Paralleling to the Giver
There are many examples of text from our media that parallel the book, The Giver. Some of these examples are articles about Edward Snowden, U.S incarceration rates, Arizona’s ban on books and songs such as Muse. All of these texts have strong evidence of how the Giver society parallels our society.
The Edward Snowden situation and articles parallel to the Giver’s society because it’s like if we, the United States, were the people in the community in the Giver book. We are unaware of all the secrets the government has kept; we are clueless. Edward Snowden is like Jonas because both Edward and Jonas find out the truth about their society. They find out about all the surveillance.
The article about incarcerating the population of the U.S parallels the Giver because it explores control. One reason is that the people in the prison compares to the people in the Giver’s community because they are trapped in a prison and can’t get out. Another reason is that in the last paragraph it says, “We need to ensure that incarcerating is used to punish,” this relates to release because in the Giver release is used as punishment. The last reason is that the U.S incarcerates 716 people per 100,000 people; it is the top country incarcerating people. In conclusion, the article about incarcerating the population of the U.S explores control just like the Giver because both have people that are controlled by a system.
The article about banning books parallels to the Giver because in both societies people do not have access to books. One reason is that in the Giver people are not allowed to have books in their homes nor read them and in Arizona, books are confiscated and not be able to be read by students. Another reason is that the school in Arizona is banned from Mexican-American books because the TUSD headquarters don’t want students to learn about that culture. The TUSD confiscated books, artwork and posters that had to do with Mexican-American studies. The last reason is that in the Giver all kinds of books are banned because the system doesn’t want people to learn and become smart. In conclusion, the article about banning books parallels to the Giver by not having access to books and not being able to read them.
The song “Uprising” by Muse parallels to the Giver because when Jonas finds out the truth he wants everyone to know, he wants to be free and not controlled. In the song it say, “They will not force us, They will stop degrading us, They will not control us, We will be victorious!”
In conclusion, reading The Giver made me realize what a totally controlled society would be like and that I’m glad that our society and government is not like that.
Works Cited
Lorwry, Lois. "The Giver." United States: Houghton Miffin, 1993. Print.
Zimbler, Suzanne, Kraus, Stephanie. "Top Secret?" Time June 10, 2013. Print.
Win, Nick. "Here are all of the Nations that Incarcerate More of Their Population than the U.S." Huffington Post, October 10, 2013. Post.
Clint Rodriguez, Roberto. "Arizona's 'banned' Mexican American Books" The Guardian, January 18, 2012. Post.
There are many examples of text from our media that parallel the book, The Giver. Some of these examples are articles about Edward Snowden, U.S incarceration rates, Arizona’s ban on books and songs such as Muse. All of these texts have strong evidence of how the Giver society parallels our society.
The Edward Snowden situation and articles parallel to the Giver’s society because it’s like if we, the United States, were the people in the community in the Giver book. We are unaware of all the secrets the government has kept; we are clueless. Edward Snowden is like Jonas because both Edward and Jonas find out the truth about their society. They find out about all the surveillance.
The article about incarcerating the population of the U.S parallels the Giver because it explores control. One reason is that the people in the prison compares to the people in the Giver’s community because they are trapped in a prison and can’t get out. Another reason is that in the last paragraph it says, “We need to ensure that incarcerating is used to punish,” this relates to release because in the Giver release is used as punishment. The last reason is that the U.S incarcerates 716 people per 100,000 people; it is the top country incarcerating people. In conclusion, the article about incarcerating the population of the U.S explores control just like the Giver because both have people that are controlled by a system.
The article about banning books parallels to the Giver because in both societies people do not have access to books. One reason is that in the Giver people are not allowed to have books in their homes nor read them and in Arizona, books are confiscated and not be able to be read by students. Another reason is that the school in Arizona is banned from Mexican-American books because the TUSD headquarters don’t want students to learn about that culture. The TUSD confiscated books, artwork and posters that had to do with Mexican-American studies. The last reason is that in the Giver all kinds of books are banned because the system doesn’t want people to learn and become smart. In conclusion, the article about banning books parallels to the Giver by not having access to books and not being able to read them.
The song “Uprising” by Muse parallels to the Giver because when Jonas finds out the truth he wants everyone to know, he wants to be free and not controlled. In the song it say, “They will not force us, They will stop degrading us, They will not control us, We will be victorious!”
In conclusion, reading The Giver made me realize what a totally controlled society would be like and that I’m glad that our society and government is not like that.
Works Cited
Lorwry, Lois. "The Giver." United States: Houghton Miffin, 1993. Print.
Zimbler, Suzanne, Kraus, Stephanie. "Top Secret?" Time June 10, 2013. Print.
Win, Nick. "Here are all of the Nations that Incarcerate More of Their Population than the U.S." Huffington Post, October 10, 2013. Post.
Clint Rodriguez, Roberto. "Arizona's 'banned' Mexican American Books" The Guardian, January 18, 2012. Post.