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 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 article counterpart the Givers society. Both of these societies have secrets, Jonas and the Giver only know what is going on because the community keeps secrets. Just like in the article, there is only two organizations know what is going on, the C.I.A. and the N.S.A. Both of these societies have control. In The Giver, everyone is controlled by their chief elders. Like in the article, everyone is controlled, commanded, and forbidden to give out the information. Both of these communities have surveillance. Everyone in their communities are being watched, observed. In real life, recently have found out that the government has been watching us, checking our searches, and listening to our phone calls. Overall, they have lots of connection to The Giver and in real life.
The article about incarcerating the population of the U.S. parallels The Giver because it explores control. In the article, it says,” No country incarcerates a higher percentage of its population than the United States.” In the book, they keep them dumbed down so they don’t leave, its sort of like a mind prison. “According to the Advance 2012 counts by the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the U.S. prison population was 1,571,013 at yearend.” In The Giver, they keep everyone behind bars, but they don’t know they are prisoners. “A lot has been reported about our nation’s prison system and its bloated population, but this is what it looks like when you take all the countries that jail more people than we do and put them into one G.I.F. In The Giver, they feed them, make sure they are healthy, and have rules/punishments. Basically, the incarcerating article parallels in the ways just like The Giver.
The article about Arizona’s “banned” Mexican American books analog The Giver because it explains about book banning. In the article, it states,” But the seven books that are “not banned (but merely confiscated)” This parallels The Giver because they keep them from learning and leaving by confiscating books. In the article it states,” Apparently students should not be able to even see those books in the classrooms.” In The Giver, they aren’t even allowed to read, see books, or they get serious punishments. In the article, it reads,” All have been or are being removed or confiscated from every classroom; teachers are being told to turn in books that have not been confiscated.” In The Giver, they don’t even have access to the books. Mainly, the article about the ban in Arizona discusses about the bans they have recently given.
The song, Muse, parallels to The Giver in multiple ways. One reason is it says on the fourth line,” And hope we will never see the truth around.” This connects to The Giver because the “people” controlling the citizens in the community will not see the truth around them, what is happening. Another reason is in the text, line 3,” They’ll try to push drugs that will keep us all dumbed down.” This means in The Giver, they keep them dumbed down, feeling less by giving them the pill. The last reason it connects to The Giver, is because in line 8 it says,” And endless red tape to keep the truth confined.” This parallels to the book because its like they keep them from learning so they will never find out the truth. All in all, this parallels The Giver in many ways.
This all ties together because they all parallel, connect, and analog the Giver. The paragraph about Snowden parallels because both societies have and keep secrets. The passage of incarceration connects because they both control their people captive, but in the Giver they don’t know. The banned books explored the books being banned just like in The Giver. The Muse song explained and showed that our society and their society have many qualities that similarize. In the end, it all ties together, ours and their society parallels.
The Edward Snowden situation and article counterpart the Givers society. Both of these societies have secrets, Jonas and the Giver only know what is going on because the community keeps secrets. Just like in the article, there is only two organizations know what is going on, the C.I.A. and the N.S.A. Both of these societies have control. In The Giver, everyone is controlled by their chief elders. Like in the article, everyone is controlled, commanded, and forbidden to give out the information. Both of these communities have surveillance. Everyone in their communities are being watched, observed. In real life, recently have found out that the government has been watching us, checking our searches, and listening to our phone calls. Overall, they have lots of connection to The Giver and in real life.
The article about incarcerating the population of the U.S. parallels The Giver because it explores control. In the article, it says,” No country incarcerates a higher percentage of its population than the United States.” In the book, they keep them dumbed down so they don’t leave, its sort of like a mind prison. “According to the Advance 2012 counts by the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the U.S. prison population was 1,571,013 at yearend.” In The Giver, they keep everyone behind bars, but they don’t know they are prisoners. “A lot has been reported about our nation’s prison system and its bloated population, but this is what it looks like when you take all the countries that jail more people than we do and put them into one G.I.F. In The Giver, they feed them, make sure they are healthy, and have rules/punishments. Basically, the incarcerating article parallels in the ways just like The Giver.
The article about Arizona’s “banned” Mexican American books analog The Giver because it explains about book banning. In the article, it states,” But the seven books that are “not banned (but merely confiscated)” This parallels The Giver because they keep them from learning and leaving by confiscating books. In the article it states,” Apparently students should not be able to even see those books in the classrooms.” In The Giver, they aren’t even allowed to read, see books, or they get serious punishments. In the article, it reads,” All have been or are being removed or confiscated from every classroom; teachers are being told to turn in books that have not been confiscated.” In The Giver, they don’t even have access to the books. Mainly, the article about the ban in Arizona discusses about the bans they have recently given.
The song, Muse, parallels to The Giver in multiple ways. One reason is it says on the fourth line,” And hope we will never see the truth around.” This connects to The Giver because the “people” controlling the citizens in the community will not see the truth around them, what is happening. Another reason is in the text, line 3,” They’ll try to push drugs that will keep us all dumbed down.” This means in The Giver, they keep them dumbed down, feeling less by giving them the pill. The last reason it connects to The Giver, is because in line 8 it says,” And endless red tape to keep the truth confined.” This parallels to the book because its like they keep them from learning so they will never find out the truth. All in all, this parallels The Giver in many ways.
This all ties together because they all parallel, connect, and analog the Giver. The paragraph about Snowden parallels because both societies have and keep secrets. The passage of incarceration connects because they both control their people captive, but in the Giver they don’t know. The banned books explored the books being banned just like in The Giver. The Muse song explained and showed that our society and their society have many qualities that similarize. In the end, it all ties together, ours and their society parallels.