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Dystopian Society Vs. 'The GIVER' By Lois Lowry
How are two dystopian society different from each other? Our society vs the book “THE GIVER “by Lois Lowry. The two societies have good and bad thing, like birth control and racial differences and no weather.

In the book the “THE GIVER” there are not racial differences like in modern –day America. To begin with Jonas and his friends cannot see color, so that is why they do not have racial differences. It is good that way everyone is treated with the same amount of respect as everyone else. This is good for the fact that everyone is the same as everyone else. Racial differences in America are common, in the event that we can see.

Birth control is a major part of society. Additionally, birthdays were in December in the book “THE GIVER”,

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