The government in the fictional movie The Giver is viewed as a corrupt nation by the main characters, Jonas and the Giver; however, in the real world, the Gaza Strip is even more of an unethical dystopian society due to government control, food supply, and the loss of lives.
Phillip Noyce used his directorial skills to show the horror it is to live in the Communities of The Giver’s society. It is portrayed to be a heinous society that is under the control of the Chief Elders. The civilians are under the belief that nothing existed beyond the Communities. The government protects its citizens by deleting the memories of every feeling known to man with morning injections. Elders are erasing emotions in the belief that “love is just passion that
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Furthermore, the Elders take pristine care of the Communities to ensure everyone is happy. Each day the civilians are fed the proper nutrients in order for jobs to be done probably and for children to grow accordingly. Repeatedly, there are scenes of Jonas and his family members eating meals at the kitchen table. Gnawing on chicken, chugging down water, knowing that there will be more for them in just a few short hours. The society has no limitations on the foods that need to be produced in order to keep everyone with a full stomach. Overall, the most tragic event to take place in the society is the release, however, none of the people understand what is happening, so it is not seen as a horrid action. Releasing a citizen from the society into elsewhere is killing babies, elderly, or just the unfit to keep the society peaceful. At one point in the movie the Giver states, “ They haven’t eliminated murder. They just call it by a different name” (Noyce, The Giver). Since the government took away old memories and emotions everyone is shielded from figuring out the truth beyond …show more content…
The Gaza Strip was put into a state of distraught by the Israeli imposed blockade against the Palestinian territory. Israel's government has had control over the Gaza Strip ever since its victory back in 1967. Ruth Eglash constructed interviews with both Palestinians and Israelis to ask the simple question, is Gaza still occupied? It came to a conclusion, that there is proof and evidence that Gaza is still under the control of Israel, even if people say otherwise. One of her interviewees, Raji Sourani, stated, “ They are trying to highlight the gravity of the situation [in Gaza], where 65 percent of the people are unemployed, 90 percent live under the poverty line, 85 percent depend on [the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East]”(Eglash, Does Israel…). The truth is that Israel is causing Gaza to crumble and fall by creating the blockade against them. If Gaza was not under the harsh restrictions it is, the economy would not have dropped to these rates. Furthermore, under the rule of Israel the residents of Gaza have gone hungry multiple times. With no clean water supply and scarce food sources there is nothing else to do but wait and hope for a chance that some will appear. Parents fight to provide meals for their children, hoping to last another day. All the suffering that the siege caused has only ended in one way for the Palestinians, that
First, The Giver’s community is a dystopia because there is limited freedom. I know this because in the Document E it says, “Oh,” Jonas was silent for a minute. “Oh, I
This is exactly why everyone has signs saying that Gaza is the real holocaust and other things. Looking at the pictures while researching it looks as though Gaza is bad. The streets of this place are tore up and people look miserable there. So, the words on my picture never again and over again are referring to that the guy on the left never wanted this kind of thing to happen again, but the guy on the left is saying that it is
In The Giver Jonas and the rest of his community live in a very strict and orderly government. The type of government they live in is called a dystopia. A dystopian government is a place where everything is unpleasant but the people living there are under the illusion that everything where they live is perfect. In The Giver nobody was told
The final reason that I think the Giver portrays a dystopian society is their method of release. They may think that they’re sorting out good and bad, but what do they know? If they don’t know anything about love, why should they know about pain, suffering, death, and war? Everyone outside of the releasing room thought their dear friend was going Elsewhere… but the people inside that horrid room witnessed, or committed, the murder of innocents. There were no such things as identical twins; the lighter one would be killed. The people had no perception of death, for all they know that little baby, which just happened to be 3 ounces lighter than his brother, could really be going Elsewhere. Even if they’re traveling there through a garbage chute. Not only children were released though, as Jonas’ mother tells them it can happen to the middle aged too, “‘You know that there’s no third chance. The rules say that if there’s a third transgression, he simply has to be released.’” (pg.9). Some people were so ignorant on the subject that they used the word as a joke, like the speaker when the pilot flew over the town, “NEEDLESS TO SAY, HE WILL BE RELEASED, the voice had said, followed by silence. There was an ironic tone to that final message, as if the Speaker found it amusing…” (pg.2). Who wants to
And they definitely don't kill old people just because they are old. If our government did any other those things many people would get very upset and angry at our government for doing that which is one of the reasons that the people in The Giver don't have feelings so they can do things like that. Another thing that is a big difference is that the government choses jobs for all the citizens based on what the government thinks the chosen citizen likes. I think some people would be very upset about that in our country because one of the main things we are supposed to have is freedom, but in the book, again they don't really have feelings so they don't care as
Have you ever heard of or read the book “The Giver” by Lois Lowry? The book is about a boy named Jonas living in a world of Sameness. In “The Giver”, the government system in Jonas’ Community is totalitarian because their government (called the Committee of Elders) controls every aspect of the civilians’ lives, shapes them from birth to be the same, and even goes so far as to dehumanize them.
