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“You were born an original. Don't die a copy.” Many people in the Giver were changed over time turning them from individual people to everyone being the same. Lois Lowry creates a dystopian world to show that individuality is important and necessary for people to be truly human.
First, the community in The Giver is a boring and uneventful town in a Utopian society. There are no choices, no feelings, no diversity. Those are key elements on the road to being successful people with the ability to live in their own. Therefore, the Sameness has no real advantages. Think about not having any choice, having no diversity, no feelings. Essentially being brainwashed. Without feelings, there cannot be empathy. Without diversity, there cannot

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