Utopia In The Giver

Have you ever thought of our society, our rules or what we do compared to other societies? The Giver (By: Lois Lowry) had a… so called perfect society, or known as Utopia. Even though they mostly live in peace, imagine not having to make your own choices, or obtaining knowledge from the past and the present. So this society, or Utopia, does have peace. But is peace all you need, or are there sacrifices you have to make to have it?

Our society has books. We have book stores, bookmarks, we have many things that involves books. With books comes more knowledge including non-fiction and even news articles. But sadly this society also has hunger and starvation. Though to get food you need to get money, and to get money you need to work. Either

No BOOKS! In “The Giver” it says “...This rooms walls were completely covered with bookcases...He couldn't imagine what the thousands of pages contained” (Lowry pg.74). In this sentence this doesn’t just explain that there’s no books, but what little knowledge they had. Like it said “He couldn't imagine what the thousands of pages contained”. He probably doesn’t even know about animals or how their society was. There is a bright side though, no one in the society starves “You have never been starving. He been told. You will never be starving. Now he was. If he had stayed in the community, he would not be.” (Lowry pg.173-174). He never starved, until he ran away. This is proof that he never starved, at least in the community. Now comes the toys. Though they don’t call them toys they call them “comfort objects”. It’s also morley stuffed animals than stuff like plastic toys or action figures “What’s his comfort object called?” Lily asked, picking up the stuffed creacher…”Hippo” said father (Lowry pg.21). Also going back to the books, they don’t know what a hippo is. So their knowledge is very low. Back to the toys, this tells you that you still need something to keep them

“The Givers” does not, think of this. Is our society perfect? No, but theirs is supposed to be. Books bring knowledge and knowledge brings opinions, and opinions leads to individuality. So is having a Utopia worth getting books taken away, or do you want books and live in our world. Now compare the food, some people in our world starve. No one starves in “The Giver”. Stopping hunger is very serious, if people stop starving, it would solve many problems. So it would probably be smart to be in “The Givers” society in this situation. Last comparison is basically the same, comfort objects or toys in our society. I don’t really know if they have plastic or rubber toys, but they still have stuffed animals. I guess everybody needs something to keep kids or newborns from crying and whining. Especially at night, EVERYBODY NEEDS