The Imposture Of Freedom In Louis Lowery's The Giver, By Lois Lowery

From terror attacks to poverty and hunger, many problems exist in the modern world. In order to get a hold of the situation of a country, numbers of government has begun to choose to surveillance its own citizens. China is a good example. The country is using many methods to restrict its people’s freedom, including such things as internet restriction and birth control. If the situation gets stricter, China would eventually develop into a country that is very alike to the community Jonas lives in. In the book The Giver published by Lois Lowery, the community has gone to a stage called “Sameness” (111). In other words, Louis Lowery created a brutal world of total control that takes away individual freedom, strong emotions, and most importantly, the truth. The divesture of freedom has come to a brutal stage where the citizens of the society have lost the will against their own lives. The government’s control is so
The career and family structure is decided by the government, which does not give the citizens the opportunity to make decisions about their own life. Strong emotions are forbidden and taken away, which makes it difficult to express ones true feelings. The truth is taken away and hidden from the people, not allowing the people to know about specific things and gaining antigovernment thoughts. In the end, Jonas leaves his community as a price for changing the system of the community, causing the other civilians to reclaim the pain and horror, a situation the government did not want to face. It once again explains to the reader that it is very important to stand up and fight for your belief. Not only does it do so, it also warns us that excessive managements only cause harm to the society itself. The true way in taking care of the society is to allowing people to accept the difference and to enjoy its own life as a human