Similarities Between The Giver And Modern American Society

The Giver, an old man with great honor, great responsibility, and great power. The Giver is a book of hardship, responsibility, pain, and hope. While the community in The Giver and modern American society have a few things in common, there are also several differences.

There are several similarities between the community in The Giver and modern American society. One feature the two societies have in common is that there are jobs called assignments in the book. For example in the text it says, “It was a secret selection made by the leaders of the community.” (Pg 19) Likewise, in modern America, there are jobs which people also do. Although in the book it gets picked for them, it is like modern American society because it is something which

For instance, here it says, “But his training had yet begun and already, upon leaving the Auditorium, he felt the apartness.” (Pg 82) Similarly, in our society, you do need to get taught & trained on how to do your job. Jonas was also feeling the apartness of his job, and training which you may feel if you had almost no one to relate to in your job category such as Jonas, making you feel despaired or hopeless. The final feature that can be compared between the two societies is that there is family in this society too. To illustrate, it is said here in this part of the book, “Jonas, nearing his home now, smiled at the recollection. Thinking, still as he wheeled his bike into its narrow port beside the door, he realized that frightened was the wrong word to describe his feelings, now that December was almost here.” In the same way, our modern American society also has families like the Utopian

One difference is that there is something called a release in The Giver. For example, in the novel, it has a description of what a release is, “For a contributing to be released from the community was a final decision, a terrible punishment, an overwhelming statement of failure.” (Pg 3) This is not how things are in modern America. Instead, when someone does something bad, the person doing the bad things would usually be sent to prison or jail. Being sent to prison or jail is the total opposite than being released. Releasing someone who has done something bad, such as a criminal, would be extremely dangerous in our society as opposed to the society of The Giver. Another difference is that the society in The Giver has a strict rule of using improper vocabulary which you would be punished for if you used wrong vocabulary and terms in a sentence. However, in modern America, for instance, here it says, “Do you love me?” There was an awkward silence for a moment. Then father gave a little chuckle “Jonas, you of all people, precision of language please!” (Pg 127) Finally, the two societies are different when it comes to disposing of newborns if they do not meet the requirements in order to be put into a family unit. To illustrate, in the book, it says it here about the requirements. “Father had gone before the committee with a plea on behalf of Gabirel who had not gained the right weight appropriate to his days of life