Reaction Paper (the Giver)

The giver What is a utopia? Is it a place where pain war and hunger does not exist? How do you describe a dystopia? In Jonas’ community, in the ‘Giver’ written by Lois Lowry , he is living in the community where everything is the same, organised and pain free, basically he is living in a ‘Utopia’. For him everything is perfect the way it is but when he was chosen as the receiver of memory for the community he discovered dark secrets that lie ahead. In the giver book by Lois Lowry, Jonas is living in a community called sameness where feelings and colours does not exist, because they take pills, and every person that lived there will be released, aka killed by poison. They don’t even know they will be killed. A place where everything is organised for you. Your family, your job and even the one you’ll marry. You don’t really have a choice.”Definitely not safe” Jonas said with certainty “what if they are allowed to choose their mate and they choose wrong”. “Or what if he went on, almost laughing out of absurdity, “They choose their own jobs?” This is a part of conversation between Jonas and the giver about making their own choices. They are laughing about the thought of having your own choices. Choices are very important in a person’s life because you’re choosing your fate, your happiness, and how will your life go on. I think that this community is very strange and controlled because they think that it is dangerous, unrighteous and very bizarre to make your own decisions. I think there is nothing wrong making your own choices for yourself.
In a utopia there is love and happiness but in this book ‘The Giver’ the residents are required to take pills that take away their feelings every day. “do you love me?” Jonas asked. “Love,” the giver told him. Jonas repeated it. “Love” it was a word and concept new to him. This a part from a chapter where Jonas felt love and true happiness for the first time. They don’t know the feeling of true happiness and love. The residents