Importance Of Setting In The Giver

The setting in the Giver is a community placed in a utopian society in futuristic time. In this society, there are many rules, communities around Jonas’s community, and that there is a river running past this community. This river plays a part throughout the story. Many rules control this society like, no color, the elders pick your jobs, and you can apply for a release(death). This community is perfect because everything is under control. In the book it states that there is a river running right by the community. Also it doesn't sound like it's a normal community like what we live in today. In the text, it says that there is a community of where people have the perfect rules. All the citizens in this community are very loyal to it. One example is, Everyone obeys the rules” (back of the book).

In the text it said that he has pale eyes, which the other citizens have dark eyes. He and only one other have these pale eyes. He’s saying that he doesn't fit in with his community in my perspective. Close to the ending, The Giver said not to go by the river because a little 4 drowned in it. The giver talked to Jonas about this because if Jonas went into the river, then his memories will be gone. Jonas learned a lot of memories. Another way the setting affected Jonas was that he knew things that the community never knew. He knew what pain, love, and happiness were. Everyone else didn't such as when Asher and others were playing the war game. Jonas had just got the memory of war and was speechless about it. Jonas’s friend loved playing this war game but just after learning about war, it reminded him. This is how the setting affected the results of Jonas, in The