Ayn Rand's Anthem and Lois Lowry's The Giver demonstrate two archetypal dystopias. ... In The Giver, women hold down jobs equal to those that men have. ... This difference could stem from the fact that Rand penned Anthem fifty-seven years before Lowry composed The Giver. ... Lowry, however, saw women climb the ladder of success. ... In The Giver, sex is similarly repressed. ...
The utopian society and its underlying problems are the base of literary works such as, Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, 1984 by George Orwell, and Lois Lowry's The Giver. Lowry's The Giver introduces readers to a world without pain, warfare, poverty, hunger, or terror. ... Memories are conveyed from The Giver to Jonas through the laying of hands. As the Giver places his hands on Jonas's bare back, piece-by-piece society's recollections are received. ... Jonas's rage and horror after such discovery inspires the Giver to help Jonas more thoroughly develop his plan...
In the books "1984" by George Orwell, "We" by Yevegeny Zamyatin, and "The Giver" by Lois Lowry there are many similarities. ... Love was a very strong theme in "The Giver." ... Jonas loved his family and he knew he was loved in return by the Giver, but Jonas also loved Gabe and couldn't bare to know that Gabe was going to be "released" if he stayed. So out of love for Gabe, the Giver, and the rest of the community he escaped and took Gabe with him. ...
The letters he receives on giving he female and African American characters better treatment anger him even more. ... Another novel with a similar futuristic setting is The Giver, by Lois Lowry. ... There are no colors or true happiness in The Giver's society. ...
