Sameness In The Giver

Lois Lowry’s utopian novel, the giver, tells the story of a young boy named Jonas whom lives in a world of sameness. The intriguing story addresses issues that are destroying today's society. As readers we can see that sameness benefits towards a perfect world by eliminating racism and discrimination, removing differences in looks, meaning no one is unique and eradicating poverty. Sameness in the giver creates a united and inclusive community where no one feels judged.

People may consider a world of sameness as boring and predictable although in reality the idea of sameness has a very comprehensible idea behind it. By introducing sameness, one massive leap is taken towards a perfect society. Sameness completely erases racism and discrimination. Racism is a troubling issue that effects the lifestyle of many on a daily basis. No matter the extents we go to in educating people, careless strangers have the guts to consistently make rude remarks to others living in the same ‘community.’ In the giver physical differences are removed and

In today's society though we are repetitively told that we are all special in our own way and we need to embrace our differences although truthfully, nobody seems delighted like this. People do whatever they can to change their appearance, whether it involves paying thousands of dollars for a nose job, braces to straighten their imperfect teeth or diets to become skinnier. This proves that people in today's society are obviously not embracing their differences, rather they are attempting to become the same as people they look up to. The people in the giver “made the choice, the choice to go to sameness” because it is the most obvious solution to cure people’s ongoing self-consciousness of their appearance. If we are not willing to accept our differences and embrace them than there is no issues in being the