The Giver Utopian Society

'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,

In The Giver by Lois Lowry, the philosophical ideas represented relate to people and ideas. The Giver takes place in a utopian society with many rules and where the leaders have eliminated basic rights from the people. There are no emotions in the community so everyone is created equal and there is no conflict. Giver is considered the wisest member of the community, such as Socrates was considered the wisest man in all of Greece. Socrates also relates to Jonas in the book and the movie in his need to know the truth. Views of Descartes are represented throughout The Giver how Jonas wants other people to be educated. The leaders in the community represented an anarchy, the community was rebuilt after “The Ruin” and some people created their own safe haven.

Through our society we are all raised up to be independent and unique individuals such as being ourselves and expressing who each of us are to the world. However, in the book The Giver by Lois Lowry, everyone is raised to count on one another and everyone must look and act the same. Our society differs from Jonas’s in many ways, such as the family units, birthdays, and the way we each learn about our past.

Lois Lowry’s young adult classic The Giver has been a staple of classrooms across the country since its release in 1993. While a dystopian setting is commonplace in modern young adult fiction, Lowry’s work came years earlier. The focus of The Giver, however, is not so much on the mysterious, flawed society as much as it is the growth of the main character, Jonas. The novel follows Jonas as he goes from a naïve child concerned with what job his is going to get and how he is going to stay in touch with his friends, to a mature young man with knowledge deeper than any of his peers. He becomes more complex as he begins his work as the Receiver and receives memories the leaders of his society have deemed unnecessary for all to know. On several occasions in the text, Jonas receives life-changing revelations about the world as it once was and as it actually is in his community.

Summary: The Giver The Giver is a story about a boy named Jonas that lives with his father, mom, and his younger sister Lily in a sheltered community. This community regards age as an extremely important factor by tracking each boy and girl and assigning various labels based on their age. When Jonas turned 12 he was assigned his job. The elders in the community assign the jobs for the kids while Jonas’s friends and pears were assigned normal jobs he was selected to be the receiver a prestigious position.

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.

The novel, The Giver, by Lois Lowry, is an everlasting story that shows the importance of individuality. This novel is about a young boy named Jonas who was elected as the Receiver of Memories, a person who is given the memories from the world that existed before their current society, Sameness. In this society there is no individualism. People can not choose who to marry, or what they want to do for a living. Over time Jonas becomes more and more wise, and realizes that the supposedly perfect community actually has some very dark and negative aspects. The author, Lois Lowry is a 76-year-old writer who focuses her writing on helping struggling teenagers become individuals. Lowry had a very tragic childhood. After both of her parents were

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.

The Giver by Lois Lowry is a science fiction novel about a boy named Jonas. He lives in a society where Sameness is valued. Due to the Sameness, the citizens are assigned their jobs. Jonas is chosen as the Receiver; therefore, he holds memories he received from the Giver and advises the community on occasion. Jonas realizes how terrible his community is after receiving 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

Jonas starts off denying the fact that he has been assigned one of the most honoured roles, Jonas gains wisdom from being the new receiver, and Jonas makes a heroic decision at the end of the book. In the Giver, Jonas obtains wisdom during his training to be the next receiver. While Jonas is in training, he experiences new things such as "pain" and an understanding of "warfare" in an unpleasant way. This indicates

Do you ever wonder what it would be like if you lived in a society where their always trying to make it perfect? In the book “The Giver” by Lois Lowry they have all of these rules and specific things you have to do and follow in order to have a good life in their society. Which makes life in the dystopian society of “The Giver” to be different than our modern day society. One difference between our societies is that they give babies numbers at birth and then give them names at the naming ceremony. On page 63 it says “They were arranged by their original numbers, the numbers they had been given at birth.

In Lois Lowry’s novel The Giver, Jonas lives in a community where everyone his age is at the same maturity level. Within the community a committee of elders set the rules. Each citizen is expected to follow the rules without question. Jonas is different from his community. Jonas’s maturity level grows throughout the story.

When first beginning to read the novel The Giver the reader may think these people are in a perfect or “utopian” society, but in actuality they are in a fake world run by people called Elders who want to keep constant control, and go to no limits as they control who people marry and if they are allowed a child or not. The word death has no meaning to the people they are leading, they simply believe that people are “released,” The story starts off as a boy named Jonas, he is a normal kid, near age 12, really nothing more to him than that. In This perfect society everyone is exactly the same.

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