The Perfect Society In The Giver

Imagine a perfect society where there is no lying, and no war. Pretty awesome society right? One thing, they don’t have emotions, color or fun. Think would you like to live in this society and why or why not? Jonas lives in a society that isn’t very interesting. They have almost the same things as we do and plenty of differences. For instance in their society they have a discipline to hit the children and elderly for doing something wrong and in our society we can hit our children if we want with a belt or some kind of object. Would you like to just be seeing black and white and no color, well this is all they see in their society but here in our society we have color. You have to take pill to keep your emotions in control while here we
have free thoughts.

One thing we have in common is they have a discipline wand to hit their children or for the elderly people when they do something wrong.
On page 38 in paragraph 1&2 it states that, “ You forgot your pill, Asher” Asher had groaned good-naturedly, turned his bike, and ridden back while Jonas waited. ...Asher took a pill each morning; Jonas did not. ...Now he swallowed the small pill that his mother handed him. ….But you mustn’t forget. I’ll remind you for the first weeks, but then you must do it on your own. If you forget, the Stirrings will come back. The dreams of Stirrings will come back. In our society we get in trouble whether it’s getting hit with a belt or just getting something taken away. This proves that they hit their children and elderly people for a good
reason.

One thing that is different is they can only see in black and white and we can see in color which is good.
On page 24 in paragraph 2 it states, “But suddenly Jonas had noticed, following the path of the apple through the air with his eyes, that the piece of fruit had-well, this was the part that he couldn’t adequately understand-the apple had changed. Just for an instant. It had changed in mid-air, he remembered. ….He had tossed it back and forth between his hands a few times, then thrown it again to Asher. And again-in the air, for an instant only-it had changed.” And on page 90 paragraph 9 it states, “Jonas stood for a moment beside his bike, startled. It had happened again: the thing that he thought of now as “seeing beyond.” This time it had been Fiona who had undergone that fleeting indescribable change. As he looked up and toward her going through the door, it happened; she changed. Actually, Jonas thought, trying to recreate it in his mind, it wasn’t FIona in her entirety. It seemed to be just her hair. And just for that flickering instant. We can see in color because nobody genetically altered the way we see like in the Giver. This backs me up saying that they can only see in black and white because he has never seen color before along with the
others.

Another thing we have that is different is they have to take pills to control their emotions and we don’t have to. On page 38 in paragraph 1 and 2 it states, “ You forgot your pill, Asher” Asher had groaned good-naturedly, turned his bike, and ridden back while Jonas waited. ...Asher took a pill each morning; Jonas did not. ...Now he swallowed the small pill that his mother handed him. ….But you mustn’t forget. I’ll remind you for the first weeks, but then you must do it on your own. If you forget, the Stirrings will come back. The dreams of Stirrings will come back. In our society we are aloud to have free thoughts and feelings.This supports me because they have to take pills and this evidence proves that.

In their society they have a discipline to hit the children and elderly for doing something wrong and in our society we can hit our children if we want with a belt or some kind of object. Would you like to just be seeing black and white and no color, well this is all they see in their society but here in our society we have color. You have to take pill to keep your emotions in control while here we have free thoughts. So think about what you have and be grateful. You are aloud to use your emotions. Don’t be afraid to do it. And be happy you have color in your life.