The utopian society described in Lois Lowry’s The Giver is very similar to the form of government described in the Republic by Plato‚ especially The Allegory of the Cave. Both are descriptions of totalitarian dystopic governments included the separation of people by professional class‚ assignment of profession and purpose by the state‚ and the absence of traditional family units‚ replaced by state-organized breeding. If Jonas‚ the leader‚ is the man released from the cave‚ then his obligations as
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”-Jonas (Lowry 128). In other words‚ Jonas is not happy with the rules he wants them to change‚ he wants to see change. Even though‚ the novel The Giver by Lois Lowry and society today have plenty of similarities‚ they also differ in some ways. Some of these differences are strict rules‚ age limit to when you officially became an adult and the difference between colors. Although‚ in society today we must follow many strict rules‚ we do not follow as much as what the characters in "The Giver" had to
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The novels‚ Obasan by Joy Kogawa and The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini both express the development of character through theme. In The Kite Runner‚ Amir is haunted by his past. He tries to forget events that had left his best friend‚ Hassan to lead a terrible fate. In Obasan‚ as a child‚ Naomi lived with discrimination even in her homeland‚ Canada; she must escape and live in the shadows. Both characters return to their past; Amir must make up for his sins and learn a family secret while Naomi’s
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In the novels‚ ‘The Giver’ and ‘The Pedestrian’‚ Lois Lowry and Ray Bradbury‚ both illustrate a future utopic world‚ we could come across‚ if we don’t embrace our individual characteristics and the ability to think for ourselves. In this worrying future‚ the Government‚ has full control of the citizens‚ in order to make a better world. The authors confront us with the theme of a Government‚ that implies strict rules and makes decisions for their citizens without them realizing‚ so that they all have
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"We fear rejection‚ want attention‚ crave affection‚ and dream of perfection‚" said Anonymous. The community in Lois Lowry’s The Giver wants to have perfection — a utopia — and they have achieved it. Their ideal society has citizens that never had the pain of war‚ never had to go hungry or homeless‚ and consequently‚ they never have experienced any emotions. Jonas has grown up in a community without memories of pain‚ poverty‚ and war. Growing up without these memories‚ the community’s citizens
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What is more valued - personal rights or the common good of the community? In The Giver‚ written by Lois Lowry‚ a boy perfectly adapted to his unique community named Jonas begins to open his eyes‚ sees the reality of his world‚ and searches for the true values in life. In this community‚ the citizens want to live a simple‚ predetermined life and also strongly believe that they are living in a “perfect” society through the system of sameness which eliminates risks. However‚ they do not have any knowledge
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In the novel "The Giver" the society is much different from our society today. Well‚ it’s not completely different. The societies also have many things that are similar between them. Some are more difficult to identify‚ but all of them are still existing. There are an extremely good amount of similarities and differences that can be identified and explained from throughout our society and the society of The Giver. One example of a similarity between the two societies is‚ they are both ruled by a
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starving‚ had ever been starving‚ would ever be starving.” (Lowry 89). The Community in The Giver is called a utopian society‚ what is a utopian society? Webster Dictionary says‚ “an imaginary place in which the government‚ laws‚ and social condition are perfect...” Even though they may be “perfect”‚ utopian societies never really work out‚ and usually people have to take risks in order to change the society. In the novel The Giver by Lois Lowry‚ Jonas takes risks by‚ helping family members‚ doing what
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world of the Giver all the people wear graym with the same haircut and no colors. Although some people may claim the world in the fiction novel The Giver by Lois Lowry is a utopia‚ it is a dystopia because sameness means there is no diversity which takes away from being human. Although sameness solves many of this world’s problems‚ it is not worth giving up diversity. In the story‚ as Jonas continues with his training he starts a conversation with The Giver about sameness. The Giver says “It wasn’t
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had asked the giver why are there no colors. The Giver said‚ “Our people made that choice‚ the choice to go to sameness‚” (Lowry 95). This describes how in Jonas’s community there is no climate as the community made the choice to have this type of climate control; and this exists in our society today. In The Giver‚ Jonas finds out that his community doesn’t know what the meaning of color and the feeling of it. Climate control still exists in our world today. Readers of The Giver in this world
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