Dystopian Societies Literature Study - 1913 Words

Utopian Dystopian Societies - Literature Study Written By:Anthony Koper, Nate Stricker, and A.J. Futrick We are learning the meanings of a utopia and dystopia through reading The Giver and The Hunger Games. A utopia and a dystopia are very different. A utopia is an imaginary land with perfection of all kinds. In a utopian world, everybody makes the same amount of money, everyone is treated fairly, there is no racism or discrimination, everyone has housing, and nobody will ever starve or be unhappy. A dystopia is the total opposite of a utopia because a dystopia is a horrible messed up place. Everyone is upset, and it is dark and a gloomy community. In a dystopia, there is a strong government and there are strict rules that you have to†¦show more content†¦Jonas is turning twelve so he is able to earn a job. Jonas’s job is the receiver of memory and all he has to do is receive memories from the giver. But some of the memories our bad and hurt Jonas. But then Jonas wants to share his memories with his family and friends. So Jonas decides to leave the community with G abriel so he could keep Gabriel from not being released and so when he leaves the community the memories leave him in go into the community members. He escaped from the community and was being looked for by searching planes. Jonas and Gabe became very worn out, tired, and starving. It started snowing and they became very cold and almost became frozen with frostbit. Then Jonas tried to transfer warm memories to Gabrial. Jonas tried to think of warm memories, too. Will Jonas stay alive? Read to find out. In the book The Giver the community is a utopia in the beginning and dystopia at the end. Because everyone is the same and there is no hunger or starvation. There is also no feelings, no suffering, or no pain. But once you get farther into the story the community becomes a dystopia because they kill babies because either they our twins and they don’t want to have a relationship with love in it ,because love is not allowed in their community. That why it is a utopia at first then at the end of the book it becomes a dystopia. The second book we studied was The Hunger Games. The Hunger Games