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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Gabriela Smith Independent Reading Project The Giver By: Louis Lowery The Book I read for my independent reading project was called “The Giver” by Louis Lowery. This book is multiple types including social science‚ science fiction‚ and utopian and dystopian fiction. The main character’s name in the giver is Jonas. Jonas is a twelve year old boy who lives in a utopia. Jonas goes to the what we would call retirement home frequently to bathe old people. He goes there mainly to see Fiona one of
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The Giver by Lois Lowry “The Giver” was a fabulous read about a seemingly utopian society where the people in the society are spared from any discomfort‚ such as hunger‚ war‚ even pain from a scraped knee. This was an excellent book‚ but also very hard to read and very disturbing. The first half is like a science fiction novel about a utopian society. But the second half really gets into the emotional consequences of that society. “The Giver” reminds me‚ in a way‚ of the movie “Pleasantville‚” where
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have choices‚ or to love one another. In the novel‚ The Giver‚ by Lois Lowry‚ a 12-year-old boy called Jonas finds himself in a dystopia when he realizes that there is more to life outside of his sheltered community. Although the people of Jonas’ community know no different than their way of life‚ the society is a dystopia‚ rather than a utopia. " ’It wasn’t a practical thing‚ so it became obsolete when we went to the Sameness.’ " (84) The Giver‚ by Lois Lowry‚ is told from the perspective of a twelve-year-old
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years‚ utopian urbanism connects with the so-called crisis of modernist urbanism that forms utopic degeneration. Cities function daily‚ to improve the lives of the citizens‚ while utopia is developing to mean something for the community “a visionary system of political and social perfection” (More‚ 1516). Utopia has developed to mean a community with a “visionary system of political and societal perfection”‚ where cities that function to improve the daily lives of its citizens; an ideal society. However
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More’s Utopian society was a work of fiction with the writer exhibiting what would be considered as an ideal community that differed from the medieval view and adopted a modernist approach. In his book‚ Utopia‚ More’s main features highlight an ideal society and has been adopted today‚ to an extent by the society. In Utopia‚ the structure of the community about marriage and family is idealized. Premarital sex is severely punished and families adopt a traditional structure with elders at the head
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customs of the Utopian society seem harmless‚ but a perfect society is dangerous. Although I think a perfect Utopian society is dangerous‚ I believe some of their customs could be useful in our life’s today. Customs like their marriage and divorce terms‚ occupational workload‚ Utopian culture‚ and even some views on Euthanasia. In todays society I personally believe that the amount of work put in by the Utopians towards progress and intelligence who immensely help our current society. Our current
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they all demonstrate an utopian society in some way or another‚ but the flaws start to show in all of them. While these books try and achieve this perfect world with no crime or worries‚ the books all start to show their own flaws and how they are more to and more like a dystopian society in the eyes of the public. Utopian society are truly hard to achieve because everything has to be perfect with no one having any worries about anything. Generally speaking‚ a utopian society has many characteristics
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live in a society that was perfect‚but you were not free and you were controlled by other people?A democratic society would allow freedom. Living in a democratic society is better than living in a Utopian society where you are not free because you have freedom of choice‚ you are able to have your wants‚ not just your needs‚ and you can choose your own job path. In a Utopian Society‚ everyone will work the same so no one will be different. Life would not be Interesting In that kind of society because
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great public work effort to cut away the land to make an island. Next‚ Hythloday moves to a discussion of Utopian society and how the nation is based on rational thought‚ with communal property‚ great productivity‚ no greedy love of gold‚ no real distinctions between social classes‚ no poverty‚ little crime or immoral behavior‚ religious tolerance‚ and little inclination to war. Utopia is a society that Hythloday believes is more elite than any of that in Europe. Hythloday finishes his description and
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