Everyone wants to live in a Utopian Society, in a society with perfect and desirable properties. Despite this deep longing one will learn that living in a society, in which everything is perfect, is not what one would expect, at least when one sees it through Lois Lowry’s eyes. Lowry is an American author who won many recognizable awards such as, the John Newbery Medal and the Regional Medal, for her original and intriguing young-adult novels. The Giver was one of Lowry’s most notable works and describes how living in a Utopian Society would be like. This novel classifies as science fiction due to its un-naturalistic features such as weather control and genetically altered humans that cannot see colors. The story took place in a fairly small
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In other words, the Community held all the power as if they were Brahmins and the citizens Untouchables. The Community dictated everything from who their parents were to where they were going to work. The people had no free will, they could not experience love, pleasure, happiness, etc., they could not experiment anything that could inspire rebellion. Through the Communities control on their people the theme of strict rules and the past was expressed. As the reader can see without memories of the past (the truth) the people were controlled because they had nothing to compare their rules with. The aforementioned led people to believe that they were living in a fair and happy world when in reality they lived in a dystopian society. The quote "Back and back and back." (Page 113) showed how long the Community had been controlling the people, like robots, and how nobody, specifically the previous Receivers, have done nothing to correct them. As Jonas experienced the wonderful things that a free world could offer, like music and color, he realized that he had to do something about it. Jonas defied everything that he was taught and did what he believed was right bringing in the theme of individuality. He eventually manifested the sense of free will and individuality to everyone else when he escaped passing on the memories. This serves to show how the government, or in this case the Elders, are never going to be able to control the people forever because there will always be a hero to save the
In other words, the Community held all the power as if they were Brahmins and the citizens Untouchables. The Community dictated everything from who their parents were to where they were going to work. The people had no free will, they could not experience love, pleasure, happiness, etc., they could not experiment anything that could inspire rebellion. Through the Communities control on their people the theme of strict rules and the past was expressed. As the reader can see without memories of the past (the truth) the people were controlled because they had nothing to compare their rules with. The aforementioned led people to believe that they were living in a fair and happy world when in reality they lived in a dystopian society. The quote "Back and back and back." (Page 113) showed how long the Community had been controlling the people, like robots, and how nobody, specifically the previous Receivers, have done nothing to correct them. As Jonas experienced the wonderful things that a free world could offer, like music and color, he realized that he had to do something about it. Jonas defied everything that he was taught and did what he believed was right bringing in the theme of individuality. He eventually manifested the sense of free will and individuality to everyone else when he escaped passing on the memories. This serves to show how the government, or in this case the Elders, are never going to be able to control the people forever because there will always be a hero to save the