The Giver Utopian
The term “utopia” describes “a perfect society…that protects the people from the worst ills of humankind (Source A, Paragraph 1).” This term is portrayed in Lois Lowry’s novel, The Giver. Jonas, a young boy living in a utopian community, believes that his world is perfect. There is no suffering, hunger, war, or pain, and everything is under control. However, when Jonas becomes the Receiver of Memory, the imperfections of the utopian community are revealed to him by the memories he receives. Throughout the book, Jonas struggles with the conflicts of society, nature, and himself.
When Jonas finds out that his community enforces Sameness as an attempt to make a perfect world, he begins to believe that the rules of the Community are unfair because it eliminates individuality, emotion, freedom, and experience from the citizens of the Community. “By removing their memories and giving them all to The Receiver of Memory, the society refuses to acknowledge human emotions and consequently its own humanity. As a result, …show more content…
For example, according to Source C, there is no color, vegetation, or signs of weather shown in the picture. The Community controls life and death by putting people into euthanasia, and the weather is controlled by Climate Control to make agriculture more efficient. However, pain and suffering sometimes overcome the Community’s control over everything. This is an example of the conflict “man versus nature.”
The Giver shows a world where choice has been taken away from citizens in order to try to create a utopian society. But when Jonas becomes the Receiver of Memory, he finds out the memories and pain his Community has been hiding from him. He must fight with society, nature, and- perhaps the most important conflict Jonas must face in The Giver-
When Jonas finds out that his community enforces Sameness as an attempt to make a perfect world, he begins to believe that the rules of the Community are unfair because it eliminates individuality, emotion, freedom, and experience from the citizens of the Community. “By removing their memories and giving them all to The Receiver of Memory, the society refuses to acknowledge human emotions and consequently its own humanity. As a result, …show more content…
For example, according to Source C, there is no color, vegetation, or signs of weather shown in the picture. The Community controls life and death by putting people into euthanasia, and the weather is controlled by Climate Control to make agriculture more efficient. However, pain and suffering sometimes overcome the Community’s control over everything. This is an example of the conflict “man versus nature.”
The Giver shows a world where choice has been taken away from citizens in order to try to create a utopian society. But when Jonas becomes the Receiver of Memory, he finds out the memories and pain his Community has been hiding from him. He must fight with society, nature, and- perhaps the most important conflict Jonas must face in The Giver-