The Giver Essays

Have you ever heard of or read the book “The Giver” by Lois Lowry? The book is about a boy named Jonas living in a world of Sameness. In “The Giver”, the government system in Jonas’ Community is totalitarian because their government (called the Committee of Elders) controls every aspect of the civilians’ lives, shapes them from birth to be the same, and even goes so far as to dehumanize them. The government takes away everyone’s individuality by not allowing them to make any decisions on their own

The main idea of The Giver is that it is a dystopia because a few reasons, secrecy, equality, and crime and violence. My first reason is that if it's a utopia, you shouldn't be keeping secrets from people. On page 79 it says “which the man deftly snapped to the end that said OFF” this quote shows that if you always have a speaker on, and you turned the speaker off, you must be hiding something from the community and that's not an example of a good utopia. A good utopia would share everything with

Is sameness good? In the book The Giver by Lois Lowry sameness is throughout the whole community. The report below will include reasons sameness is a good and bad thing. Sameness is bad because of the way it affects people throughout the community. Sameness through the community could be good. In the community everyone gets the same things, at different ages. At the age of nine kids get their bikes, “Each had wheeled their bikes outside.”(Lois Lowry, 59) In a community with sameness, there is a

In the beginning of “The Giver” it seems like Jonas is living in a perfect utopian world, however, as the story progresses you quickly learn that his world is far from perfect. Soon after, Jonas is selected to be the receiver of memory. He begins his training with The Giver and realizes that his society has many flaws. Jonas becomes rebellious towards his community and with the Giver’s help, he escapes with a baby named Gabriel. In the end of “The Giver” Jonas and Gabriel freeze to death trying

don’t get to pick your job or spouse. How would that feel? Well, that's the point this society doesn’t feel. Jonas is the main character of the book The Giver by Lois Lowry and he lives in a utopia community. Jonas knows no different though, he was born into this society, but one day, everything changes for Jonas. Jonas changes throughout The Giver and as a result, tries to change the Community. Jonas has changed from being feelingless and as the story goes on he develops feelings. The feelings Jonas

Does the novel condemn, promote, or conditionally accept the practice of euthanasia? Have you ever had to put a pet down? In the Giver, Euthanasia, the killing to end ones suffering is used. This version of release is where they are injected with hydrogen cyanide, hydrogen cyanide is a pale blue or colorless liquid at room temperature and gas at higher temperatures that kills them rapidly. They are then thrown down a chute that leads somewhere else. There is a boy named Jonas, and he is chosen to

How would you live life if you were trapped in a cage, like an animal, with no freedom, individuality or the ability to make choices? In The Giver by Lois Lowry a young, different boy by the name of Jonas, finds himself in a community where all people live a similar lifestyle with balance and control…. except for two people, The Giver and The Receiver who hold the strongest feelings and emotions of the community so the leaders can maintain balance. It is learned early on in the book that Jonas has

Jonas is from “The Giver.” Both Movie and book have a lot in common, but also a lot different. Both of them have symbols and biblical allusions to see throughout as you read or watch. There are many similarities and differences between The giver and The truman show. In both “The Giver” and “The Truman show,” there are symbols throughout them. Some are the same, but some are different. Red is a well known color and it is used as a symbol in both of them. According to the giver, the first color

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. I think people should have a choice on how they feel, and what they know. The community is under too much control. The only person with any say, is the Chief Elder. Control freak much? Just kidding. Seriously, everyone should be able to decide

Another factor in The Giver that is unlike our society is how many rules there are in Jonas’ community compared to our world. We have rules in our society, but the community has an abundance of them. Some rules we have are no littering, have to be sixteen to drive a car, have to be eighteen to vote, or no trespassing. However in the book some rules are no animals/pets allowed, girls have to wear ribbons in their hair, no bragging,no riding other peoples bikes, and no planes can fly over the community