Examples Of Dystopia In The Giver

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Would the society in The Giver be a utopia or a dystopia?Dystopia is way oposite of utopia dystopia means alot of stuff has gone wrong. The Giver could be considered as dystopia because of sameness,rules,and control. Sameness in the community controls people. There are no differences,and have no color.People control people and tell them how they should run their lives.Races of people have been eliminated so everybody looks the same. A reson for this is so that nobody judges you. In the book Giver there are specific rules. Characters in the community get released if they get in trouble.Released means you get killed.the characters in the novel are assigned their spouses,and they also have to apply to receive their

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