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The Giver Dystopian

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In our English class we read “The Giver”. Usually novels that are obligatory at school tend to be boring or too technical, but honestly this novel was different. I loved it. From the first chapter I wanted to continue till the end. I was mesmerized by the core topic and once we analyzed it, that’s when I decided I would choose this as my written task topic.

What is a utopia actually? A utopia by definition means a perfect world with no flaws where everyone lives a perfect life. In the book “The Giver” people discuss whether it’s a utopian setting or a dystopian setting. A dystopia is the exact opposite of utopia. A world that is imperfect with flaws. Basically, the world we live in. We live with war and pain and with a political system full of flaws. Whereas a utopian world is an imaginary world, best described as paradise.

I chose to write my own utopia, a small short story …show more content…

Well because my people have to experience everything; the heat of the sun, the freezing cold of the snow, and sunny days in the fall. There are certain rules in my world. Families here can only have two children to avoid mass population and anything that contributes to global warming does not exist. We have a good education system where pupils are divided in groups to learn only what they want. They start school at the age of ten and have two years to learn all subjects. They then decide what they want to study to perfect it. I have tried to simplify life for my people and don’t want them to suffer. Everyone gets a job and no one is homeless. People get paid the same and live like one. I don’t differ between men and women. I don’t have rich or poor. They are all equal. As for the political system we follow democracy as you would call it but our motto here is live life to the fullest. We have acres of lands and everyone is taught the art of farming so as to avoid hunger. Our food is all freshly grown, so people avoid eating unhealthy

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