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The Maze Runner: A Dystopian Society
A dystopian society is an illusion of a perfect utopian world. In the book “The Giver” by Lois Lowry is a dystopian society under corporate control. Which means that the government controls many of the citizens' decisions. In this novel the protagonist, Jonas gets chosen to become the record of memory. So he will get all the history of the world. He starts to realize that his community is not what it said to be. He didn't like that fact that he has been lied to for his whole 12 years of living, so he decides to run away. “The Maze Runner” by James Dasher is very similar to this novel. The protagonists Thomas, also realizes he is being fooled. He and many others we're sent to with predators. The government just wants to “test” their survival. …show more content…
The parents might have thought a child was not the best choice at that time, but there's many more reasons. The children have no knowledge from whom they came from this is very similar to the dystopian society. In “The Giver” and “The Maze Runner” are put in the world not being raised by their biological parents. In “The Giver” they do have records of everyone's birth mother, but it's rarely looked at. The characters in “The Maze Runner” don't even remember their last name, so it's uncommon to know who their parents are. This way of life is terrible, they are unacquainted of their culture or family they would've grown up …show more content…
People protest the government quit often. People think it's too commanding or too weak. They don't like the changes the government has made of the citizens. Overall the government in this generation is not well liked. Niether in “The Giver’ or in “The Maze Runner”. The government lies in “The Giver” about the term “released”, they make it sound peacful and not bad, but it's actually them sending people to their death beds. The government chooses your future and restrict you from certain activities. As an example, “ The children all received their bicycles at nine ; they were not allowed to ride bicycles before then. (13)’’ The government is even worse in “The Maze Runner’’ they put them in the maze which changes overnight so it's very difficult to solve. They put teenagers who barely know who they are in a game of life or death. The government says they are helping their citizens in every way they can. The government in every society claims they are protecting its people, but from whom are they protecting them from? The

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