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Surveillance. The first chapter of Lois Lowry’s novel The Giver hints at control by the community's chiefs. Jonas reports the "the rasping voice through the speakers" giving instructions to the community as a jet flies overhead (Chapter 1, 9%).
This surveillance system is on display when Jonas is caught taking an apple from the Recreation Area and is indirectly chastised over the speaker.
21 de oct. de 2014 · A new sci-fi film adapted from a young adult novel raises interesting questions about privacy, surveillance and state manipulation, reports Tom Brook.
The sled, the first memory Jonas receives from the Giver, symbolizes the journey Jonas takes during his training and the discoveries he makes. It is red, a color that symbolizes the new, vital world of feelings and ideas that Jonas discovers.
The Giver resembles Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, a satirical novel also about a society in which the citizens have given up their freedom for the guarantee of happiness. The loudspeakers that serve as the voice of authority in the community and the surveillance of citizens by the committee of elders in The Giver are reminiscent of Big ...
26 de may. de 2024 · Citizens are perceived to be under constant surveillance. Citizens have fear of the outside world. The natural world is banished and distrusted. Citizens conform to uniform expectations. Individuality and dissent are bad. The society is an illusion of a perfect utopian world - such as in the The Giver. The Dystopian Protagonist:
People in Jonas’s society ignore his unusual eyes and strange abilities out of politeness, but those unusual qualities end up bringing lasting, positive change to the community. Read about the related theme of conformity and individuality in Katherine Paterson’s Bridge to Terabithia.
