everything’s the same‚ then there aren’t any choices! I want to wake up and decide things.”(Jonas) “It’s the choosing that’s mordant‚ isn’t it?”(Giver). In the Newbery award winning novel‚ The Giver by Lois Lowry is about a future dystopian. In this society everything is the same and no one sees colors‚ feels pain‚ or make decisions for themselves. The idea of “sameness” is totally unfair. When you don’t get to have any choices‚ feelings‚ or personalities‚ it just takes the human out of humanity. By depriving
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Many readers try to decide whether the community in The Giver is a utopia or a dystopia. After reading The Giver and learning the characteristics of utopias and dystopias I have come to the conclusion that Jonas’s community is a dystopia because of the lack of color‚ the existence of sameness‚ and the very controlling government. First of all‚ Jonas was introduced to color completely in chapter twelve. By taking into account the fact that before he was assigned his job Jonas could not see color
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being transmitted the world’s memories from the Giver‚ the current Receiver of Memory. He soon learns much about the past and realizes that things aren’t perfect in his current world.
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Lois Lowry’s The Giver introduces the reader to the perception of a perfect society based on sameness. The story revolves around young boy named Jonas living in a "perfect" world called The Community where there is no pain‚ war‚ or fear. The weather and every citizens emotions are under control. To everyone living there‚ the community might seem like the perfect place to "live"‚ but they never get to experience what it truly is to live. The creators of Jonas’s community created a society based on
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The Giver Society refers to people who interact in a defined territory and share culture. In Lois Lowry’s The Giver "1993‚" Jonas grows up only knowing the existence of his society. The society in which The Giver takes place is known as sameness. Everything is done the same‚ and nobody knows different. It is considered rude to ask a question that makes another citizen look different. In the book Jonas has lighter eyes compared to everyone else. It would be wrong to bring his eye shade up in conversation
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Victoria‚ British Columbia‚ Canada Dearest Mother and Father‚ I know you are probably very concerned upon learning I have left the community. However‚ I have written to you to explain why I did so. As you both know‚ I have been training along the Giver to become the new Receiver of Memory. Over time‚ I have received many memories‚ and experienced pain like no other‚ you are unable to grasp the concept of some things I have learned‚ but I will try my best to explain them to you so you can understand
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Imagine a world where people could not do certain things. These are all traits of a dystopian empire‚ which Jonas’s community represents. In The Giver the community is under constant surveillance‚ they can not say certain words‚ and everybody is the same. In the book The Giver the community is under constant surveillance. In the middle of the book it states that Jonas did something he was not supposed to do with the apple‚ so the speakers went off instantly. Knowing this‚ Jonas was under constant
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English 93 9MWF May 15th 2013 Sameness does not mean perfectness The Giver‚ by Lois Lowry‚ is told from the perspective of a twelve-year-old boy named Jonas growing up in a Utopian society. Jonas lives in a seemingly perfect community in which there is little pain and little crime. People are polite. Everyone belongs to a supportive family. But this harmony comes at a price. There is also no choice‚ and real emotions are nonexistent. Life is dictated by strict rules. This story is set in a perfect
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“perfect” community though‚ that is not an option. Life is not about the people there‚ it’s about sameness and safeness; and they have no freedom. In The Giver by Lois Lowry‚ Jonas lives in a community just like this where everything is assigned for them‚ and they have no freedom of choice. When Jonas turns 12‚ he gets assigned the job of the Giver‚ who holds all the memories of the past before life went to sameness. Jonas learns pain‚ warfare‚ death‚ and many emotions he never felt before through the memories
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Union and China. Currently many countries including China‚ Laos‚ North Korea‚ Vietnam‚ and Cuba are communist countries. The Giver is a movie released in 2014 directed by Phillip Noyce. The main character‚ a man named Jonas‚ lives in a seemingly idyllic world of conformity and contentment. When he soon discovers the dangerous truths of his community’s secret past. The Giver shows the negative impacts that communism has and it shows this through population control‚ control with rationing‚ and education
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