The Giver Is A Dystopian

The Giver is an example of dystopian literature, because they don’t allow people to make their own choices. Differences were hated so much that they made them only see black and white. The elders don’t know anything about the real world like war or starvation. The elders control the people of the civilizations food rations. The elders live in a community where when you get too old, or if you don’t comfort yourself as an infant, or if you’re the smaller of twins, or if you want to leave then you are released (killed off).

The elders don’t allow people to make their own choices, which is utilized by the elders to keep the people under control. For example, when Jonas asked about why people don’t get to make their own choices, the Giver said,
For example, at age nine you get a bike, at age twelve you get assigned a job, at age twenty you could apply for marriage, then if your twenties through thirties you could apply for one or two children, and when you are too old as an elderly you get a release party. No one has ever been out of the community except for the people who bring the supplies, but no one has ever been to the outside much less to another community, so when Jonas went to the house that was celebrating Christmas, a holiday that did not exist in the community, he was so happy because he had Gabriel with him and they were about to starve or freeze to death.

However, some people may argue that The Giver is utopian literature. This is somewhat true, because no one starves or is overweight. No matter what everyone is productive, but it is not because they kill the old, babies, or anyone who applies to be released. Those people being released don’t know that they are not going somewhere amazing but are being killed and thrown out in the trash. There are many more dystopian characteristics about this society. For instance, there are no choices. No one can even pick their favorite color, favorite food, or even the simplest of questions like what do I want to wear