Veronica Reth once said, “If you actually succeed in creating a utopia, you’ve created a world without conflict, nothing is worth telling.” The Giver questions the topic of risking your independence, connections and privacy. A utopian world is a risk the people in the Giver made that requires to let go of your privacy, real communications to the ones you love, and the power of independence.

First of all, surveillance is an invasion of privacy when it’s a private area. For example, on page 100, “Speaker that occupied a place in everything dwelling.” The committee is always watching and making critiques on even. Not only are the people watching you they can tell you what to do. Even in Jonas’ dwelling, they caught him playing with an apple.