"It wasn't a practical thing, so it became obsolete when we went to the Sameness.
Lois Lowry's beloved novel, "The Giver," is told from the perspective of a twelve-year-old boy named Jonas growing up in a Utopian society. At the Ceremony of Twelve,where every Twelve receives their life-long occupation. Jonas finds out he has been selected to be the Receiver of Memory, the most honored of Elders. The current Receiver, called Giver by Jonas, transfers memories of pain, joy, feelings, and color to him. As he receives each memory, he yearns for a life outside of the one he has been trapped in for so long. This book proves that being "perfect" is not as great as it sounds. The Sameness, what the Utopian society Jonas lives in was based upon, has no real benefits to the community because there are no feelings, no diversity, and no choices.
Everyone in Jonas' community feels the same way towards each other, which means that they have no feelings. This makes it harder for them to have empathy. " 'It was your first Stirrings.you're ready for the pills.'.he swallowed the pill.the feelings had disappeared. The Stirrings were gone." (37-39) This quote is evidence that there are no feelings in this society. The Elders even make more emotional citizens (teenagers and adults) take pills to subdue their feelings. " 'Love.' It was a word and concept new to him." (125) When Jonas is transmitted the memory of love, he perceives the feeling and repeats the word to himself because he has never used that word before, let alone known what it meant. This is yet another fact that proves that the community cannot benefit from not having any feelings. Without feelings, you cannot have empathy. Empathy is important; it helps us understand what the other person is feeling and helps someone learn how to deal with a problem independently. But if the other person isn't feeling anything, then you cannot have empathy. Not having empathy also makes it harder to have friends.
The Giver By Lois Lowry "The Giver" by Lois Lowry is about a community that is monitored very closely. ... Lois Lowry conveys an excellent example that anyone can make a difference in others" lives. ... Without diversity, there would be no love and compassion. ... All in all I think that "Sameness" would not be worth the loss of diversity. The diversity is what makes the nation and each community a stronger place....
The utopian society and its underlying problems are the base of literary works such as, Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, 1984 by George Orwell, and Lois Lowry's The Giver. Lowry's The Giver introduces readers to a world without pain, warfare, poverty, hunger, or terror. This may be what one would consider the basis of your typical utopian society, however, take away feelings such as love, diversity, the ability to make choices, and even the ability to see in color and one's mind may begin to wonder whether utopia is a proper adjective to describe such a society. ... Memori...
In science, without diversity there wouldn't be a plethora of views on ways and methods of doing things. ... Without diversity to spark the scientific method, the world would become a static society in a plateau of scientific discovery and implementation as in Lois Lowry's The Giver. Mere color of the skin, however, cannot be treated as a factor in diversity of the people working in science. ... This is the true diversity. ... Race isn't diversity alone; it is the differences of people of the different race that counts. ...
