Individuality In The Giver By Lois Lowry

The Giver by Lois Lowry illuminates the theme that individuality is important considering how different people have various beliefs that can advance society. If only a few people control over an entire community, it will remain stagnant with little to no change. The Committee of Elders made decisions and not the people themselves. For example, everyone in the community passively accepted all the rules, never questioning the reasons behind them. Jonas’s father was confronted with the task of releasing the smaller newborn. When doing so, nobody opposed the idea of removing the twin from the community because of his weight, which the infant had no control over. Though many may not have known what “releasing” a baby really meant, they knew enough