The Missing Aspects of An Utopian Society in The Giver by...

The Missing Aspects of An Utopian Society Envision a society of order and perfection: no danger, no pain, and no war. All the communities are closely bonded together and there is no fear for the future. Peace and order surrounds the world, and everyone is blinded by this utopian country, inhibiting the true clear vision needed. Though it seems perfect, many of humanity’s rights must be taken away in order to attain and stabilize this hierarchy. Simplistic aspects in the world like vivid colors, beautiful music, and passionate love have been stripped from the population leaving everyone empty and blind. In The Giver by Louis Lowry, the utopian community is questioned and ultimately has to be destroyed by a true hero, Jonas, who sacrifices in order to give humanity back the human rights. By removing love, colors, and music, the community was able to gain control over pain and conflict; but as seen in Lowry’s book, this perfection has its price and has its consequences on the population causing lack of knowledge o f the outside world, the lack of knowledge of the past, and lack of experience of the choices made. The community lives like blind mice, unknown to any knowledge of the outside world. This causes the population to be inhibited in achieving the hero’s journey. In this community, not much is known of the world beyond where they live, and no one questions what is out there. An example of what is unknown to the community is when, â€Å"†¦an unidentified aircraft had overflown