The Giver is a science fiction novel by Lois Lowry. It tells the story of people
living in what they think is a "utopia" as seen through the eyes of a young boy named
Jonas. On everyone's 12 birthday they get assigned a job. He is assigned the duty of the
Receiver. He retrieves memories from this man called the Giver. He begins to experience
new things via memories and dreams. He sees differences between people, he feels hot
and cold, and he has emotion. Until then Jonas had lived in a world of conformity.
Everyone looked the same, there was complete climate control, and there was no feeling.
Anyone who was different was "released" (killed) so people from this community never
new of other races, religions, or beliefs. Jonas cannot live in his plain world after learning
about color and temperature and the unusual feeling in him. He escapes into the world as
In the utopia people could not see color. Color is the result of light rays bouncing
off objects and entering your eye at an angle. Light travels through space at about
186,000 miles per second. Ergo the waves couldn't be stopped. Not to mention the
waves reflect off of objects, so the waves would hit an object and keep bouncing to make
color for everything. This means it would be impossible to block out color.
The town is run by the elders. One of there jobs was to keep the climate the same.
There is no precipitation, and temperature is kept comfortable. That means it doesn't rain
or snow and that water can't evaporate. Life as it exists today cannot survive without the
water cycle. It starts with evaporation. The temperature must be hot enough to turn
water particles into vapor where it comes together in the sky. It condenses and when the
cloud gets full it rains. Depending on the outside temperature the water would fall to
earth as rain, sleet, hail, or snow. People need water to live and
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