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I have read the book The Giver, and I would like to talk about my opinions of the story here.

Is the Society as Perfect as It Is Portrayed in the Opening Chapters of the Novel?

My attitudes towards expressing emotions at the start:

At the start of the novel, Jonas expressed his emotions at the start, and that means he feels like an individual - different from others in the community.

The unusual/peculiar use of language:

People are not allowed to lie, exaggeratedly speaking neither. This made the life in the community rigid, and people must be very careful about saying anything.

Why is the world absent of color? And how does the tone make the readers feel?

Without color, the world is boring. The tone made readers feel stiff. Absent of color means only black and white, that is, only false or true, and only wrong or right. But in real life, it's not always this absolute. Additionally, cannot recognizing colors means cannot have favorite color. The absent of color actually limits the freedom of the residents.

The concept of a society without love as we know it. Is it realistic?

No, it is not. Families in the book is consisted of a pair of parents and also a pair of kids. They look lovely but the parents actually take pills to keep them away from wanting, that is, the parents actually don't love each other, they are just partners. This is abnormal. Kids need to be loved to become healthy persons.

The different concept of family, could it work in real life?

No it can't. Firstly, people would not like to feed children that are not genetically theirs, as birthmother is a job in the community and most parents don't have their own kids. In addition, it wouldn't work to stop people from having their own kids in the real life either, that's not fair for people who want their own kids.

Your ideal job being selected from being monitored at all times - being predestined for a job. Would you like that or despise it?

I would not like it. It may be torturing to force me working for a single job during my whole life - from twelve to eighty-something. People will change, and though I may showed a great interest in the job when I was a teenager, I might be more interested in something else years later.

The society is not as perfect as it is portrayed in the opening chapters of the novel.

In The Giver, Lowry Presents a Society Where Keeping Order and Peace Has Led to Little Emotion and Real Happiness.

How does Lowry initially present the Community?

Lowry, the author of The Giver, initially present the Community strict by telling the readers the rules in the Community. There are a lot of rules of many aspects there, and we can feel that the Community is orderly like utopia.

What clues are there to its true (dystopian) nature?

People could be wanting, and kids could be naughty. What's the most imperfect, people may be released, that is, to be murdered, by the elders, the organization that works as the government of the community. That is not perfect enough for a utopia, but is true and natural - however, releasing is sometimes unreasonable, because not only criminals are going to be released, newborn babies that are too weak as well.

How does Jonas sense of morality and ethics change through the novel?

When he realized the wars and what release really is, he felt wars and death make him helpless and decided that releasing people is wrong, so he decided to take Gabriel to escape from the community.

What are the key moments of moral doubt that he experiences?

I think the one of the key moments of moral doubt that he experienced is the moment that he decided to take the baby that was going to be released, Gabriel, to escape. Because he felt that it was wrong.

If you were Jonas, would you use your newfound power differently to him?

If I become the giver, I would stay in the community. I must to be brave to make changes rather than what the previous givers have done, but I will be only twelve and I will be new to the secrets that I have learnt if I am Jonas. Thus, I should not afford the changes that will take place at the whole community, that will affect a lot a people, as a teenager in real life. In addition, though I do not like the community, but I believe the first the giver must be very brave to creat this utopia with his power; he hided many bad memories from people and worked hard to make strict rules for the community to be meticulously ordered. He was smart as well as powerful. I don't think I am that brave enough to break out the world that I thought was perfect.

What kind of world lies beyond the community? Does the novel have hope, and if so what is it hopeful about?

The world lies beyond the community is actually very cruel. Weak people are released, and there is no love at all. It is dystopian underneath utopia. However, the world still has hope, it is about making most of the people living well, with sacrifice of least people.

However, I still do not like the community that Lowry presented. It is in good order indeed, but it is also lacks of real happiness.

In The Giver, the Idea of Perfection is Presented as Dangerous.

How is the community initially shown to be perfect, and what counts as imperfection?

Adults in the community take pills to keep them away from being wanting, and this can surely avoid raping. What's more, kids will get a suitable job for them when they are twelve, that is, when they become adults, and this avoid unemployment. Both raping and unemployment are serious problems in real life, so the community in the book seems to be perfect from these aspects. However, newborn babies that are too weak will be given up and released while they will be fully rescued in real life, so this is the imperfection of the community.

How do the broadcasts and color in the background of this community help to keep things perfect?

The color of the background is black and white, and the absent of color makes normal people identical. Normal people are not able to see colors, so they are boring and simply obeying the rules. However, the main character Jonas, as the giver, can see colors, so he is the special one and can lie - he is the genius, so he is allowed to break the rule.

In your opinion, what is the most important factor to Jonas deciding the community's idea of perfection is wrong?

Gabriel is going to be released, that is, to be murdered. Jonas's moral couldn't accept it and he decided to take Gabriel to run away from the dangerous community with him.

Whose decision do you sympathize with more - Jonas' or the Giver's?

Jonas'. I don't think people should live just for carrying on the human beings. Everyone is special, and it is not right to make them just tools for the whole human beings.

Is aiming for perfection always a bad idea, or do you think perfection can be more positive?

Perfection can be more positive, however, when the aim for perfection becomes extreme, imperfection always exits, and it may be even more unbearable. Everything that is extreme is a bad idea, though perfection itself is positive.

I agree that the perfection in The Giver is presented dangerous indeed.