Utopian Society In The Giver

The definition of a Utopia- “an imaginary and indefinitely remote place, a place of ideal perfection especially in laws,government,and social conditions” (Merriam-Webster).The book “The Giver” by Lois Lowry is about a boy named Jonas who lives a community of sameness where everybody doesn’t have feelings but Jonas and The Giver. Jonas’s community is a utopia because the people of the community each get a job, they never starve (basic needs), and they do not have feelings so they do not have pain, sadness, or competition.

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

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.

Is a community with a little freedom a utopia? Imagine a world that only has one culture. Nothing would be different, there would be no issues between people everyone was the same. Everyone has a different point of view in different situations. There would be no climate, no weather, no emotions, and no memories. In Louis Lowry The Giver , Lowry created what seemed like more of a distopia to me. In The Giver, a small community is in a “perfect society” where they provide food, there are arranged pairs and have no feelings for eachother and can’t see any color and have no memories. The main character, Jonas becomes the receiver of memory and finds out new things about the community that no one knows about except for him and The giver. The Giver is a elder who has memories about the past the no one knows about except for him and jonas. He shares some of the

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.

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.

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 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 book ¨The Giver¨ by Lois Lowry takes place in a utopian type world and is about a boy name Jones who is chosen for a job that only one person gets every couple of years and in this job he he is not able to talk to anybody about it. In the book Jones gets chosen for the job of the receiver of memories and in his job he has to take memories that only the giver and him are allowed to know about and the rest of the community is clueless about. When he starts to get these memories he becomes very curious about starts to test things in his community like not take his daily injection that stops the community from having feeling and from being able to see color. Jones in the book begins to become curious and wonder if what the community leaders

The question of whether a perfect society is possible or even desirable suggests that our societies aren’t perfect as they are. In other words our societies are flawed and therefore imperfect and undesirable. In my opinion a society without flaws is neither possible nor desirable. Persuasive evidence to support my viewpoint is abundant in examples from literature, history and current events.

Would you rather live in a world that has conditions which are considered perfect, or live in a world that is frightening or undesirable? What about the first option with a twist, you won’t have to have feelings that cause angst and pain in the long run. The answer is pretty clear. The first choice is what you likely went with. That choice would be considered a Utopia the second a Dystopia. Utopia’s have good family values, a wonderful education, and property/economic standards, all of which can be found in the book The Giver. Therefore because of that, The Giver in my eyes, can be described as a true Utopia.

In the novel The Giver by Lois Lowry, a young boy named Jonas realizes his ‘utopian’ society is actually a dystopian society. Jonas’s society and our modern day society are very different in many ways, but also occasionally similar.

Though our modern day society isn’t perfect, we have a book call The Giver that shows how an ideal society should live. Without love, compassion, or fear, the characters in The Giver live happily and perfectly. While in modern day society we are far from perfect and have all those feelings, we try to make the best of our lives. Even though we love in different worlds, there are certain distinctions that make our society alike, but also different. Such as families, rules and laws, and individuality. These are some of the things that seperate a utopian society and a dystopian society.

Jonas has changed because of his memories. All of the memories played an important role in the change in his behavior. The feelings, the warfare changed his perspective on the community. This caused a change in Jonas’s behavior and character throughout the story. As he received more memories Jonas was no longer obedient, the memories had a big impact on Jonas. He became rebellious and therefore, he broke many of the communities important rules. Later, Jonas received even more memories and as a result of this Jonas went from being honest to being deceitful and started lying to his friends and family. At the beginning of The Giver, Jonas starts off as an obedient and honest character, but as the story progresses Jonas becomes deceitful and rebellious. When he finally understood what his community was doing he realized that some of the community’s rules were bad and unnecessary. As a result, Jonas tried changing the community norms by running away hoping that the members of the community would understand that the community needed to change no matter

Is it true that we accept the life in which we are presented? In The Giver, Jonas does not question his society at all, because to him, his perfect life, is perfectly normal. He believed that until the current receiver of memory, or The Giver told him how life was before the flawed Utopia’s existence. That’s why the Utopia in The Giver is linked with our society. However, how different is Jonas's society from our own.