Release In The Giver

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In order to maintain an ideal state in a utopia, some crucial sacrifices must be made. In the book The Giver, everyone and everything must serve their purpose, those who do not function in the community are Released. In The Giver, Release is similar to what we know as euthanasia. Release can be voluntary or involuntary. But, how does Release benefit the community? What are some positive and negative results on the Community by Release?

How does Release make the society in The Giver a perfect place? And how does it benefit their world? In The Giver, Release helps eliminate those who cannot serve the Community or those who the Community cannot profit from. For example, in this Community once the elderly reach a certain age they are Released …show more content…

She applied for Release after she became the Receiver-in-training and experienced all the memories the Receiver had been holding for the Community. Release can assure that the Community only includes those who are fit in the Community for the society to be at its beat shape. The community will not waste food or shelter for the population that cannot function in the society because they would be Released. If the community in The Giver was ever infected by a disease then Release would help many patients who would be suffering. Similar to what was going to happen to Gabriel. They had concluded with Releasing Gabriel even after spending so much time on trying to help him. He was a late bloomer, born at the end of the year, one of the youngest who belonged in his age group. So, instead of being sent to his new …show more content…

For example, if Gabriel was Released by the Nurturers then all the memories Jonas had transmitted to the infant would have returned to the community, just like what happened with Rosemary. When Rosemary was chosen to be the Receiver-in-training it was not against the rules to be Released. Though she never explaied why she decided to apply to be Released, all the memories the Giver had transmitted to her had returned to the citizens after her death. The people were overwhelmed and terrified by the new experience because there was not enough of those who carried the wisdom to aid them. The mistake the Giver had made to let Rosemary be Released is another a example of how Release is a disadvanage to the Community. Voluntary Release is the least of the Communities issues, this community Releases those who do not intend to be killed. For example when the old reach a certain age the community will Release them, however these epople do not know what are going to happen to them, they do not know they are going to die. The creators made the society to work in a unfair way, those who have a slightest diffrence, flaw, or uncapability to do something are Released. If Release did not exist in this community then people would be abe to live even if they are different that shows that Release is a method the community uses to get rid of the people who

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