Society Depicted In The Novel 'The Giver'

What would life be like living in a community that only sees black and white? Why couldn’t the community make its own choices? Why have memories been taken away? Could there be another dimension out of the world that relates to the society in the novel, The Giver?

“Needless to say, He will be released the voice has said, followed by silence- The Giver. This choice is important because it explains the idea that somebody will be released. The community believes that “release” means someone being sentenced to elsewhere. They do not know the true meaning of release. When somebody from the society is released it is because they are not following the rules. The true meaning of release is being sentenced to death by lethal injection. Even if anybody were to think differently of the world and share of how the society could change, they could be released for believing that there is someplace better or the society could have higher qualities.
It was written very clearly in the rules.” - The Giver. This quote is the most crucial because it describes that the people in the community of the book couldn’t decide their own family and marriages are assigned to them by the Chief Elder.The genders are also chosen for the families, one male and one female. Their society couldn’t have the same genders even if they wanted to. It isn’t fair because it isn’t their decision. Everyone’s desire is to decide if they want to become married and who they want to be married to, also having children of their own. In our society we are allowed to decide who we want to be married to, or have a family. The author of this novel, Lois Lowry, wonders how our community would be without having free