The Giver Utopia

Is Jonas’s community a perfect place to live in, or is a “nightmare” or a not so perfect place to live in? In The Giver, Jonas’s community is a dystopia due to utopian characteristics, dystopian characteristics, and dystopian exceptions. Firstly, I will be

In The Giver by Lois Lowry, the philosophical ideas represented relate to people and ideas. The Giver takes place in a utopian society with many rules and where the leaders have eliminated basic rights from the people. There are no emotions in the community so everyone is created equal and there is no conflict. Giver is considered the wisest member of the community, such as Socrates was considered the wisest man in all of Greece. Socrates also relates to Jonas in the book and the movie in his need to know the truth. Views of Descartes are represented throughout The Giver how Jonas wants other people to be educated. The leaders in the community represented an anarchy, the community was rebuilt after “The Ruin” and some people created their own safe haven.

Jonas has received memories, he received memories of war, of pain, and emotions that have made him feel differently. All of the information, and knowledge Jonas experienced and went through changed his opinions. “With his new heightened feelings, he was overwhelmed by sadness at the way others had laughed and shouted playing war. But he knew that they could not understand why, without the memories”(167). Throughout the book Jonas starts to develop new emotions that change his opinion on what happiness really is. “By now Jonas had experienced countless bits

The feelings Jonas has developed throughout the story has changed Jonas as a person, as a result Jonas develops feelings. One example of Jonas being feelingless is on page 131 in the small book, “... he couldn’t go back to the world of no feelings that he had lived in so long.” This quote show Jonas regrenting living in a world with no feelings and to remember a world with no feeling he has had to livid in a world with no feelings. This quote show Jonas living without feelings. A quote too show Jonas with feelings is on page 151 in the small book, “Jonas felt a ripping sensation inside himself, the feeling of terrible pain clawing its way forward too emerge in a cry.” I chose this quote because this quote show Jonas feeling pain.

“The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It's the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared.” This quote shows that although it hurts to know that the outside world is very different compared to Jonas’ community, Jonas is the only one receiving and keeping these memories. Therefore, he is the only one who knows about the distorted society in which he lives in.

Jonas’s community is a dystopia because the citizens have no choices. For instance, in The Giver it states that seven year old girls have to wear hair ribbons in their hair. Because of this they are not allowed to go anywhere without the hair ribbons in their hair. Another example is that the children need to do all of their voluntary hours. In the text it states that they have to do the voluntary hours in order to receive the ceremony of Twelves. Meaning that if they didn’t do enough hours of voluntary work then they could not

Another quote show Jonas feeling that say,” Jonas didn’t want the honor, he didn’t want the pain. He wanted his childhood back”(121). I believe that this quote shows the reader that Jonas never wanted to be the Receiver of Memory. Jonas never wanted to experience the moments and

Sometimes in life, you need to have some boundaries to separate you from the dangers of the rest of the world. In the book, The Giver, by Lois Lowry, Jonas’ society has very strict rules. These rules restrict them from being able to make bad choices. There is also a lack of memories, which means the people in Jonas’ community have a limited memory for specific reasons; to prevent pain, to eliminate suffering, and to avert people from making bad decisions and choices. Jonas’ community is a utopian society because there are very strict rules that everyone must follow, there is sameness, and lastly because of the lack of memories.

According to the novel, people in Jonas’s community do not have a whole lot knowledge about stuff like color,feelings,and weather. If the citizens do not know about weather how are they suppose to know when to wear their boots,and beanies? Also if people do not know about feelings they are not gonna know how they feel about somebody or something.

Unlike us where we have the privilege of choosing even though most of the time we choose wrong. “‘What if they were allowed to choose their own mate? And choose wrong’ (98).” This is Jonas after he learned about choices and how bad they could be. I think that he is totally right because in our world people have had multiple wife’s or husbands. They can never choose the wrong job and be jobless for the rest of their lives or choose the wrong husband or wife. If they had kids and they got a divorce the kids are sad for the rest of their lives having to go to a different parents house each week. If someone loses their job and can’t afford a house they could be homeless with kids living on the side of the street with no food or shelter.

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

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.

difficulties of the past. Well in The Giver by Lois Lowry it has this.When Jonas

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