Why Is The Giver Better Than Modern Society

There are two societies being presented as options. One is a society considered safe, but it is a mere illusion. This society doesn’t permit changes. Everything is at a standstill. The other society is what it says. There are dangers. There are criminals. But this society is ever-changing. There aren’t carbon-copies of anyone or anything. Even though both societies have their advantages, modern society is better than the society in The Giver because differences in birthday celebrations and people aren’t killed before their time is up.
In the modern society, people aren’t killed before their time is up. In The Giver, not only are citizens allowed to apply for release, death, it isn’t questioned or even attempted to be stopped. Rosemary was able
One twin would be killed just because it was born a twin. “It wasn’t even considered the twins would be fraternal. It was just death instantly awarded, with the one who lives based on weight. More children are killed if they don’t sleep peacefully. Gabriel was going to be put for release because he was unable to sleep soundly. Not only does this society kill the young, the old are also killed. Larissa told Jonas about how some tellings of the Old’s lives are boring, which are told at the celebration of the Old’s release. One could argue that it is so they have a peaceful end and won’t have to go through pain, but they still are being killed. Modern-day society would not stand for that. Modern society refuses to kill anyone unless they committed a horrible crime, which Jonas’s society also does. Twins are killed in this society simply because they were born twins. “”He killed it! My father killed it! Jonas said to himself, stunned at what he was realizing” (Lowry 150). Twins
In The Giver, all birthday celebrations are identical. All people turning ten celebrate at the same time in the same way with the same presents. All people turning eleven celebrate at the same time in the same way with the same presents (in this case their hair is cut). “The children all received their bicycles at Nine; they were not allowed to ride bikes before then” (Lowry 13). Everyone in the community is there to celebrate together. Everything occurs in the same place: the Auditorium. Everything is made to be the same so no one could feel insulted by the way their birthday went. But that’s exactly what modern society does. Birthday parties in modern-day society can differ in many ways. The people who attend aren’t everyone in the community; the people are associates of the person who is celebrating their birthdays. Each of these people bring gifts. These gifts are not the same item. Instead, it is whatever the associate believes they would like, such as a book they enjoyed. The location is also a changing thing, and can be anywhere from a home to a beach. So birthday celebrations are spiced up to satisfy the one who is being celebrated. Unless something was to happen to cause all birthday celebrations to become the same, our society’s way of celebrating is better than the society shown in The