The Giver Is A Dystopia

The community in The Giver is also not a utopia because without choice you can not have goals and therefore have nothing to strive for, and life can become very boring. In The Giver the people that live in the community have no choices. They cannot choose their own jobs and they cannot see color which limits their choices. Without such choices the

The giver follows the life of a young boy named Jonas. In the future, society is different from now, emotions, colour, pain, and liberty are all things of the past, in this alleged dystopian novel. Thorough explanation of this is left out in the novel, what we know is some war or tragedy due to all the emotions, opinions, cultures etc. led to great measures being taken. Thus eliminating all feelings both good and bad, which in turn dehumanized the whole population almost making them in to living robots, just so that the chance of another catastrophe is narrowed down to almost zero. Liberty is merely an illusion in this novel since no choices are made by the people only by the “elders” who aren't explained a lot either

The Giver is considered as a dystopian society because everyone is under the illusion that there is freedom. An example of this is when the text states, “you're ready for the pills, that's all. That’s the treatment for the stirrings.” They can't even have independent thoughts. Medication is given to prevent

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.

A true utopia requires sacrifices many people cannot condone. This fact has been shown throughout The Giver. The community decides to sacrifice many things to come to Sameness. Pain, individuality and love are among many things that they have sacrificed (Lowry 124). These sacrifices made the community Jonas lived in seemingly perfect; there is no hunger, no war, no pain, no one will ever be alone. But, a perfect community is completely unrealistic. That is why they have The Giver, the person that knows all the imperfections of the society and help the society to achieve perfection.

The setting of The Giver takes place in a fictional community known as the “Sameness”. Life here is supposed to be "perfect" because there is no pain or suffering. They don’t have to take

Dystopia. A place where everything is imperfect and unpleasant.That's exactly where the main character of the book, The Giver by Lois Lowry, lives. Jonas grows up in a locked community. There is no freedom and the rules are completely insane. Since Jonas is the Receiver Of Memory, he can notice how badly the residents of the community are getting treated. In the book The Giver, the world is a plain dystopia. From extremely strict rules to life of sameness, Jonas lives life through it all.

First, The Giver’s community is a dystopia because there is limited freedom. I know this because in the Document E it says, “Oh,” Jonas was silent for a minute. “Oh, I

I think the giver is a utopia, because they have speakers in their house so that everyone can hear what you are saying. There is essentially no privacy in the giver because they have to share their dreams, and how their day was. For example, when they are sitting at the dinner table on page 5, there is a quote that says “who wants to be the first tonight, for feelings?” The quote shows that they talk about their feelings at the table. It doesn’t help that they can’t lie about it unless it says you can.

The Giver by Lois Lowry is a Utopia because no one is ever starving, no one really feels pain, and they can’t choose wrong. Throughout our world I have seen many people on the sides of streets having no food, no home, and no family with no one helping them to have a better life. I have also seen people helping the homeless and shelters but in this book they don’t need to do that because everybody already has a home and food. Plus they don’t have to ask for money and food, they already have it.

In The Giver, they try to be a utopia. Where there is nothing wrong, and everything is perfect and under control. The only problem is that there is too much control. Nobody has self-will, everyone is the same. And, everyone doesn’t know the truth about the past.

A dystopian society is an attempt to a perfect world, a utopian society, but does not succeed. Like the Giver, our world strives to be perfect. While both of our societies are comparable, we also vary. The Givers rules are a lot sterner than ours and their every move is controlled by the Chief Elder, their dreams are controlled by pills, they also are not permitted to leave the dwelling after dark. In the novel The Giver, by Lois Lowry, when the children get older they receive stirrings (sexual desires).

I think The Giver is a dystopian society. A dystopian society is a place where people’s environment is controlled, there is a disaster happening, and the people can live a plain and boring life. On page two it states, “NEEDLESS TO SAY HE WILL BE RELEASED,the voice had said, followed by silence”. This quote represents a dystopian society because it shows that the rules are very strict and the punishment for breaking them is death. It is also a grim statement to say that someone will be released.

I would not want to live in the society of The Giver one reason is that Nothing would be the same. “He stared at the flat colorless sky” pg 101 living in a world with no color is like us living in a world with no numbers it would be strange! “you and I are the only ones with access to the books?” It would also be odd without books because books are a key part of learning pg 96 “I apologize for hurting you.” pg 96 I feel this explains my reasoning due to people would be hurt all the time and if we would be ordered to apologize for everything, we would always need to say that all the time!

The Giver is not a utopia, but there are some understandable reasons saying it could be one. Everyone is very well educated which is good. People are also respectful which is what kids these days need to be. The Giver’s setting is supposedly a perfect place where there is not war, but peace.