Why Is The Giver Still Relevant Today

In the book The Giver everything is the same, everyone has two assigned kids, everyone has to wear colorless cloths, and they don’t celebrate birthdays and Christmas. All of it is from their most important law “sameness”. But in a modern day society we don’t have sameness and we have choices in our life.

In a post-apocalyptic setting a group of people strive to create a new utopia out of the ashes of the old. Dystopian societies sprout from the attempt at sustaining control over society and highly restrictive laws are set in place. Multiple fear tactics such as intense surveillance, mental reconditioning, an irrational fear of the outside world, these cruel punishments are used to strip the people of their ability to possess their own individual thought and personality. In place of their individuality the citizens are conditioned to follow specific moral and personal standards, enforcing the aspect of uniformity associated with dystopian societies. The citizens accept their way of life due to the fact that they don’t know how to live in any other way because the controlling party manipulates history to erase past events of rebellion or examples of a better way of life.

His parents did, and Lily did, and so did all of his group members and friends. But there were a few exceptions: Jonas himself, and a female Five who he had noticed had the different, lighter eyes," (pg. 20 - Lois Lowry). Only those with light eyes would become the next Receiver of Memory, which is why it was such an important detail. In the Giver movie, it was changed into a birthmark. That birthmark was shaped like a triangle and in the movie, all Receivers of Memory had them.

Could you imagine your world in which everything was predetermined for you, and you didn’t have a choice? This is the reality in The Giver by Lois Lowry, the main character Jonas faces these problems and many others as he completes his adventure. Although some may think this to be devastating, this is normal in his society. In the dystopian society conveyed in the novel The Giver by Lois Lowry, there are many similarities and differences to our modern day societies.

By giving the members of this society no freedom, there is no room for conflict or violence. Also, this type of civilization would most likely stay completely organized, because all members are assigned a job that benefits the community. The individuals living in this dystopia are only living to serve the State, and there is no other purpose in life. The men and women living here are brainwashed and have not yet realized that there is so much more to life. It seems as if everyone relives the same day over and over again, completely unaware that they are being restricted from amazing life opportunities.

Even though the community tries so hard for sameness, nothing will ever be perfect. Our main character, Jonas, gets assigned to be “The receiver of memory” at the Ceremony of 12. This assignment allows Jonas to gain access to all the things he was prohibited from. The things Jonas got access to were books, memories of pain, happiness, war and color. The reason Jonas has the ability to see beyond is due to his intelligence and courage.

Do you think our modern day society is challenging? If you read the novel “The Giver” you might rethink your answer to that question. Jonas had many questions about “The Giver” society once he was assigned to be the receiver. They thought their world was perfect, like a utopia, but compared to modern day society, they were being controlled. There are many differences, and little similarities between “The Giver,” society and our modern day society, these include, being “released”, age requirements, and job assignments.

Have you ever read The Giver?Well I am going to tell you about the Giver and how interesting the story is. The novel was written by (Lois Lowry).The Giver is very interesting because their society is a dystopian. In their society the government wanted to keep their population balanced. To keep their society balanced they released the handicap and some young children.

     Jonas is helping his family take care of a problem newborn. His name is Gabriel, he had problems sleeping at the Nurturing Center. Jonas helps Gabriel sleep by transmitting memories to Gabriel. They become really close. Jonas finds out that Gabriel is in danger of being released. He talks to The Giver and finds out that release means the same thing as death. Jonas gets really mad knowing that his father killed the babies. That was his father’s job. Jonas wants to create a plan to change the community forever.

When the novel begins, Jonas is as unconcerned as anyone else about how he is living. He has grown up with loudspeakers, rules, precise language, and a family that is not connected biologically. He has accepted this way of life, because he doesn't know any other type of existence. At the December Ceremony, Jonas is selected to become the new Receiver of Memory,

The story is about a boy named Jonas. Jonas lives in a community where everything is perfect, everything is the same and no one is allowed to brake the rules imposed by the Elders. The Elders are in charge of creating all the rules and basically ruled everyone’s lives.

What if the government controls everybody’s thoughts? What if the possessions that citizens value the most are really just methods of control? In Aldous Huxley’s A Brave New World, The World State, the totalitarian government, uses many methods to control the population and strip all individuality. In this futuristic society there are no longer families or natural births, instead people are born from test tubes and raised without parents. To make the system run more smoothly all people are put into castes, with Alphas being the top caste and Epsilons being the bottom caste. Even though there are these caste separations, nobody wants to be in a different caste than they are already in. Each caste is

The world is based on rules, laws and regulations. If people were free to do as the please the world would be in mass chaos. Many of my peers have wanted a rule free society to do as they please I was surprised on what they most likely wanted. Society was built on rules for a reason humans are imperfect we make mistakes but also some make bigger mistakes like under aged drinking younger people would be crashing cars. There would be no fire departments, police departments, or hospitals. We had just finished The Giver were people live in a so called utopia. This utopia was a mask of the reality of life and was full of lies and unsureness. I will prove to you that rules are in import to the world and everyone in it.

Jonas goes through a lot while receiving the memories from The Giver. He first gets happy memories such as the sled, but then The Giver has to give him painful memories. He first receives the memory of physical pain from sunburn (Lowry 86). The pain is minimal compared to the memory of a broken leg (Lowry 109) and an injured arm during a war. During the war memory, he sees death (Lowry 119, 121). He experiences grief when he receives the memory the shot elephant (Lowry 100). Most haunting of all are the memories of the release of old and the part his father plays in the release of new born (Lowry 150). These trials at first horrify Jonas but he learns to deal with the

Jonas wasn’t the first person who was supposed to be the receiver of memory. The Giver informed Jonas that he would keep all memories of the whole world. But memories will be not only pleasant but also painful. The previous receiver in training was the Giver’s daughter - Rosemary. She did not want to keep all painful memories so she chose release. So Jonas had to be strong. And as a new assigned receiver, Jonas, was allowed to lie, to ask questions and even to be rude. But he was not allowed to share any memories or any new information with anybody, to apply for release and or take medication during his training. He was thankful for the honor which was given to him. He was a little confused but proud at the same time. The Giver started transmitting the memories by touching Jonas’s back. The first memory was snow and sled on the hill. Then was memory about sunshine and sunburn that gave a little pain to Jonas. And The Giver explains that because of the Sameness and Climate control they got rid of all these things. Then came more painful memories such as broken leg, starvation and neglect. The most painful memory was the terrible memory of war. Jonas helped The Giver to ease his suffering by taking it. He was shocked. Then he received joyful memories about families, grandparents, love, Christmas celebration and spending time together. Jonas understood that absent of love was not right. He did not