Examples Of Dystopia In The Giver

Many readers try to decide whether the community in The Giver is a utopia or a dystopia. After reading The Giver and learning the characteristics of utopias and dystopias I have come to the conclusion that Jonas’s community is a dystopia because of the lack of color, the existence of sameness, and the very controlling government. First of all, Jonas was introduced to color completely in chapter twelve. By taking into account the fact that before he was assigned his job Jonas could not see color. An example of Jonas seeing color is in the twelfth chapter when the Giver gave Jonas a “test”. Jonas was told to look at a bookshelf full of books; when Jonas looks at the books he breaks the barrier of “Sameness” and he sees red. In addition, in