The Perfect Society In The Giver

People like to think that a society with no crime, equality, and no wrong choices would be a perfect society; however, what is the price people pay for this “perfect” society? Most people think they know what 's right and what 's not, when they are given the choice. Nevertheless, when they are given the choice a wrong choice could greatly affect the society. The novel The Giver shows us this with a boy named Jonas who lives in a society where there are no choices, no individuality, ands lots of rules. Although this may seem like a utopia, it could very easily turn into a dystopia . Everyone is different in their own way, which is what makes them, themselves. Yet, what if we lived in a society where everyone was the same. Imagine if everyone had brown eyes, brown hair and the same skin color. Who would be different? This is the world Jonas lives in, one where no one is individual. In The Giver Jonas himself asked “How could

When were little our parents made our choices for us, but then we reach a certain age where we can decide between the right and wrong choice. Even though we think we know the right choices we could easily be wrong. In The Giver the government is a big part of the functioning of the society. Members of the community are not allowed to make decisions of their own, weather it being their choice of spouse or job. From the time they are born till they are released the government watches them very very closely to make sure the choose the correct job, spouse or family unit for them. As Jonas says “... we don 't dare let people people make choices of their own …” ( Lowery pg. 98 ). The Giver responds to this by adding “ He might make the wrong choice.”( Lowery pg. 98 ). In Modern society we have the freedom to choose anything we want. You 're choices will always have an affect weather it 's good or bad one, which is what Jonas’s government is afraid of. A choice between good and bad could be the breaking point of a