Individuality In The Giver

In the book Giver by luis Lois Lowry has the theme of importance of the individuality. Jonas’s community is planned elaborately, and supposed to be perfect with none of dangerous accidents or risks. Life in that community should be perfect according to the Committee of Elders.There is no freedom of choice in the community or creativity. Everyone has to live how the community has designed for him or her. Emotions, feelings, personalities, and uniqueness of an individuality are forbidden, everyone should be the same and ‘perfect’. This book shows the value of the individuality, and how it effects to the individual's, family unit, and the society as a whole.
What does ‘perfect society’ mean in Jonas’s community? Jonas’s community banned individuality
from people to make a perfect society. “How could someone not fit in? The community was so meticulously ordered, the choices so carefully made.”(48) It indicates that people in Jonas’s community should be aligned to the community. “Every single thing is planned for the citizens. We really have to protect people from wrong choices.”(99). Including Jonas, everyone thought that this was the right way and they didn’t even think about overthrowing their Committee of Elders or stand up for themselves.People in Jonas's community did not even bother to try ‘change’ the society because they were told like it.