Examples Of Community In The Giver

Imagine a world where people could not do certain things. These are all traits of a dystopian empire, which Jonas’s community represents. In The Giver the community is under constant surveillance, they can not say certain words, and everybody is the same. In the book The Giver the community is under constant surveillance. In the middle of the book it states that Jonas did something he was not supposed to do with the apple, so the speakers went off instantly. Knowing this, Jonas was under constant surveillance that day. In addition, the community in the book is very strict about “precision of words”. As stated in the text Jonas once said he was starving, so the teacher gave Jonas a swat across the hands. The book also states Asher got swatted
so many times the teacher started swatting him across the calfs. Knowing this, the community gives a person a painful penalty for “precision of words”. Finally, Jonas’s community has the idea of sameness. In The Giver it states the giver told jonas that the community chose to have the idea of sameness so they can focus on perfection. Knowing this, the only reason the community chose sameness is to be perfect, but as long as they are a dystopia the community will never reach perfection. In conclusion, the community has constant surveillance everywhere, is picky about language, and has the idea of sameness. These are traits of a dystopia because these traits give a person of the community absolutely no freedom. These traits make the community in The Giver a dystopia.