Community In The Giver

A utopia is a place of ideal perfection. However, according to the Merriam-Webster, it is also an impractical scheme for social improvement. Though dating back to the earliest days of U.S. history, utopian communities became a part of American thought by the 1840s. Various groups that were struggling because of urbanization and industrialization, challenged the traditional norms of American society with a desire to create a world without capitalism, immigration, and the tension between communities. However, these attempts failed due to individualism, materialism, the lack of growth, and little balance.

Utopia, according to Google, is defined as an imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect. The biggest concept to understand as a person analyzing literature is that a utopia cannot ever exist, there is always going to be flaws and they will often be destructive. In Brave New World, Aldous Huxley uses the utopian society archetype to show that the citizens give up their identity and give into conformity. Through this, Huxley reveals that in any society we assimilate to the social norm of society to be happy, thus compromising our identity for happiness.

Every person has their own personal vision of utopia. My utopia may be filled with libraries and cats, while yours would probably look very different. In Frankenstein, Shelley gives us Victor Frankenstein, a man who envisions a world where he will never feel the pain of losing someone he loves again. He devises a way to cheat

“An imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect,” is the definition you’d read if you searched up the word, “utopia.” Humans strive to achieve perfection- the perfect grade, a perfect family, having a perfect life, being the perfect person- to be flawless. We as humans, typically desire for what we don't have. After all, our world is not perfect at all. We face hardships, anxieties, pain, and much more.

The idea of a ‘Utopia’ is captivating to many people. Utopia is defined as a “perfect society”, where there exist no flaws between relationships, economic standards, political standards, and more. Many stories feature caricatures of utopias, such as Harrison Bergeron.

What comes to mind when you imagine a utopian society? Few people will come up with relatively the same answer. This is because everyone has their own image of what a perfect community would look like. For instance, the novels Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, Divergent by Veronica Roth, and Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel, all had their own takes on a

Out of all the books I’ve read, Jona’s community in “The Giver”, is superior to any other alternate world. Their society is almost antithetical to ours as it has many unique cultures like having no mirrors and locks. Also, the society is almost flawless and safe from harm. For example, hoarding and stealing is strictly prohibited. Despite the many rules it has, I have many questions about their community. “Where do they live?” “What is elsewhere?” I believe those questions are what makes me try to find out more about this book. With all the questions I have about Jona’s world, one question has driven me into an endless debate: is Jona’s society better than ours? It is something to acknowledge, but I believe that Jona’s society is not better

In the movie “The Giver”, a boy named Jonas lives in a society (known as the Community) with his “family unit”. He also has two close friends named Asher and Fiona. The Community evolved from an unknown catastrophe called “the Ruin”. After the Ruin those in power decided to lead the world into “Sameness”, a phenomenon where everything that creates individuality (i.e. memories, feelings, music, colors, etc.) has been eliminated. Weak or small babies, the elderly, and those who break the laws are “released to Elsewhere”. Jonas’s father works in the Nurturing Center and one day he brings home a weak baby named Gabriel. Everyone in the Community is constantly monitored from birth by the Community’s forum of elders, the Community’s government.

A utopia is considered a perfect society where people accept each other for who they are, where everything and everyone is perfect and happy. The perfect utopia can be considered as a perfect world where people get along with each

[Can there be such a thing as a perfect society? In the novel, "The Giver" there are many things they do that are similar and different from our community. For example, in the novel, it says that families can only have two children. We are not limited by any rule to only have two babies. And we can make as many babies as we want.

The book the Giver by Lois Lowery is told in 3rd person limited. The setting takes place in a futuristic society in several communities and in a utopian/ dystopian world. These communities are ruled by the Elders which are like the community. Somehow everything is controlled in the community, for instance, their jobs, and the weather. The people in the world are really strange because they can not see color, does not know any types of music, nor knows about death.

In Lois Lowry’s “The Giver”, readers are shown a community in which the citizens are granted little freedoms and have no memories of the past, one of the defining features of this community. Most readers will immediately acknowledge the negative aspects of the community. The citizens of “The Giver” make very few decisions for themselves. Instead, the Committee of Elders makes the decisions for them, choosing all of their life paths (Lowry, Lois) .Apart from the community revoking the natural rights of the citizens, they also took away their ability to experience emotions.

In the novel "The Giver" there are many differences between our community and Jonas's, on the other hand there aren't many similarities. Jonas's community is very ordered and strict. One of the first major differences is, the citizens do not get to make their own decisions. Another major difference between our community and Jonas's is, their community is all the same. If you do something "different" you will be released, or killed. The final reason is, the citizens of the community do not have feelings. These reasons are stated many times throughout the story.

In conclusion my utopia would be a place were people could live their lives in peace and tranquility. They would not be shamed in any way for appearance. This would be my utopia or perfect society. This society would have a democracy that all citizens can choose who they want to represent them. No one would be hungry or get sick from lack of medicine. The sun would shine and the weather would be cool. Everyone would greet each other with a

The community controls the citizens lives by limiting their privileges and differences. By this I mean being able to go outside after dark, having the Ceremonies, and thinking for themselves. From the moment they're born their lives are all planned out from the clothes they were to the food they eat and their future jobs. The citizens are only allowed differences if helping the community, like their jobs.