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The Giver By Lois Lowry

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What would it be like if you were always controlled by someone else? The Giver by Lois Lowry shows a unique boy Jonas, the protagonist, has become a receiver which is the most respected and significant job it his utopia. Although the community was founded on sameness the elders maintain them by power and order.
Although order is for the prevention of chaos, it is used to control the society. The committee of elders create rules that maintain order for all citizens to be perfect. After a jet passed overhead, Jonas was thinking to himself how terrible release would be for the pilot. “For a contributing citizen to be released from the community was a final decision, a terrible punishment and overwhelming statement of a failure.” (Lowry 4) This
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