The Giver Argumentative Essay

Argumentative Essay

Isabella Nassiri

Ms. Barella

English Language Arts

13 February 2023

“We gained control of many things. But we had to let go of others.” (The Giver by Louis Lowry, Chapter 12 ) The Giver, is set in a utopian society where the citizens are stripped of their individuality and personal freedoms in exchange for an orderly society. Their society thrived on the fact that all needs were met, no decisions needed to be made, and the fact that everyone is the same. Then, when Jonas started his receiver training, he began to rebel at the fact that he was going to end up being the only one carrying the burden of all the memories. This caused the Giver and Jonas to be motivated by their good intentions, leading to an unjust decision to

But if you think about it, you only think it is wrong because you couldn’t imagine a life without struggles, pain, difference, or worrying about the fact that some people can’t afford to put food on the table. “And if he had been able to continue in ignorance, if he had never been selected to be the next Receiver, he would never have known that anything was missing from his life.” (Chapter 11) People today have to deal with so many hardships that we just got used to it. It is important to remember the fact that nobody other than the Giver and Jonas think that they are missing out on anything in life. So, Why ruin a perfectly content society, where all needs are met, and everything that we find worrisome just doesn't exist? Just because the community’s people were raised differently from you, doesn’t mean that you should jump to the conclusion that it’s wrong. Think of how you would feel if everything you were raised to believe was wrong simply because you don’t have what they had! Why ruin perfectly content people's

According to the narrator of the story, “The community had eliminated all negative aspects of life, but as a result, they had also lost the ability to handle those emotions.” (Chapter 12) This fact makes you wonder how the community will react to the memories that Jonas unrightfully ran away from. Unfortunately this is where the fact that the receiver last receiver in training, Rosemary’s, suicide comes in. “The memories were too much for her,” they said. She had begged to be released from her training, and finally they had granted her request." (Chapter 17) Rosemary was chosen specially because they had thought that she would be able to handle the memories. This meant she had traits that her peers did not. I am guessing she could handle way more than most people, yet she still killed herself. Jonas knew that the memories would leave him the further he went from the community. Jonas’s intentions may have been different from Rosemary’s but, in the end he still happened to run away from the