Corruption In Utopian Society
Utopia. The word literally means “nowhere”, “imaginary”, or a perfect place that is non-existent. In the modern world, true utopias are not possible because lack of freedom will cause corruption, lack of decisions will cause rebellions, and lack of creativity will make the community unable to evolve. If you lack freedom in a community, there will be corruption. In utopian societies, a lack of freedom will cause corruption. In Jonas’s community, there are a lot of rules. For example, in the ceremonies, everyone is required to attend and participate in the ceremonies, even if it’s only the Ceremony of Loss. They are not allowed to skip the ceremonies or skip taking the required daily medecine(s). There is also a Speaker that tells
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For example, Jonas and everyone in his community do not have much leeway in their decisions. The government takes away color, sunlight, emotion and lots of other things have changed. No one gets many options, so eventually Jonas realizes he doesn’t get the option to keep Gabe and that Gabe will be released so he runs away (Lowry 40-100). If anyone in his community would have had any more leeway for their choices, their society would function better and people would have more differences. They would also not request release as much. Jonas rebelled because he couldn’t save Gabe from being released, but someone would’ve rebelled at some point if they knew the memories that the Giver had. In Variant, Benson is given a lot more choices than most people because the school tries to bribe him to stay, but he realizes that other people don’t have as much options for things to have. The other students don’t get as much things that could help them escape (Wells 243-270). Benson doesn’t have much choices to actually help them escape. He rebelled because he wanted to escape the school along with some other students who had just given up. The school tried to bribe him to stay but he wouldn’t because he actually had the courage that others didn’t to try and rebel to escape the school. If anyone has a lot of options, they won’t want to change the society or their lives in a major way. If there was more freedom, people
For example, Jonas and everyone in his community do not have much leeway in their decisions. The government takes away color, sunlight, emotion and lots of other things have changed. No one gets many options, so eventually Jonas realizes he doesn’t get the option to keep Gabe and that Gabe will be released so he runs away (Lowry 40-100). If anyone in his community would have had any more leeway for their choices, their society would function better and people would have more differences. They would also not request release as much. Jonas rebelled because he couldn’t save Gabe from being released, but someone would’ve rebelled at some point if they knew the memories that the Giver had. In Variant, Benson is given a lot more choices than most people because the school tries to bribe him to stay, but he realizes that other people don’t have as much options for things to have. The other students don’t get as much things that could help them escape (Wells 243-270). Benson doesn’t have much choices to actually help them escape. He rebelled because he wanted to escape the school along with some other students who had just given up. The school tried to bribe him to stay but he wouldn’t because he actually had the courage that others didn’t to try and rebel to escape the school. If anyone has a lot of options, they won’t want to change the society or their lives in a major way. If there was more freedom, people