The Perfect Society In The Giver

“Socrates said the perfect society would be based on a great lie. People would be told that lie from the cradle, and they would believe it, because human beings need to make order out of chaos(-Anne Frasier)”. The Giver perfectly reflects the quote because their lives are based on a huge lie from birth to their death, but the Giver and receiver are exposed to the dark truth. Human beings are incapable of creating a perfect society due to their nature and limitations. This claim can be supported by the fact that perfection is highly relative and humans are imperfect by nature, furthermore, we don’t have control over everything. Rosemary's failure(p.76), the pilot’s close flyby to the ground, Jonas running away and the plan to release Gabriel are all examples of failure even
This shows that even if we had control like that of the society in The Giver, it will never be enough because we will never have control over everything. If we do not have control over everything there will still be a risk because the things that we do have control over potentially could be affected by the things that we do not have control over. Let’s imagine that you have control over the cleanliness of your room and you keep it clean, but you do not have control over your brother. So one day your brother throws all the cloths around and messes up your room. At this point you no longer have control of the cleanliness of your room because your brother can also control the cleanliness of your room. The basis of this is that if we do not have control over everything, there is no possibility(in addition with the other points)to create a perfect society. With the possibility of of such technology or advancement aside, this would still be extremely advanced technology that is at this point far from our reach. Some may argue that society will eventually be perfect, but this claim can be easily