Persuasive evidence to support my viewpoint is abundant in examples from literature, history and current events.

A utopian society is where everything is perfect and is the most satisfying place to live in, compared to being in a dystopian society, a world that is displeasing and frightening to think of. The difference between these two societies is impactful towards the people of the society. This is because the people could either live a perfect life, with no issues or they could live in a world where the entire world is boring and will live a depressing lifestyle.

What is a perfect society? Well according to the society in The Giver, there is no such place, the Greek word Utopia confirms this. It is astounding how so many perfect societies have been attempted, but not one has been successful. The society today is far from perfect, it is also very different from the society shown in The Giver which may present itself as flawless but isn't remotely close.