Utopian's The Giver: The Community

Another reason I believe in personal freedom and choice is I believe in the family unit and all that family means, unlike in “The Giver” where family is not truly a family. Jonas desires love, but his family does not understand love. In my family my parents show me love everyday in every action that they make. My mom and dad always listen about my day and give advice if I ask for it. They always say,”I love you.” In “The Giver”, they banned those words.

It may sound weird but in Document B it says, . “But then everyone would be burdened and pained. They don’t want that. And that’s the real reason The Receiver is so vital to them, and so honored. They selected me — and you — to lift that burden from themselves.” Which means that the people of the community all think that The Receiver does something else, than what he actually does. They don’t realize that The Receiver is the one that lifts that burden of being in pain and having the memories. Another piece of evidence is that in Document D it says, “He killed it! My father killed it! Jonas said to himself, stunned at what he was realizing. He continued to stare at the screen numbly.” Which means that Jonas didn’t know what release meant until he actually saw it, so if Jonas didn’t know, then the rest of the people on the community wouldn’t know either. The only people who would know what really actually means were the people who “released” people, and people who saw it happen. Other than them nobody else knows. As a result, the Giver’s community is a dystopia because people in the community are oblivious to what is happening around

If you are given a choice to save a loved one would you? Jonas did. Because Jonas knows what release is so he is able to save Gabe from it. Jonas’ father doesn’t know what release means so he can’t make an informed choice. “We really have to protect people from wrong choices” (pg 99). Jonas is protecting his father. People need knowledge to make informed choices. People may not always make the right choice but they can try to fix their mistakes and they can realize that what they did is wrong and not be ignorant. “He had made the wrong one: the choice to leave. And now he was starving”(pg172). Jonas knew that if he didn’t save Gabe he would die so he only cared about Gabe. Jonas made the decision to leave and now he is facing the consequences. Lowry shows that every decision has an outcome.

Through our society we are all raised up to be independent and unique individuals such as being ourselves and expressing who each of us are to the world. However, in the book The Giver by Lois Lowry, everyone is raised to count on one another and everyone must look and act the same. Our society differs from Jonas’s in many ways, such as the family units, birthdays, and the way we each learn about our past.

When some of the babies are not perfect they would take their lives if they are not developing fast enough. Jonas finally found that out when he was watching his dad in his memories of him not knowing that he was killing a baby. The people never knew what they were actually doing, they thought they were just releasing the babies somewhere else and helping them. Since they lived in a universe where there is no such thing as pain, sadness, or death. For example if a woman had a set of twins, one of the would only be aloud to survive. Jonas finally had a feeling about death, something horrible and deceiving at all times.

Jonas was very brave and took risked to make sure everyone had a choice. When Jonas agreed to release the memories he showed that he was scared, “I’ll do it. I think I can do it. I’ll try, anyway. But I want you to come with me.” Other characters followed the rules and did not do anything that they chose to do. For example, Jonas’s dad always did what he was told even if it did not help him or his family. Jonas’s father was the nurturer that released people in the community. When Jonas first found out what being released meant and watched his father release a baby he thought “he killed it. My father killed it.” That is how The Giver is shown in

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)

According to The Giver, “It does matter doesn't it? We don't dare let people make choices of their own”(Lowry,98). Jonas’s community doesnt let citizens make choices in fear that they will make the wrong choice. Instead, the government makes choices for them. Jonas realizes that this is dysfunctional for the community and realizes that he wants to make choices for himself and not feel controlled.

“Were any elevens disappointed, your year?’ Jonas asked.” This points out that some people may hate their assigned jobs. They might be disappointed and be sulking the rest of their lives. You might have to train for years and end up doing something you don’t find appealing. “He killed it! My Father killed it! Jonas said to himself.” Due to his job Jonas’s father had to kill an innocent baby. In spite of the fact that he didn’t know you can see what certain jobs make you do and you have no knowledge about it. Giving up your rights to decrease pain is brave, but not smart. Everyone should have a choice, laborer or

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

How would it feel if this world didn’t let people have choices, didn’t let people share, or if they didn’t let people celebrate birthdays, holidays, or just celebrate anything? Well that’s what it was like for Jonas in The Giver. Jonas lives in the future in a community where The Giver is the only one who knows everything, but soon all that changed for Jonas. He became the the community 's new Receiver of Memory, and soon Jonas learns the terrible secrets of this “utopian” community. Later on as he learns some more about the community’s secrets he makes a plan to leave the community, and to take Gabe with him so he wouldn’t get released.(which means they die, but the community doesn’t understand that) In this book choices, sharing, and celebrations would have made The Giver community more positive.

The giver is a fictional novel authorised by Louis Lowry dedicated to informing readers about the devastating impact of extreme conformity on a community. As we progress throughout the book we start to realise and learn all these new things about the giver's community, such as creating and trying to maintain a perfect community, that comes beyond our abilities, while the givers society is having a huge impact on the individuality and individual choices on the members of the community. We learn that the inhabitants of the society had a hard time handling all the different memories, in a sudden event. All hints and evidence to these statements above are hidden and presented throughout the book.

Individuality is one of the key components of reaching the utopian standard. However, in The Giver, the community rejects the idea of individuality and instead focuses on developing Sameness, therefore initiating a form of control by allowing them to not express their own personality to shine, and alternately forcing them to contort into these soft putty-shaped beings with zero individuality at all. Conversations between Jonas and The Giver that occur throughout the novel informs the audience that the community lacks a sense of uniqueness and results in an absence of options to choose from.

In The Giver when Jonas starts receiving memories, the memories of pain open him up to the ideas of love and compassion as much as the memories of pleasure do. Lowry shows the importance of pain when Jonas is affected by both good and bad memories, these memories inspire him to make a journey out of the community and change the way of life. This is a significant epiphany for Jonas, he was so fulfilled from the memories that he received, he wanted to give those feelings to everyone else. The importance of sadness to make you happy is also represented using a technique called induction, throughout the novel, Jonas has some reasoning to believe that something is wrong with the society, but when he realises the effect of the memories, he reaches his conclusion. His previous memories of happiness appear to become more happy and his memories of pain now appear to be minuscule. Lowry has accurately implied the importance of experiencing hardship in order to be emotionally satisfied using epiphany, contrast, plot change, induction and a variety of other

The Giver shows us that love is an essential part to this world. The Giver shows Jonas the memory of pain and suffering and reacted in a way that made him upset, expressing love to Jonas as well as regret. Jonas was “no longer enjoying the freedom but instead, terrified…”(137). The Giver knows what Jonas is experiencing and regrets it although it is what he is told to do. The Giver took a liking to Jonas but couldn’t bare to watch him in pain. Jonas sacrificed his own comfort so the Giver could be relieved of these memories for himself. These same memories were given to the Giver because it was his job. The Giver of each generation feels love toward the new Receiver because the Giver knows what pain is like. Love is essential in this moment, especially for Jonas, because he needs a person to help him to start a new, more utopian society. People show love by sacrificing themselves for