Examples Of Utopia In The Giver
Hook:
The term “utopia” was first appeared in the book “Utopia” by Sir Thomas More, in 1516. From Marx’s communism to The Seahaven in the Truman Show people in various times and cultures tried to create the perfect society— the utopia, however, they all ended in failure. Through the history of the predecessors, people wonder, is utopia achievable? If yes, what things do the people need to sacrifice in order to achieve the perfection?
Transition:
One of the examples of failed utopia is the society in The Giver. The society is perfect looking—people have monotonous and carefree lives, there’s never any trouble or conflict in the society. However, the society turned vapider for Jonas(a resident in the society) as he received more memory from …show more content…
For example, in the record of the private ceremonies of release(release—all ordinary people in the society think it means expel) Jonas saw his father “direct the needle into the top if the new child’s forehead” (149). Jonas watched the baby died sonly after the injection. In addition, a pilot-in-training was released from the society because he “had misread his navigational instruction and made a wrong turn” (2). “Jonas had smiled a little” when he heard the announcement of releasing the pilot from the speaker, “though he knows what a grim statement it had been” (2).
Reasoning #2:
This shows that anything can be accepted when it became a daily basic or common sense. For example, Jonas’s father think doesn’t felt guilty when he’s killing the new child he thinks he’s doing the right thing— he was instructed by the “perfect” and authoritative committee (like the government in our society) to do so. Similarly, “people who made serious mistake will be released” is a common sense in Jonas’s society, however, people (like Jonas at that time) will easily assume the pilot deserve a release, but because that’s the decision made by the committee, not because the pilot really made a serious
The term “utopia” was first appeared in the book “Utopia” by Sir Thomas More, in 1516. From Marx’s communism to The Seahaven in the Truman Show people in various times and cultures tried to create the perfect society— the utopia, however, they all ended in failure. Through the history of the predecessors, people wonder, is utopia achievable? If yes, what things do the people need to sacrifice in order to achieve the perfection?
Transition:
One of the examples of failed utopia is the society in The Giver. The society is perfect looking—people have monotonous and carefree lives, there’s never any trouble or conflict in the society. However, the society turned vapider for Jonas(a resident in the society) as he received more memory from …show more content…
For example, in the record of the private ceremonies of release(release—all ordinary people in the society think it means expel) Jonas saw his father “direct the needle into the top if the new child’s forehead” (149). Jonas watched the baby died sonly after the injection. In addition, a pilot-in-training was released from the society because he “had misread his navigational instruction and made a wrong turn” (2). “Jonas had smiled a little” when he heard the announcement of releasing the pilot from the speaker, “though he knows what a grim statement it had been” (2).
Reasoning #2:
This shows that anything can be accepted when it became a daily basic or common sense. For example, Jonas’s father think doesn’t felt guilty when he’s killing the new child he thinks he’s doing the right thing— he was instructed by the “perfect” and authoritative committee (like the government in our society) to do so. Similarly, “people who made serious mistake will be released” is a common sense in Jonas’s society, however, people (like Jonas at that time) will easily assume the pilot deserve a release, but because that’s the decision made by the committee, not because the pilot really made a serious