Another possible outcome of our society could turn out like the the motion picture of The Giver. The “community” in The Giver “lived in tranquility without the existence of emotions or color, as these would produce conflicts. The citizens have also had their memories wiped” (IMDb). The people were also “assigned their positions in the community” and were always watched by the Elders. Children were similarly brainwashed by the government to obey the rules and suppress emotion and free thought. People could not choose their own fates which were assigned by the Elders and children were born almost genetically perfect after selective breeding. Similarly, citizens were not allowed to hold differing views and feelings towards the state. The people …show more content…
Just like Brave New World, “sameness is necessary” because it helps control people (IMDb). People were also divided into a caste system and were organized in societies which helped distribute labor and maintain “the World State’s motto, COMMUNITY, IDENTITY, STABILITY” (Huxley 3). The dystopia in The Giver is almost identical to the one described in Brave New World. Both forms of government imply the same strategies to control people and both societies were based off technology. The movie of The Giver covers the journey of a youth named Jonas who is worried about his role in society. He would be graduating soon and the Elders were going to assign him his profession based on his qualities and actions. Jonas enjoys spending time with his friends Ascher and Fiona as his studies comes to an end. He appreciates his family which cares for his needs, but cannot speak …show more content…
“When the mechanical clock arrived, people began thinking of their brains as operating ‘like clockwork.’ Today, in the age of software, we have come to think of them as operating ‘like computers”’ (17). It is no coincidence that the cover picture of Brave New World features a man with a gear for a head. His body is wrapped in a clockwork of gears and the fact that he doesn’t have an actual head symbolizes the book; it represents what technology is doing to us, making us brainless. I personally think of my body as a computer and my brain as a processor. We frequently use the word “automatically” and “robot” to describe things, which shows how close people are bonded to technology. I believe that our worship of technology is making people stupid and too dependent. People are slowly losing their natural sense and are paving paths to dystopias. Even today, “The Internet . . . is subsuming most of our other intellectual technologies. It’s becoming our map and our clock . . .” (18). The Internet might consume and manipulate people. Social media and news networks operate on the Internet and heavily influence peoples’ mind. They even define who we are. The Internet possess the power to consume and exploit the human