The Giver By Lois Lowry Doesn’t Everyone wish that they could live in a perfect world? Well that is the kind of world that Jonas has to live in everyday, and it might not be as easy as it seems. Learn how Jonas survives in this so called “perfect” society in The Giver by Lois Lowry. In my personally opinion, I would rate this book a 9, this is because it has a lot of detail and it keeps you interested in what I happening to the characters the whole time. Thus making you want to continue to read and learn more. Jonas is just a normal kid, living life as any twelve year old kid would, although during what should have been the happiest time of his life, soon turns into the scariest day of his life. Jonas is chosen to be the new receiver in his “perfect” society. For his job he is given a set of …show more content…
This has its advantages and disadvantages. One advantage for instance is that you get to know how the training is like and how it affects Jonas. Although its disadvantage is that you don't get to know what it is like in other places in the community. Because of this disadvantage, if I had to change the point of view, then I would change it to third person omniscient. I would prefer this because I could get a feel of what other things were happening in the community and how Jonas’s training affected the community as a whole. Even though I would have wanted to know the point of view from the other people in the community, I believe that Lowry choose the point of view third person limited because he wanted to give you a little mystery. The mystery is that you don't know what the givers training was like, you don't know what really happened to rosemary, the girl that failed, and you don't know how the lose of Rosemary really affected the community. Even though there are some things that I would like to change, Lowry did make a fabulous book that can teach you some valuable
Nothing is perfect especially not the giver’s society. The Giver’s main idea is It is better to be different than to be the same because nothing is perfect. In The giver the people of the society think the society is perfect but it is not.
Jonas’ has had a variety of interesting experiences throughout the book. The Giver by Lois Lowry is about Jonas and he goes through many changes in his life with some help from the Giver. Jonas’ experiences develop a theme over the course of The Giver by teaching the reader for every action there is a consequence. Although some readers may believe that there will not be a consequence, Jonas’ experiences show that there are good and bad consequences for everything you do.
'The Giver,' written by Louis Lowry, is a novel told in a perspective of a 12 year old boy by the name Jonas. Jonas and his family live in an 'utopian' society. Jonas shows us how the community he lives in, is flawed in multiple ways. 'The Giver,' transmits memories of the past generation including memories of love, joy, emotions, colour,
The Giver by Lois Lowry follows Jonas in a world that has left emotions, colors and love. Instead the community stays safe with routine and control. That is until Jonas learns about love, feelings and most importantly what the community has left behind. Jonas must now decide how to save his and his little brother's life before it is too late.
Jonas is feeling things that no one in his community has ever felt before. He is beginning to understand that others are missing out on important emotions. He knows that The Giver has already given away most of the memories, and in order to stop the process, he must make a sacrifice in order for his community to be aware of what they are missing. This proves that he is conscious of the fact that his community is not perfect, and the act of staging an accident is a noble, selfless thing to do; something that his perfect peers would not understand. When talking about the harms of banning books and by quoting Lois Lowry, Jennifer Kendall states, “The world portrayed in The Giver is a world where choice has been taken away. It is a frightening world” (Kendall). Kendall makes the point that the Utopian society is not something that people strive for. As a middle-schooled child, it is easy to see that life is not perfect. I feel as if Lowry does a great job in showing the reader that Jonas does understand that his community is not perfect, and he goes to great links to stop the perfection. While there may seem to
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 book The Giver by Lois Lowry is about a kid name Jonas trying to live in a so called perfect union. Jonas experience develops a theme over the course The Giver by teaching the reader for every action there is a consequence. Although some readers may believe that for every actions there’s not a consequence, Jonas’ experience shows that once Jonas leaves the community he suffers from starvation and also pain.
In The Giver Louis Lowry created a perfect world so different from our world today. Each member of the community has their place and they are not to stray from it. The story follows an eleven named Jonas as he becomes a twelve and gets his job assignment. At Jonas’s ceremony of the twelves
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
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.
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
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.
Lois Lowry in the fictional novel, The Giver, affirms a theme that individuals are intended to strengthen their own attributes through memories and emotions. Lowry reinforces her claim by demonstrating the aspects that make the reader have an insightful depth of how individually in a utopian society is nonexistent. In the beginning, the protagonist was oblivious to his surroundings, but after being given memories, he became vigilant to the disadvantages of living in a secure civilization. Citizens were taught to comply rules set by the community including the protagonist, Jonas, at an early age but despite growing up with the influence of obedience, Jonas was first introduced to differences when he developed the ability to see beyond, the ability to perceive things that everyone else cannot, early in the novel when he saw an apple "changed", it was an experience that puzzled him as he never seen color before. Later, in the novel, his perceptions on daily life changes as he further gets a better viewpoint of the word color.
The Giver strives to be a utopian society but the still can’t be perfect. The Giver is a book with the main character being Jonas, Jonas has no last name; however, no one else had the last name in their society. The Giver is a Dystopian because they get their memories erased, they are all equal, and they get assigned jobs when they are 12.
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