Is Perfect Realistic?

Authors Note: This is a Non-Fiction piece for Language Arts class to describe the similarities and differences between our reality and reality in The Giver. It is written to improve my score in Text Analysis.

                           

            In the Novel The Giver, reality isn’t even on the same page as ours here in the modern world. Although their appearance is somewhat the same, how they see other things is way different. If everyone could see what our main character Jonas sees, life would be just like it is today in our time.

            In some ways, people in this particular community are just like us. For example, they look the same physically, there are still only two genders, and their toys are sort of the same (bikes, stuffed animals, etc.). In both communities, people here are still like people there. There are boys and girls, but no animals of known existence. Whenever they grow a year older, at the ceremony of their age, they receive something according to their age. For example, they get a front-buttoned shirt to symbolize that they are independent enough to dress themselves. Or at a different age, they get a brand new bicycle. As you can see, ours and their cities are a lot the same in many ways beyond visibility, but nothing is exactly the same.

            On the other hand, with similarities come differences. Can you imagine life if it all looked like an old newspaper; just black, white, and shades of gray? Well, this is exactly what people in this particular community see. Only the Giver and receiver can see color because they hold the memories of the past. It might be harder for us to understand, but it is true where they live. Lastly, you are given a job based on your service hours spent indifferent places of your choice. When you turn eight or nine, you are allowed to spend service hours in places like the House of the Old, Nurturing Center, and Director of threes, fours, and fives. This means that you never get to get a new job or apply for one of your choice.

            Overall, there are many similarities and differences, but people act somewhat the same as we do here in our community. People in our community act like their own person; their own style, ego, and actions. Everyone is an individual who follows their own path. This is not the case in this particular community. People always have to wear the same clothes, but they do get new clothes that are age appropriate almost every year. Also, they are required to speak completely fluently and have no grammar mistakes. If they do screw up, they will get smacked in the hands by a stick like teachers used to do back in really old schoolhouses. Here we get slightly warned if we use incorrect grammar, but nothing too serious.

            Believe it or not, many of us in our modern world wouldn’t be able to do very well in Jonas’ world. People are all different and they are used to a totally new way of living. Over the years, languages, styles, and technology have evolved greatly. Eventually, their community will change into something different than what they can even think of right now.