The Lost Sense Of Government In Lois Lowry's The Giver

“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,

The Giver by Lois Lowry is about a twelve year old boy, Jonas, living in a utopian society. This story follows Jonas on his way to find out the truth about his Community, and what secrets lie in the past. The society where Jonas lives knows nothing of the real world, and only know of their perfect reality. In the novel The Giver, the most significant theme is control because in the society there is no freedom of knowledge, freedom of love, or freedom to do what they please, which amounts to uttermost control.

In Lois Lowry's "The Giver," the biggest change in Jonas is how Sameness becomes defective in his mind. Sameness was an idea, instituted by the elders of all communities, that removed religion, color, feelings, weather, and many other aspects of life from the world. As Jonas takes in more memories, he comes to realize that Sameness isn't so amazing after all. Lowry supports this by stating in her novel,"'Or what if... they chose their own jobs?...' Jonas chuckled. 'Very frightening. I can't even imagine it'"(Lowry 124). In other words, Jonas starts off by thinking that Sameness is good and is for the well being of the community and its residents. Truly, Jonas is trying to rationalize Sameness in his mind. Later in the novel, Lowry states

In the novel The Giver by Lois Lowry, Jonas is a boy who lives in a world of no color no feeling all shades. When Jonas turns twelve he was not assigned but selected to be the new receiver, after his first day of training he felt different. The author Lowry writes about how being unique and individual is a good thing. Jonas learns this lesson when he feels different, he sees beyond what others can see, and is selected as the receiver and feels separate.

In the novel “The Giver” a young boy named Jonas, finds out his community is not what he thinks after his ceremony. Jonas experiences develop a theme over the course of “The Giver” by teaching the reader sameness is not always the best option. Although some readers may believe that sameness can be the best option, Jonas experiences show that individuality is better.

Jonas’ society is run completely by the government, where people have no rights. The book The Giver, by Lois Lowry, depicts a dystopian society that a child named Jonas lives in. This society shares many similarities with modern society, but is also very different.

Have you ever thought of how it would be like to live in a world of sameness? You would probably say that it would not be fair, or it would be boring if you had to live the same life as your next door neighbor. The Giver, written by Lois Lowry is a book about a community where the whole population is has the same lives. Jonas, the receiver of memory, lives in a community where all their lives are the same. Why I would not like to live in Jonas’s community is because of the restriction to dreams, personal thoughts, color, uniqueness, and the memory of love.

character (Jonas vs. the Giver) and Character vs. Society (Jonas vs. the society he lives in). In the Giver Jonas and the Giver have many conflicts. Jonas at times feels it's hard to show his emotions and feelings to the giver. The Giver also had conflict when he had to transfer bad memories with him. "The Giver looked away as if he could not bear to see what he had done to Jonas. 'Forgive me,' he said." In the book and more into it Jonas begins to dislike the community and society he lives in. Jonas doesn't agree with not being able to see color, people getting killed for no reason, no one being able to be different and make their own choices and not being able to love anyone. Another example is not being able to have the right to have a child unless told or marry who they tell you and are controlled by the government, people's getting released for no reason, no one being allowed to make choices, and most of all, only one person receiving pain. "It isn't fair that nothing has color!" "Not fair?" The giver looked at Jonas curiously. "Explain what you mean." "Well..." Jonas had to stop and think it through. "If everything's the same, then there aren't any choices! I want to wake up in the morning and decide

In the movie “The Giver,” Jonas lives in a rigidly controlled society where individual identity has become extinct. The Committee of Elders that oversee the society governs with a strict set of laws that aid in eliminating free will and choice from human beings. Jonas’s “community” appears to be an idealistic utopia absent of human suffering, hunger, disease, war and emotions. However, the utopian society is isolated from Elsewhere, which represents every other place in the world that rejects conformism and embraces individualism.

“Our future is created from choices we make in every moment”-Deepak Chopra I feel this quote represents why the freedom of choice is necessary. This quote represents freedom and how it can revolve around your life and how it can shape you you are. You can also learn from freedom of choice, because you learn from your mistakes. We should be able to make our own decisions, unlike in the novel The Giver by Lois Lowry where everyone does the same thing every day.

In the novel The Giver by Lois Lowry, she created a society with no love, color, individuality, and no strong feelings. Jonas became the new Receiver of Memory who acquires all the memories of the past in order to gain wisdom. While Jonas lived in a community where those who never take risks never grow, he learned when there is no sorrow felt there is also no joy felt, and being true to oneself takes great courage. In Jonas’ world, people are expected to follow the rules and be safe but as Jonas receives new memories he starts taking risks.

Imagine a world without any pain, any complexities, and everything that makes life bitter. What if they sacrificed color, general holidays, freedom, music, and the true meaning of life to make life out of danger and simple. In The Giver, a book written by Lois Lowry, Jonas, the main protagonist, is the one person who prevented all of this and gave all those painful and amusing memories back to the people in the community by leaving the community. Jonas did the right thing due to the fact that the his hometown needs to know all the memories that the Giver transferred to Jonas to deal with the meaning of life, since Gabriel was going to be released, Jonas saved his life, and after Jonas escaped, they will know how much better and worse life

In the novel The Giver by Lois Lowry, the character Jonas experiences seeing his community in ‘different eyes’, with his capacity to see beyond. Jonas begins to see his community with an mindfulness or awareness that the people in the community lack. The story is set in what seems to be a utopian society, but we later find out that all of the citizens of the community are living superficial and empty lives. Through the wisdom Jonas gained in being the receiver, Jonas learns that protecting the community from their memories, the people have lost emotions and feelings. Jonas demonstrates in his own experiences, that without experiencing pain or happiness, human life is shallow and pointless. Nearing the end, Jonas is mindful of his new way of seeing, and decides to defy the community in order to restore emotions and mindfulness back to everyone in the community.

Jonas. An interestingly vague character. As the story starts we get almost no background. Yet as the story progresses we learn more, and more about his life. Past, Present, and Future. He never knew his true parents, and was essentially adopted by his current family. He has one sister and two parents. He is 11, I believe, at the beginning of the story, and is tentatively awaiting the ceremony of the 12’s. The coming of age ceremony in his society. Being supposedly “chosen” by an anonymous council, becoming essentially the keeper, or more accurately the receiver, in his (presumably post- apocalyptic) civilization. To fulfil this calling, he must go through pain, trials, threats, and many people lurking, and watching. After many months of training he unearths

What if everyone was the same and being different was unacceptable. In The Giver by Lois Lowry Jonas lives in a community where emotion, color, and family, are eliminated from society, but when Jonas is “selected” for a job his life changes, and he becomes different. While the novel progresses Jonas learns three important moral lessons including, take risks to grow, being true to yourself take great courage, and knowledge is useless without memories.