The community was so controlled that they didn’t even have the capacity to feel anything in the first place. At the beginning of the novel, the reader can observe the careful subject of releasement that is concealed with an air of mystery; though know one in the community fully understands release, they accept the process with an upright zeal. “For a contributing citizen to be released from the community was a final decision, a terrible punishment, an overwhelming statement of failure. ”(3) In this quotation the reader can see how Jonas is knowledgeable of what releasement symbolizes in his community, even if he was formerly unable to fathom what release actually meant for a community
When you compare the dystopian society in the book The Giver and our modern day society you will come to find out that there are many similarities and differences. The society in The Giver differs greatly from our society today. A difference is that their government is much more controlling than ours. We still have laws but they are not nearly as strict as the dystopian society. The dystopian society in The Giver limits almost everything known from the past except with one person : the Receiver.
Is the community that exists in The Giver, a utopia, a place of perfection, or a dystopia, a place of bad and awful? The community that takes place in The Giver is a dystopia because; they kill humans, rid things from everyday life, and they don’t accept the hard things in life. The Givers’ community is a dystopia because they kill humans. “To his surprise, his father bagan very carefully to direct the needle into the top of the newchild’s forehead,
The Giver is considered as a dystopian society because everyone is under the illusion that there is freedom. An example of this is when the text states, “you're ready for the pills, that's all. That’s the treatment for the stirrings.” They can't even have independent thoughts. Medication is given to prevent
By definition totalitarianism means “ a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state” according to Google. Jonas’ community implements this type of government by the community having everything to do with rules. They practically have to be perfect in order to stay alive. In the novel if they break a rule you get chastised and also if you collect three mistakes you get released. The citizens of the community get virtually no freedom. I believe a life without freedom is not a life worth living. Another thing to take into consideration is the citizens don’t really know anything else besides Jonas and The Giver. If I were in the citizens situation I would not rebel and stay put so I would not be released.
Is the community of the giver a dystopia, or a utopia? In the far future a “perfect” community exists in the middle of nowhere where the people have no memory of the past and no one sees color. A dystopia is a dark, dysfunctional place, while a utopia is a perfect place, which one should we use to describe the community in the book, “The GIver”. We believe that the community has proven to be a dystopia, because they have not saved people from death, they kill anyone who wishes to leave and the residents have no memories of the past. One dark, hidden secret of the community is that they have not been able to erase death, they simply hide it behind a new name, called “release”.
There is no doubt that our world displays a dystopia. Therefore, we have crime, poverty, hunger, and drought. The Giver, by Lois Lowry, shows a different kind of dystopia. Additionally, they do not have hunger, nor crime. They are a society lacking love, feelings, and sadness. Jonas is particularly selected to be the new receiver of memory. As Jonas experiences his training, he notices all the flaws in his society. He starts to realize his quasi, utopian society, turns out to be imperfect. Jonas’s society shows a dystopia because they kill innocent community members, they are forbidden to feel emotions, and the committee of the elders keeps secrets from the society.
Throughout the period of World War II, many Jewish people had fled to Israel seeking a place for sanctuary due to Hitler’s reign of terror, but who knew that one of the most largest movements in the history of Europe would cause one of the biggest renowned issues that still remains today. We can easily conclude that both Palestinian and Israeli people both believe that Israel is a land of sacred, where both religions had made history in this land. Although one of the biggest issues that still remains today is who really deserves the land the most. The Palestinian people currently live in the land of Israel before the Jews had made their movement, but after letting in countless Jewish refugees into their land, the Jewish people had realized
"Why Are Israel and the Palestinians Fighting over Gaza?" BBC News. BBC, 10 Feb. 2015. Web. 3 May 2015. <http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/20436092>.