The purpose of this book was to show us a possible version of a "Utopia". It was a fantasy-oriented book, which was supposed to make you think about the possibilities for the future. The setting is a supposedly perfect society where everyone is taken care of and no one is different. The author Lois Lowry does a fine job portraying this supposedly "ideal" society.
These books began with a description of sameness and release the two general principles the society functions on. It then continues while Jonas (the main character) waits to receive his assignment in the community. Waiting to find out what his assignment is, and what it entails doing are rises in action. The climax is when the plan to escape the society is being conceived and the actual escape it. The falling action is when he is escaping from the search planes and trying to keep himself and Gabriel alive. The ending is when he feels triumph at the top of the hill and then sleds down it to his new family, his
The theme of this book was the idea of sameness and how we would most likely react to it and what it would be like. The book is based in this fictional society where everyone is provided for, everything is the same. The old are killed after a certain age and the young are too if they do not gain enough weight or sleep normal. The word love is a defined a sloppy and imprecise word. Differences are frowned upon and being the same as everyone else is encouraged. The laws are strict and no one dares disobey them. This book portrayed what could possibly happen if we give the government too much authority.
Jonas had become attached to Gabriel he decided he must leave. These were the main characters in this story.
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