Antagonist In The Giver

Now that we finished the Protagonist and the Secondary characters, let us see the final category of character, the Antagonist. The antagonist in dystopian/science fiction usually stops the protagonist of doing what he or she tries to actualize. In this case, the antagonist exists as the community/government. The antagonists show their problems in different ways which helps the reader interpret what the lesson attempts to say. In the book, The Giver, by Lois Lowry, The community wants equality, no controversy, and precision of speaking. They do this by establishing rules making people not see color. In the same way, They make perfect climate and perfect geography so no one argues. The community controls the climate so the vegetation would benefit

This completely invalidates the sense of equality in his community. The community makes us comprehend that equality must stand but this completely disproves what they said. Another scene that the antagonist exists as the community follows this. "You killed him, Charlie. You shot him dead." In Monsters, they start accusing each other of helping the aliens because the machines broke down. Pete van Horn accidentally startled Charlie and he shot him, A casualty due to a silly incident they started to corrupt the community from the inside out. These figures do this on purpose to obliterate humankind. But the figures only started the machines getting broken down while the other half the blame goes to the community because they suspect every idiosyncrasy of all the people there. This shows the threats of manipulation to humankind. Their need to find someone to blame all of it on. Their need to find a scapegoat. "We regret to inform you that his intelligence quotient is above the Government regulation, according to Rule 84 Section 5 of the New Code." This shows that the community does not allow kids exceeding in a subject of education. They fear that he would rebel against the current form of government.