Similarities Between The Giver And Animal Farm

Most people in the world value their freedom of speech, religion, assembly and press. Also, they value being able to make choices and also can choose what they learn. Many people question whether a utopia is possible or not. Novels that are written around the idea of a utopia give us a look at how successful it would actually be in society. In The Giver by Lois Lowry and Animal Farm by George Orwell, explore this very question, these values are either stripped away, or were never there at all. While these two novels use different settings, both are based on the concept of a utopia and through each book, the reader becomes aware of the complications that occur in the utopia. The Giver gives the reader an understanding of what it is like to

Napoleon and Jonas are drawn out through the rejection of communism in a once free society. The Giver and Old Major are great examples of individual’s that seek to keep all “equal” in society, but Napoleon and Jonas are against these ideals as a way to clear up the issue of replication and strict attitude towards principals. However Napoleon does become a solo dictator, which contrasts Jonas singular choice to free himself from the shackles of communist society. On multiple occasions Napoleon goes on killing sprees if the other animals do not do exactly what he says. On the other hand Jonas sees that the Giver will aid his escape to elsewhere, he soon makes the trip with the memories or strength and courage. Jonas is an example of the contrasting hardship, with flips Napoleons selfish individualism into Jonas’ selfless individualism that save the baby and escape to elsewhere. These are the major similarities and differences to personal hardship in the two

All animal did not follow their preliminary belief of “All animal are equal” which resulted in other animals taking advantages of power and greed. For example the stealing of the milk and apples, the pigs brainwashed the other animals stating that they are the brainworkers so the milk and apples must be reserved for them. “it is for your sake that we drink the milk and eat the apples” this is the very first sign of inequality, and therefore the ideal society in animal farm was not attainable. Correspondingly in the giver the memories of the past was also undesirable towards the ideal society. These memories may perhaps be passed on to the receiver, but Jonas as the new receiver did not think the same as the elders. Jonas felt the need for the community to feel and see and to have freedom choice, “Jonas knew that certainly he could not change anything.” This lead to Jonas breaking the rules and also the first sign of an unachievable ideal society. It is show very clearly that in both animal farm and the giver ideal society is not