What Would You Do?

Authors Note: I am writing this piece because I need to get a 9-10 in predicting for any story and for this I chose The Giver.

Imagine being trapped in the set of I am Legend, a tragic zombie apocalypse; this is almost what it is like for Jonas in Lois Lowry's The Giver. Jonas is trapped in a world in which it seems as everyone is brain washed. In any novel in which the setting is a perfect utopian society it is most likely highly unrealistic. Since this is a perfect utopian world in which everything is controlled, it is most likely an irony in which the society knows nothing.


This realistic story can be nothing else but an irony. In the utopian society no one can fall in love but they can become attached to things. Becoming attached to things never ends in life symbolism; normally in stories attachment is terrible it gets ripped away and ends in death symbolism. For example this happened in Marley and Me the main character gets attached and loves this dog named Marley, then Marley cycles through her life and she dies. The first plot on the ironic plot line is world in chaos; yet their perfect society is because the giver isn't telling everyone what's happening or what has happened. Also the purpose of an irony is to make us feel better about ourselves, better about our lives. Their perfect society is terrible they can't do many things that we can even though they are perfect. We can love while they can't. We can ride a bike whenever we want while they can't. We can choose to do or not do many things; our career, our spouses and our lifestyle. Now on the plotline we have major conflict in which they are grasping for life or sanity. In this case I believe that Jonas will be selected as The Receiver and he realizes the pain and suffering that he will have to face for the rest of his life. Jonas can't turn away from these fears as the community had experienced before with Rosemary. Finally in an irony it ends with death symbolism; with death symbolism it makes many lives a living nightmare. Gabriel will be the cause of all of this mess; Jonas who had taken memories from The Giver will cause havoc just like Rosemary caused. With the prior knowledge to this I believe that Jonas battles the pros and cons of the situation and runs away with Gabe. I believe that they will not be able to survive and the community will be haunted by the terrible memories.


I can guarantee that it will not end well for the main character Jonas as he will become The Receiver; in which he becomes The Receiver he will encounter many obstacles to help a new child which he has become attached to. Concluding the thought of this bad life ahead most people think the receiver is almighty and powerful, wrong! The receiver A.K.A.(also known as) The Giver is a very lonely old man who is haunted by the terrifying memories but gets to laugh at the happy memories. One group of people of who he has a strong influence on is the elders (the chairmen of the community). I guarantee that this book will go out with a bang.

In Steven Gould's novel, "Jumper" David, the main character can "Jump" to any place he can visualize. This novel shows exactly what the giver is showing, a character deceiving society just like how the giver is deceiving society in the way that he knows all and can’t tell. I can guarantee the characters powers and thoughts won't last the test of time.

Much like David being able to "Jump", The Giver knows all and society knows nothing. Yet, Jonas is learning that the knowledge of the past is not always best; the society is use to the sameness and the unexciting environment. There is nothing that Jonas can do to save society and him. If Jonas saves one he destroys the other, see there is no such thing as a utopia and it will never be able to occur and if it does there will still be major flaws much like this one.