boy living in a “utopian” society in which everyone’s life is controlled by a group of elders. When people who live in the society become a twelve‚ they are assigned a job. Jonas expected to receive a normal job like everyone else in the society. However‚ he was assigned the most important and honorable job in the entire society‚ the receiver. He then undergoes training for his new assignment that opens his eyes to many things he never knew about his “utopian” society. A “utopian” society is an ideal
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These articles contain information about adults who cannot get enough of fiction novels that put readers into a state of suspense. Thus making the reader want to read more about what happens next in the plot. The reader cannot get enough of the dark side‚ it describes how the reader keeps on wanting more from the novel. It also talks about the good vs. evil that captures most young adults’ and teenagers’ attention with its dark suspenseful literature. According to one of the articles‚ “teenagers
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This novel is presenting many brave ideas placed in future. The community depicted in the novel‚ being futuristic‚ appears as a utopian society. There are a couple of elements that present its utopian side. They are: a highly reproductive‚ healthy‚ wealthy and stabile community. These are provided by the government who ensures planning and controlling everything that is in people’s interest. Government takes good care of their citizens. Citizens live and work closely together‚ they are agreeable
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The Giver; Dystopian classic published in 1993‚ explores the utopian society that embraces sameness. Engineered through genetic and social selection‚ sameness is the glue holding together the community in with the protagonist Jonas lives. The text appeals to the audience of young adults because of its relatable theme; The Giver is about the process in which young adults begin to understand the harsh realities and truths of the world‚ this directly correlates to the audience’s context at the time
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is to live. The creators of Jonas’s community created a society based on their idea of a utopia‚ when in reality it is not perfect at all. Specifically‚ the ideas of no freedoms‚ no diversity‚ and no pleasure are examples of dystopian characteristics. Unlike a utopian society‚ the citizens have no ability to chose. They do not get to decide what life will be like for themselves‚ but instead they are each given an "assignment" when they reach twelve at the Ceremony of Twelve. Each citizen
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No‚ religion does not belong in a utopian society because religion breeds two things‚ hope and extremism. A utopian society would eliminate the need for hope because they live in a perfect world. Religion also creates extremism that in turn produces prejudiced people. Therefore‚ religion is not necessary in my utopian society. Utopia is defined as an imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect. So in this world‚ why would you need hope? Why would you need the promise of a better
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utopias are not possible because lack of freedom will cause corruption‚ lack of decisions will cause rebellions‚ and lack of creativity will make the community unable to evolve. If you lack freedom in a community‚ there will be corruption. In utopian societies‚ a lack of freedom will cause corruption. In Jonas’s community‚ there are a lot of rules. For example‚ in the ceremonies‚ everyone is required to attend and participate in the ceremonies‚ even if it’s only the Ceremony of Loss. They are
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What is “Utopia”? Is there a utopia in existence in our world today? According to merriam-webster.com‚ “A utopia is an imaginary place in which the government‚ laws and social conditions are perfect.” When it comes to a utopia‚ there are none in existence since a utopia is a community where everything is perfect. Nothing and no one is perfect in life and flaws do exist. The fact that the definition has the word ‘imaginary’ shows that it doesn’t exist. If a perfect utopia existed then everyone would
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My Utopian Society Ones Utopia is their view on what a perfect world would be. In my Utopia‚ the main concept I want to address is Liberty. Liberty is the freedom from control‚ interference‚ obligation‚ restriction‚ and hampering conditions according to choice (Merriam Webster). The word liberty can be traced back to the time period between 1325-1372; around the area of Middle English‚ Middle French‚ and Latin cultures (Merriam Webster). Liberty allows a society to be free of all government control
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“How does Collins use the genre of dystopian fiction to make a comment on contemporary society?” Suzanne Collins uses dystopian fiction to warn us of the many things that are wrong in the present world. The Hunger Games is based on a depressing world which we would all hate to live in. Collins brings to our attention some of the problems we have in today’s world such as our obsession with looking perfect‚ how we waste our time‚ and how selfish we are. In our society we waste our time on video
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