The Giver And Anthem: A Comparative Analysis

The Giver is impacting the genre of Dystopian novels as it’s impacting the rise in Dystopian literature. The factors that contribute to The Giver’s impact on the genre lie in it’s appeal by relating to young adults and classroom environments. Other factors include the popularity which influences adults and schools alike. Books published after The Giver hold proof of The Giver’s influence in their similar plots and the amount of dystopian genre novels produced after The Giver was publicated. The Giver impacted Dystopian novels by causing a rise in

The Giver describes a society in search of perfection, which is a recurring theme in literature. Somebody in Jonas’s society decided that eliminating or limiting choices and feeling, among other things, would ultimately create a perfect place in which to live. By eliminating and/or limiting choices and feelings, the creators were able to implement Sameness, which would then provide a conflict-less environment in which to exist.

Jonas, the main character of The Giver, lives in a society where there is not much freedom. He is not able to choose what job he will have, who he will marry, what he will eat, and which child he will get to raise. Nobody in the society ever thinks of doing anything differently. This is because they are brainwashed into thinking that they live in a perfect place. They are told that the society makes the best decisions and they believe the leaders. Everyone belongs to the society and is the person that the

In The Giver, Jonas longs to feel love and have a real family. In The Village, Kitty just wants to share her love with everyone. Aside from that, both stories share an underlying meaning that people will do what they need to do for the people they love. Jonas leaves behind everything and everyone he knows to find Elsewhere and release the memories, forcing people to share the burden of the memories. Jonas walks far enough that the memories go back to the people, hoping that they would make the citizens realize that they need to know about the past in order to move forward. In The Village, Ivy, a blind girl, goes into the forest with two protectors that leave her almost immediately to go to the towns and retrieve medicines to save Lucius’s

not an easy task for most people, so dystopian novelists must resort to various fairly extreme

The story is told in third persona narrative and we mainly know what the protagonist Jonas is thinking and feeling. Initially, it is clear to see that their community is quite different and a mistake is not acceptable. Many citizens are afraid to be released because “For a contributing citizen to be released from the community was a final decision, a terrible punishment, and overwhelming statement of failure” (Lowry, 1993, pg. 3). The community has established a great system to assign jobs according to what they are good at. This made Jonas nervous because “Unlike, his father, he had no idea what his Assignment would be” (Lowry, 1993, pg. 20). Like many people, Jonas did not have a specific passion or gift. Lowry makes Jonas, a boy living in a different time, to be relatable through his fears because we would be scared to not have a choice about our future careers or other life matters.

The Giver is a fiction novel written by the author Lois Lowry which is about a utopian society which later turns out to be a dystopian society because of the lack of freedom in decisions and emotions. In The Giver Jonas is the new receiver, meaning he is the new holder of memories he is one of the only two people that have feelings. He always followed the community's rules as well as agreed with what they did until he made the decision of asking the Giver for what his father does when he releases babies. The decision which involved Jonas watching a video of his father killing the weaker twin, when his father had told him that what happens is that the weaker twin gets taken elsewhere when they are released. Therefore, when Jonas found out the

Fairytales always end with a happily ever after. The Giver is somewhat like that with a positive ending of Jonas and Gabriel finding their way out of the community and seeing a village filled with lights and music. The book is about a young boy who receives an assignment as Receiver of the community. Being receiver of the community is thought of as an honor. Being receiver gives Jonas emotions he never thought were even real. He gets emotions like love, sadness, etc. The Giver makes a plan to help Jonas escape and help the community, Jonas displays courage, replacing negative memories with positive ones.

However, not every individual is to be interested in the exact narrative stories whether fiction or nonfiction. Many are attracted by the cover, others by the title or just for pleasure. As for dystopian fiction, diversity in the context, unpleasant and indifferences attracts more young adults. Divergent and the giver are among dystopian fiction where true darkness comes along. The path into the world of fiction can trap readers as emotions rise. Personally, when reading these type of fictions, it surpasses a habit and becomes mixed feelings where anxiety, compassion, love and hatred towards characters

After both reading a book and watching a movie on The Giver. I have come up with the conclusion that the movie is better than the book, the movie has more “feeling” than the book. In this essay I will talk about the similarities, and differences between the movie and the book, and I will also talk about a theme that I choose. The movies also has more detail than the book. In conclusion, I choose the movie, and I will talk furthermore about why I choose it.

One of the first dystopian novels to become famous was 1984. The concept of dystopian novels is not only to entertain readers, but to let them understand the characteristics and ideas of a dystopian society. Some of these characteristics are shown through our society but at a more drastic level. Basic fears are exaggerated such as the following: distrust of others, disease, contaminated water, nuclear holocaust, etc. The reader can gain more knowledge by finding ways in which the topics the author writes about is relevant to our society today. Young adult dystopian literature is mostly in an adolescent’s perspective. For example, the Giver was one of the first dystopian novels written in a teenager point of view. Now, most all dystopian

Books for young people set in post-apocalyptic or dystopian worlds are not new. But what is it that attracts teenage readers to dystopian fiction? There are a number of opinions, but the main drift seems to be that books set in either chaotic or strictly controlled societies mirror a teenager's life; at school, at home, with their peers and in the wider world.

When reading a book, one can often gain a greater understanding of it with the knowledge of genres. In particular, comprehension of the dystopian genre can help one see the contrast between somewhere good and not so good. In the novels, 1984 by George Orwell, and I Am Legend by Richard Matheson, the concept of dystopian genre assists the reader in understanding the main idea of both novels. This takes place when one attempts to comprehend various elements found in both narratives, such as its themes and symbols.

In the The Giver a dystopian future novel written by Lois Lowry, a community lived in the perfect world, no harm, no commotion, just straight up sameness, As time goes on the protagonist Jonas learns about the dark secret of the community that many people fail to bring up in key points of time. Jonas is a special child, as he has the keys to the past and helping preventing the inevitable from happening in the future.

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