Good Things Not Giving Up In The Giver

Yogi Berra once said, “If the word was perfect, it wouldn’t be.” Having a perfect world would be nice in terms of no war or illness, but at the same time, we would great things, such as family, snow, or love. It isn’t worth giving up your choices to live in a perfect world, because of the good things you would give up also. Giving up the bad means also giving up the good, too.
First of all, in The Giver, the community took away freedoms to protects us from disease and loss, but at the same time, took away many great aspects of life. For instance, the government chooses your spouse, job, and two kids. You can’t touch another outside of your family unit, and know very little about real, strong emotions. There is no color or or music, and almost every decision is made for the people by the Chief Elder. The government got rid of things like weather, color, disease, music, real emotions, and hills were eliminated to create sameness, preventing war and apartness. In their attempt, they got rid of things people would cherish. As the book said, “How could someone not fit in? The community was so meticulously ordered, the choices so carefully made,”
There were speakers in every building, and only the Giver was the only one that could turn his off. Cameras were also in each building, so the government could make sure you were doing what you were supposed to. If you make too many mistakes, you would be released. Lois Lowry wrote, “We gained control of many things. But we had to let go of others.” This means that when they went to sameness, giving up weather, disease, hate, hills and mountains, and differences between people, they lost many things people cherish today. The government also got rid of people making decisions, and decided to just constantly monitor them. This was a bad idea because it was completely getting rid of people’s free will. The government was making all of the decisions for