The Giver Community Analysis

Jonas trusted his community; that was a mistake. He let them do all the thinking; that was a mistake too. However, the biggest mistake that he and his community made was believing that there was such thing as a perfect society. The ceremonies that happen every year up until the age of 12 make sure that everything is the same, from the clothes, to houses to how they talk, no one is different.

“Color.” It’s all around us, we see it every day of our lives, everything has color, but the people in Jonas’ community didn’t know this. They had no clue what color was or that it even existed. Their society was hue less, hopeless, and everything was the same until the new receiver of memory changed that for everyone. In our world choice is a big part of our everyday lives we make many choices a day, do I want this or that, green or blue, this shirt or that shirt? But in The Giver choices were made for them, what they wear, how they act, what they say, what they eat, and what they do for a living. Imagine all that stuff being chosen for you. Everyone would be dressed the same, act the same,

Imagine a world with no feelings, no color, no choice; a world where individuality and freedom are exchanged for security and sameness. This type of world is a reality for Jonas, the protagonist in Lois Lowry’s The Giver. After being assigned the next Receiver of Memories in the community, where he has the capacity to see beyond. As he begins his works, he gains wisdom and through that wisdom, learned that protecting the community from the memories, their lives lacked understanding and feelings. Jonas goes on an archetypal hero’s journey and chooses to risk everything to restore memories and wisdom to everyone in the community. Throughout this novel, Jonas is represented as a hero considering he demonstrates integrity despite living in a

Jonas receives memories of color, something that is absent from his community. He realizes how absent his community really is. Jonas hurts inside to tell people in his community what they are missing. The only person that he can really open up to is The Giver. They grew really close, and it became like a grandfather, grandchild relationship.

Imagine having everything you wished for. You would live in a perfect world. But every world has imperfections and you come across to realizing...a perfect world doesn’t exist. Within time, you come from an illusion to reality. You choose your journey and it starts here. The community is a separate environment from the world and has many rules to live by. The rules can vary to be severe consequences. It includes sameness, no memories, and family unit regulations. The kids end their childhood at the age of 12 by receiving their life assignment. The main character, Jonas is chosen to be the receiver of memory. He is reliable to hold everyone's feelings, hopes, and devotions. In The Giver the author Lois Lowry uses the theme of change to reveal that growing up in “the community” is a non-stressful and organized environment but Jonas finds the real world a whole different place when he receives memories about strong feelings and hardships, intellects the word “love”, and how important it is to be an individual.

Jonas wanted to live a different life. In his journey, Jonas travels with Gabriel, the child that was being nurtured by his family. He needed to saved him from being “released”. Together they faced danger and fear but it was just the beginning of a new life in the land of Elsewhere.

Jonas has to learn more about death and pain than he already has. Death was something that wasn’t talked about in the community. The community “releases” members when they are old or if there is a set of twins or something wrong with a baby. Release is something celebrated within the community. Jonas had no idea that what release really means is to murder someone. He watches the release of a baby boy who was part of a set of twins born into the community. His father is the one performing this release because his father is a nurturer. This knowledge left Jonas devastated and in shock that his father could do something so terrible. He leaves the Giver’s and tells him that he can no longer continue receiving the memories. He takes a few days and collects himself. Fiona, his childhood friend talks him into to going back. Love is another emotion new to Jonas. He falls in love with Fiona. Falling in love is a big step that usually happens in adulthood. Another thing Jonas does that proves his progression in maturity is he decides to leave the community. When you grow up, you leave your mom and dad’s house which is how I connected this part of Jonas’ life with that of a real life

Have you ever wanted to live in a place that is peaceful, quiet, and has everything under control? Would you give up colors, weather, memories or even love for that? Jonas lives in a futuristic community that has everything under control. However, when Jonas becomes the Receiver, everything changed. Jonas starts to become curious about the truth, Elsewhere and the past. The Giver’s community would be better with love, colors, and pain.

In The Giver Quartet, written by Louis Lowry each book has it’s own utopia or perfect world. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines utopia as an imaginary place in which the government, laws, and social conditions are perfect. Each of the four books in the quartet is perfect in their eyes, but in others’ eyes it is flawed. For example, in The Giver the government suppresses individuality but, in Messenger the people of the village celebrate their differences.

In this situation, Jonas witnesses an event that forces him to understand that life may involve suffering and fear. Seeing this memory compelled Jonas to be wiser with his actions because he too may experience much pain throughout his life, thus, causing his gain of maturity. In addition, according to Jonas when he experiences his father “release” a young newborn child, “the newchild, no longer crying, moved his arms and legs in a jerking motion. Then he went limp. His head fell to the side, his eyes half open” (Lowry 187).

The author uses the characters to show that life can not be taken for granted. In the novel, Jonas’s father is releasing a twin. He uses a syringe to inject a liquid into the child's head. The book states, “Bye-bye, little guy, Jonas

“The life where nothing was ever unexpected. Or inconvenient. Or unusual. The life without colour, pain or past.” Lois Lowry said this in regard to her book The Giver. This novel follows a young boy named Jonas. For his entire life he has lived in a twisted utopian town that “slaughters” their residents. They don’t know any better, but the ignorance of the government makes for a rather unsafe environment. How safe could this place be? Jonas’ community has always been well-fed, well maintained and well protected from the outside world, but nothing can protect the citizens from what lies within.

Imagine a world without color and love. Jonas, protagonist, in The Giver, his world was meant to be a utopia but it turned into a dystopian society. Comparing jonas’s society to modern day society they are two very different places. Jonas’s world has no love, they experience sameness, and do not experience freedom of choice; modern day society has freedom of love, a variety of weather, and we celebrate individual choices. First of all, Jonas’s society does not experience love, while modern day society does.

We a learning that, due to all the eliminations of senses, feelings and creation of equality between every individual in the society, it's creating a new and harder way for the inhabitants to accept and open up to new memories and emotions that they have been faced with. In the Givers community, this is one aspect that

In the book, The Giver, Jonas lives in a community where everything is perfect. Nobody feels pain, sorrow, or hunger. But is it really the best place to live?