“If you actually succeed in creating a utopia, you’ve created a world without conflict, in which everything is perfect. And if there's no conflict, there are no stories worth telling — or reading” — Veronica Roth. In my opinion, it is not worth giving up choice to live in a perfect world. I feel this way because there would be so many missed opportunities in life. In a utopian society with structure such as the Ceremony of Twelve/Graduation, The Family Unit, and Birthmother/Nurturing Center, one would be sacrificing personal choice and freedom.
To begin, in The Giver the kids have to go to the Ceremony of Twelve/Graduation. This ceremony is the community's way of celebrating a birthday, and each year on this day the kids move up a grade and/or get older. With every new age the kids each get a special gift. For example, if you are turning nine, the
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This is not the child’s real family, but merely a man and a woman who get assigned to look after certain children until they are old enough to support themselves. It would not be worth giving up choices and surrendering the chance at being part of a real family. Also, in a Family Unit, there are a certain number of children and and their gender is assigned to that family. Again, this is not a real family, and is a great personal sacrifice. “Two children — one male, one female — to each family unit. It was written very clearly in the rules” (Lowry 11). Obviously, the families in the community are not real families. Also, on page 62 it talks briefly about how if one wants a spouse, then they have to apply to get a spouse and the community will assign one. Therefore, members of this utopia do not get to choose who they will be spending most of their life with. This is yet another reason why I would not give up my choices in order to live in a perfect world, because I would be losing my true family and my chance at