English 2033E Lecture : English_Mar14.docx

• School: Western University
• Department: English
• Course: English 2033E
• Professor: Gabrielle Ceraldi

Document Summary

Giver is a blend of utopian and dystopian aspects. The people in the community are not materialistic. The community has been getting rid of aspects. The world in general has no creativity. World without creativity would allow the people be controlled emotionally. No creativity prevents individuals to question their world and goals. Gets rid of choices; fundamentally removed choices. The world has also gotten rid of history. Only the giver has any knowledge of history. No comparison can be made to previous life if there is no history. However, only one person has all the knowledge to avoid the situation where those who do not know history are destined to repeat it. Jonas" thinking is very narrow because he does not know or think about things such as the past. There are rehabilitation centers but no centers for creativity/imagination. The world love is replaced with lesser intense word.