Making Wrong Choices In Lois Miller's The Giver

“In every revolution, there are winners and losers. Every dystopia is a utopia for somebody else. It just depends where you are. Are you in the class that benefits, or in the class that’s not?”- Ken Liu. In 1992, Lois Lowry visited her father, at Virginia, her father was losing his memory. He has forgotten everything about Lowry’s sister, who has died. The situation made her think, “What would be in her father’s world, where all painful memories had been erased?”. Lowry image a society where the pain is removed and replace by happiness. She created the book name “The Giver” a utopia, where people take pills to avoid any type of feelings. A place where there is not a conflict or discrimination. Everything is arranged, jobs, marriage. The novel

One day Jonas (The Receiver of Memories) has the power to see colors. In their conversation between The Giver. Jonas talks about how he wants all the color. To have the power to choose what he wants to wear. The book ’s states “ Not safe?” The Giver suggested.” (Document E) In other words, this means the community of Elders are controlling the members of the community. They are not able to make their own decisions. They think is not safe. The book also states “And chose wrong?... They chose their own jobs? Frightening, isn’t it?” The Giver said. Jonas chuckled. Very frightening. I can’t even imagine it. We really have to protect people from wrong choices.” (Document E) In other words, this means, they want to protect people from making wrong choices, but we learned from our mistakes, from doing wrong. That is what make us humans. And last according to the book, “Oh, I see what you mean. It wouldn’t matter for a newchild’s toy. But later it does matter, doesn’t it? We don’t dare to let people make choices of their own.” (Document E) Basically the book is saying that the members of the community don’t even know that their choice. Jonas and the members of the community don’t freedom to have color, and to make their own choice. The society he is used to think was the perfect, but they have been hiding things from them. The community of Elders has taken, away all the freedom, for members

One day, Jonas was on his training with The Giver. The Giver was about to share a memory with Jonas. During their conversation Jonas ask “Why do you and I have to hold these memories?... But why can’t everyone have the memories? I think it would seem a little easier if the memories were shared. You and I wouldn’t have to bear so much by ourselves, if everybody took a part.” (Document B). Basically, Jonas would prefer for people to have these memories. The Elders have chosen someone to hold these memories from them. The Elders are controlling the members of the community. They are taking away all this memory from, they are taking the emotions too. Of the community no one can have the memories from the past, except for The Giver and The Receiver of Memories. “But then everyone would be burdened and pained. They don’t want that. And that’s the real reason The Receiver is so vital to them, and so honored. They selected me — and you — to lift that burden from themselves.” (Document B). In other words, they are saying that they are taking away all this memory to protect people, so they don’t suffer. They are not connected with the real world. They have no idea from the past, because the world they there are living is a lie, they have no feelings, or emotions. The community of Elders, have taken away, all the memories from them. Is absolutely not