How Does The Giver Create A Dystopia

Almost every day people with great intentions try to create a utopia of any kind. In the path towards a utopia there are many things which one must sacrifice in order to achieve the utopia which has always been a dream of many. However, sometimes the price to create a utopia is too much to pay and in ‘The Giver’ the price is definitely too much to pay. Therefore, the ‘community’ is definitely more of a dystopia opposed to being a utopia because everyone behaves as if they are incompetent of feeling, emotion, all civilians of the community have limited prerogatives and limited decisions which they are allowed to make and the fact that differences are not tolerated leans the ‘community’ towards a dystopia as opposed to utopia. However, the largest price which the community has payed by far is the fact that almost no one has any memories of the past. Sadly, almost no one except ‘The Giver’ and Jonas are bothered by this, as no one in the community besides selected few (such as ‘The Giver’, chief elder and Jonas) are aware of what they are missing. Every civilian in the book ‘The Giver’ is treated as if he or she is incompetent of feeling emotion, whether it be happiness or
Members of the ‘community’ don’t have the privilege to have a bike before the age of nine and don’t have the choice in what job assignment they receive for life or who their spouse is. Jonas as well as ‘The Giver’ questioned the rights towards citizens of the community, having choices, whether important or not; “How would you know if you didn't try? So what if we make the wrong choices?” said ‘The Giver”. Jonas also had words to say when he retorted to ‘The Giver’ sometime later; “If everything's the same, then there aren't any choices! I want to wake up in the morning and decide things!” Choices are of extreme importance as well as privileges and limiting them builds a weak and unsuccessful