Compare And Contrast Essay On The Giver

Throughout the history of the world, there has been many societies. All these societies had similar structures and ideas, but they all are different by their own special traditions and ways of life. Similarly, both our society and the society in The Giver share similar ideas, but they are different in certain areas. For example, they both celebrate birthdays and have family units, but they have their own way of doing so. Based on the celebration of birthdays and the formation of family units, our society is better than the society in The Giver by Lois Lowry.

Regarding the practice of celebrating birthdays, our society celebrates them better than the society in The Giver does. This is because our society allows members to celebrate every individual birthday. Every member

This is because our society does not limit the number of members in a family unit and the type of members in it. For instance, a family could contain the parents, children, grandparents, and other relatives. In contrast, the society in The Giver limits the number of members in a family unit and what a family unit is made out of. "Two children-one male, one female-to each family unit. It was written very clearly in the rules" (Lowry 8). This quote explains that every family unit has four members that contain the parents and two children, one of each gender. The society in The Giver does not allow any changes in the number or the gender of the members in a family unit. Although both societies have an organized way of the structure of a family unit, our society is better because it gives us the freedom of deciding what we want and expect of a family unit.

Even though both the society in The Giver by Lois Lowry and modern society are both unique in their own ways, our society is a better society to live in. Our society gives us more freedom to choose for our own benefits and