Persuasive Essay On The Giver

The Giver, by Lois Lowry, is a dystopian novel that depicts our future if our desire for an impeccable society becomes a reality. The book tells about a society where genetic science has gotten to its forefront and scientists are able to change things such as how people perceive light, pain, and various other things. Another thing that is taken away is the permission to make choices, even the most basic such as choosing their clothes in the morning, their occupation, and even their spouse. The people of the community should be allowed to choose because they need to learn from their failures, and having choice is an essential aspect of being an individual human being. People need to learn from their failures and make better choices in the future. “Within minutes the speakers had crackled again, and the voice, reassuring now and less urgent, had explained that a Pilot-in-Training had misread his navigational instructions and made a wrong turn. Desperately the pilot had been trying to make his way back before his error was noticed. NEEDLESS TO SAY, HE WILL BE RELEASED, the voice had said, followed by silence.”. Things such as the incident with the pilot

Without choice, the people become reliant on their leaders and providers, and if the providers somehow missed just one day the whole community would fall into pandemonium. Things that make a person an individual are being able to make decisions from choosing the color of your clothes to your wife. “I want to wake up in the morning and decide things! A blue tunic, or a red one?” pg 97. Jonas expresses his anger at the community who took color and choice away from him. People should be able to choose as they please without breaking a law or worse, get released. Another thing are the jobs which are forced upon them. They should be able to choose their jobs without the constant threat of someone telling them what is good and bad for