Do you ever wonder what it is like to live in a place where there is no bad but just good in life? Places like that are called a Utopia. What if it means sacrificing what is are part of us? In the book called, "The Giver," the life of a boy named Jonas is completely different than our lives in reality. In their world, there is only good and the people they call "The Elders," eliminated everything that leads to something bad from their community like for example freedom. So is the world of The Giver really a Utopia or a Dystopia? In my opinion, I say the world of the giver is a Dystopia because They have no freedom, Everyone in the community don’t get to live properly, and They don't have emotions nor color in their lives. First off, I will like to state that one of the reason why Jonas’s community is a Dystopia is because no one in their community has freedom. To be specific, they don’t have the right to make choices. According to Document E, It states that “If everything’s the same, then there aren’t any choices! I want to wake …show more content…
Emotions is a part of our lives like Happiness, Anger, Sorrow, Fear and to be more specific, Love. It’s what makes us human and it’s part of us and our lives. It’s not necessary to have that taken all away. Nor should color be taken away because color brings out the life and curiosity in you. According to Document F, it states that “Once he had yearned for choice. Then, when he had had a choice, he had made the wrong one: the choice to leave. And now he was starving. But if he had stayed, His thoughts continued. If he had stayed, he would have starved in other ways. He would have lived a life hungry for feelings, for color, for love.” This is significant because now that jonas know about Freedom, Color, and Feelings, he didn’t want to lose it. He wanted it for himself and for everyone