Louis Lowry’s The Giver: Dystopia or Utopia?

The Giver of Louis Lowry uses a metaphorical society as a metaphor to show how people live without pain and lacks knowledge to inform readers that society is by no means perfect . "The experience provided by the provider can improve the level of questions and reflections to the reader." (Friedman and Qatar pp 102-112) At first glance, the novel setting seems to be a utopia. . Usually, the difference between Utopia and Destopia is in the viewpoint of the author.

In Lois Lowry 's novel The Giver, Lori is discussing the concept of utopia, but that approach caused a big controversy. He announced Jonas' society in a way to challenge this idea. The world of Jonas is safe without pain and conflict, but it is also a world without emotion, diversity and choice freedom. In this way, Lori regards the concept of utopia as a mistake, and the world of Jonas is like a utopia distropia. When Jonas first introduced the world I had lived as a reader, it seemed like it was ideal.

The Giver of Louis Lowry uses a metaphorical society as a metaphor to show how people live without pain and lacks knowledge to inform readers that society is by no means perfect . "Experience provided by the provider can improve the level of inquiry and reflection on the reader." (Friedman and Cataldo pp 102-112) At first glance, the setting of the novel seems to be Utopia. . - Compassionate and dominated by Jonas Jonas community providers. Everything is the same: their clothes, houses, and life. People obey the rules until they die. They do not know anything about real life. Gift recipients who are recipients of memory are the only people who can enjoy real life. When Jonas is chosen as a recipient of memory from the community and meets the donor, his life will change.