The Giver: Living In A Utopian Society

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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.

I would not want to live in this society because they want everyone to be the same and not make mistakes.Jonas stated,”We don’t dare to let people make choices of their own.” (Lowry 93)This is one of the reasons I don’t want to live in The Giver’s society because I like to make my own choices. They also stated,” “They chose their own jobs? “ “Frightening isn’t it?” The Giver said.” ( Lowry 93)

Imagine waking up one day, and all your choices are stripped away from you. You can no longer choice blue or red, up or down, one or two. Everything has been picked out for you whether you like it or not. The community in the Giver is a utopian society. All members have a clear-cut set of rules they must follow. The rules were made to get rid of pain and fix society’s problems. On the occasion of when the truth is revealed Jonas, a unique boy, questions society, and its motives. Personal choice is one of the most important things, even in the event that it may cause pain or suffering. Individuals within the community should have a right to pick their spouse, have their own children, and pick their careers.

If you push aside the differences, our two societies are similar in some ways. Both of our societies dislike differences. We also have families, even if they don’t love each other in Jonas’s society. We both have jobs, families, rules, and spouses.

Lois Lowry in the fictional novel, The Giver, affirms a theme that individuals are intended to strengthen their own attributes through memories and emotions. Lowry reinforces her claim by demonstrating the aspects that make the reader have an insightful depth of how individually in a utopian society is nonexistent. In the beginning, the protagonist was oblivious to his surroundings, but after being given memories, he became vigilant to the disadvantages of living in a secure civilization. Citizens were taught to comply rules set by the community including the protagonist, Jonas, at an early age but despite growing up with the influence of obedience, Jonas was first introduced to differences when he developed the ability to see beyond, the ability to perceive things that everyone else cannot, early in the novel when he saw an apple "changed", it was an experience that puzzled him as he never seen color before. Later, in the novel, his perceptions on daily life changes as he further gets a better viewpoint of the word color.

A utopia is an imagined community or society that possesses highly desirable or nearly perfect qualities. The Giver by Lois Lowry represents a utopian society because there is sameness where everything is nearly perfect and everyone is alike. This community is controlled by one power and this person assigns everything to the people in the community. Jonas, the main character, however begins learning the truth about the society he is living in. Although many may think that Jonas’ community is very strict and inferior to ours, I believe that his community is superior because of the job assignments, their currency, and the spouses assignment.

Jonas’ community appears to be a utopia, but, in reality, it is a dystopia. The people seem perfectly content to live in an isolated wreck—in a government run by a select few—in which a group of Elders enforces the rules. In Jonas’ community, there is no poverty, starvation, unemployment, lack of housing, or discrimination; everything is perfectly planned to eliminate any problems. However, as the book progresses and Jonas gains insight into what the people have willingly given up—their freedoms and individualities—for the so-called common good of the community, it becomes more and more obvious that the community is a horrible place in which to live. You as a reader can relate to the disbelief and horror that Jonas feels when he realizes

Living in a utopian society would make the world peaceful and would have a positive impact on the people. Coming from a society where you hear both the good and the bad constantly, only hearing what is good in the world would be better for everyone because the negativity in the world would be stopped. For example, war within countries would be stopped due to living in a world more suitable for people. Living in this world would have a healthier impact on many people as well, just because no one would have to stress over a single thing. This would cause people to be more relaxed every day, and no one would wake up

A utopian society,a perfect society. It may seem the place everyone wants to be in,but is is not. This is too good to be true and here is why. I would not want to live in the society from The Giver. As a matter of fact no one gets to make choices for themselves.

Is it better to live in a society where we get to chooses our own job and we can have our needs and wants in life or get to choose your own partner, living in a Democratic society with freedom is better than living in a Utopian society.Living in a Democratic society is amazing because you get hundreds of options all day it makes it to where its your own choices to do something not someone else.

Do you think that you would live in a “perfect” society with no color and sameness? I know I wouldn't because I want color and choices. This is exactly what the theme is just cause it looks perfect doesn't mean it is.

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

Do you live in a problem free society? There are many ways to create a problem free society such as, more laws or better guidance from the people around you. In The Giver they created a problem free society with no pain by decided long ago to take away color, personal freedoms, and love, but that cost them to lose what it means to be human. In Divergent they created a problem free society by separating everyone into factions so they were with people that were like themselves but on the down side they had to leave their family and would never see them again that's why they say “Faction before blood.”

Imagine growing up to become the greatest rocket scientist in the entire country, but then figure out that you make the exact same amount of money as a teacher. That is a prime example of communism. Communism is an economic and social system brought about by a nineteenth century scholar from Germany named Karl Marx. Communism is also a dystopian society where the government owns everything and everybody is equal. Throughout history Russia, Azerbaijan, and Laos were big communist countries, and today a few countries such as: North Korea, China, and Cuba are still at large. According to the West, communism is negative because no matter how hard you work or what job you have you still get the exact same pay and the people in control make every decision for you no matter if you like it or not. The Giver, a movie directed in 2014 by Phillip Noyce, is a negative western view of communism because of a few certain reasons: everything and everyone is equal, except for the ruler, the people are puppets in the government's eyes, and all disobedience is met harshly.