The Giver Dystopian Society

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.

The Giver is a 2014 film directed by Phillip Noyce. The film is solely based on a novel with the same name by Lois Lowry. It talks about a teen, Jonas, living in a society where none of them is different. Each individual in their society is equal. Labels like popular, losers, winners, and as such does not exist within their society. They have created the new definition of fairness.

In Jonas’s world their community is a dystopian society. Their community is a dystopia because the citizens have no choices, the society is in “Sameness”, and the people who run the community make all the decisions.

Would you consider a society with no freedom, no choice-making, and no individuality ¨perfect¨; a society where everyone practices sameness. Lois Lowry has created this place. A community which may seem perfect at first, but as you keep reading further you will comprehend that the society is more of a dystopian society than a utopian society. Many things between modern day society and The Giver's society are very different such as the family units, their individuality, and their titles/jobs ; although there is also many similarities.

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 Giver is unrealistic book and the society is fating all the dystopian topics in many ways. The book is fitting the characteristics of a dystopian society and the dystopian protagonist.

The novel “The Giver” by Lois Lowry has a story plot where there are many controls and little to no freedoms in this dystopian community. Being that both a dystopian and utopian society have their pros and cons, the thing that catches its audience's attention is the reality behind the story. The thought that something like this is almost possible, stays in the brains of the readers. Keeping them wanting more. Wanting to know more about what living like this would be

If Society were to choose things for the world to be perfect the world might actually be perfect in a way. The story The Giver by Lois Lowry is a dystopian novel about a boy named Jonas and his community. The story is about Jonas becoming the receiver of memory which means he gets ever memory of everyone who ever lived. In the community everyone except Jonas and The Giver does not have their memories. If our society did that today it would be perfect. If society chose how things worked then everyone would be the similar and there would be no differences. Society would make it so no one could see color, no choosing spouses, no pets, no love, certain words would be banished, smell would be gone, weapons, you would have to take medication,

I think The Giver is a dystopian society. Dystopia means a place that is horrible and unpleasant. On page one it states, “It was almost December, and Jonas was beginning to be frightened.” This quote represents a dystopian society because in my perspective, December means loneliness, darkness, harsh weather. Frightened, in my perspective, also meant that something shocking is about to happen. In addition, this type of community is dystopian, and it is a place where there is frightening stuff around his city. I believe it will impact Jonas because if he is living in a bad community filled with fear. When he grows up, he will be afraid of a lot of commotion in the world.

Could you imagine living in a utopian turned dystopian community? In Lois Lowry’s book The Giver the community is faced with a utopian society gone bad. The citizens’ have no memories good or bad. They also had no feelings such as love. Their society was grim, falling apart and no one knew about it. Leaders create utopias hoping that it will help their citizens´, but perfect settings can often lead to a dystopia.

In the dystopian novel, The Giver by Lois Lowry, the story takes place in the future. The setting of the novel revolves around sameness. Same weather, same houses, same furniture, and even the same, flat landscape. There are no colors or animals, other than fish, in the small community. The government is strictly controlled by the Elders. They make decisions and control every aspect of the society, limiting emotions and choices. In The Giver, the setting and government creates sameness. There is no passion, excitement, or good or bad. This promotes a predictable, regulated, and calm society where individuality and diversity does not exist. Individuality and diversity are necessities because they add meaning to life.

I know that the community in The Giver is a dystopian society because the citizens have to go through a period called Sameness. In this period of sameness the citizens do not get to choose anything they want to do like their job or how many children they should have and they kill people they feel shouldn't be there anymore. The author describes how only the Giver and the new receiver (jonas) knows about what is happening in their reality, and they are the only one’s that can see every extravagant color and feel pain. Therefor, every other citizen can not see color or feel pain the citizens think that everything is perfect and they have the most wonderful life. The citizens go along with everything that is said for them to do, and everything

|Caiden Herring| |Nov. 28, 2016| |1st hour| While All societies can't be perfect, the giver is beyond not perfect. The Giver is the definition of a dystopia. If you think about it really, is there such thing as a utopia? Or is it just a dystopia? Think if you were in the society Jonas lives in, how would you respond to the government's way of keeping the society safe?

The novel, The Giver, by Lois Lowry is about a fictional pace where members of the community are content and have little freedom of choice. Jonas, the main character, is a twelve year old boy chosen to be the communityś Receiver of Memories the one person in the community responsible for keeping painful and emotional memories. People often debate whether this ideal community is a utopia- a perfect society - or a dystopia - a place where everything seems perfect but is not. Through Jonas’ actions and words, the reader can tell that this community is, in fact, a dystopia. The Giver is a dystopia because the community got rid of feelings. In a utopia everyone is free and no one is judged, itś really perfect. In a dystopia they take away things you would usually have and try to become a

Dystopian is a community of society usually fictional that is in some important way undesirable or frightening it is the opposite of a utopia. For example, In the book The Giver Jonas and my is somewhat different and same from each other. “Jonas watches as his father weights the twins, then gently insects something into a vein in the smaller ones head”. “The new child twitches and lies still, and Jonas realizes that it is dead.” So now we know that realizes means murder or kill in Jonas dystopian word. “They have never known pain, he thought. “The realization made him feel desperately lonely…” (Lowry 139).