The Giver: Utopia Or Dystopia

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Lina Moussaoui
English 7-3
Mrs. Chalhoub
9 December 2013

The Giver
"How could someone not fit in? The community was so meticulously ordered, the choices so carefully made." And it was. The community in The Giver was so the same that almost nothing happened. Imagine a life like that. There was no discrimination because there was nothing to discriminate about, a place where everyone would have shelter and an equal amount of food, and a place where everyone has the right to a proper education. Well, that is why I think The Giver’s community is a utopian society. Utopian is the perfect word for a place like that. It is heavenly, fair, and perfect in so many ways. I am here to tell you why in my opinion it is a utopian society rather than a dystopian society with the three reasons from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights listed above. Now let me begin to tell you why.

It is a place where there is no discrimination. “Don’t Discriminate” as stated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (article two). The Giver’s society has made it a rule to not point out differences. That ...

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