Important Birthdays In The Giver, By Louis Lowry
Sometimes it can be easy to take the freedom we have today for granted. The freedom to retain your individuality, feel emotions, question wrong-doings, and even see color... these are all personal freedoms we have. Could you imagine a world without it? In Louis Lowry's novel The
Giver, society is set up to ignore and reject individuality. Each person is assigned a job and purpose, and they are taught not to question anything. In short, it's the polar opposite of our world that encourages individuals to be unique, and there are many differences between our and their world.
Features of our society are of course familiar to us all. Birthdays are celebrated on the anniversary of a person's birth. Important birthdays include your 13th birthday, …show more content…
In terms of government, citizens elect their leaders and are governed by three branches of the government, and by federal, state, and local laws that are not too restricting. Information is abundant and technology is free for anyone to use, and virtually everyone has access to everything through libraries and the internet. Virtually all citizens have access to cars or public transportation, and we can travel freely.
On the other hand, everything is radically different in the Community of The Giver. Birthdays
1 through 12 are celebrated over two days in December, and every birthday is important up until age 12, when age simply doesn't matter anymore. Families are chosen or matched by the community's government. They match parents because they have compatible characteristics, and the children they are given are never their own biological children. Their government constantly monitors individual behavior, which they use to assign jobs for others. Citizens are expected to follow a strict set of laws, which if broken leads to "release", when you're injected with a life-ending serum. Citizens do not have the freedom to elect their leaders; they're always ruled by a Committee of Elders. Technology and information is sparse, with only the Receiver
Giver, society is set up to ignore and reject individuality. Each person is assigned a job and purpose, and they are taught not to question anything. In short, it's the polar opposite of our world that encourages individuals to be unique, and there are many differences between our and their world.
Features of our society are of course familiar to us all. Birthdays are celebrated on the anniversary of a person's birth. Important birthdays include your 13th birthday, …show more content…
In terms of government, citizens elect their leaders and are governed by three branches of the government, and by federal, state, and local laws that are not too restricting. Information is abundant and technology is free for anyone to use, and virtually everyone has access to everything through libraries and the internet. Virtually all citizens have access to cars or public transportation, and we can travel freely.
On the other hand, everything is radically different in the Community of The Giver. Birthdays
1 through 12 are celebrated over two days in December, and every birthday is important up until age 12, when age simply doesn't matter anymore. Families are chosen or matched by the community's government. They match parents because they have compatible characteristics, and the children they are given are never their own biological children. Their government constantly monitors individual behavior, which they use to assign jobs for others. Citizens are expected to follow a strict set of laws, which if broken leads to "release", when you're injected with a life-ending serum. Citizens do not have the freedom to elect their leaders; they're always ruled by a Committee of Elders. Technology and information is sparse, with only the Receiver