The Giver Film Analysis

Warmup prior to watching the film. Based on the below chart, what types of things might cause a society
to become more like the totalitarian society described on the right side in red?
The types of things that would cause a society to become more like the
totalitarian society described on the right side in red are not being able to have
peace within a whole society, like not coming to terms with each other or
within an agreement. I think if there was only chaos that would call for higher
authority.

Equality before the Law VS. Forced Equality of Outcome

● Individual has value as created ● Society matters more than the

in the image of God individual
● Constitution ● Manifesto
● Limited government ● All powerful government
● Freedom of Speech ● Gov’t polices speech
● Freedom of Press ● Gov’t controls Media
● Free Exercise of Religion ● Worship of government
● Freedom of Assembly ● Equal $
● Right to Keep and Bear Arms ● Equal intelligence
● Trial By Jury ● Equal stuff
● Due Process ● Equal speed
● Earned success. Some earn more ● No clapping
than others. ● No winners or losers

What is one other item you would place in the column on the left and one other item you would place in
the column on the right?

One item I would place in the column on the left is everyone should
be treated equally before the law. One thing I would place in the
column on the right is

Watch The Giver and fill in the chart below.

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 In the film In our society

Examples of how - They believed in - People try to hide physical

people try to hide emotional wellness and pain by medicine, drugs,
physical pain that is just as crucial as or medical help
objective

Examples of how - Eradicate any form of - With a smile

people try to hide negativity - Distracting
emotional pain - Try to see the pleasure of themselves
pain - Letting it bottle up
- Eliminate pain because of till it builds up and
vulnerability hits them randomly
- They believe the "height" - Soothed by music
of life are what "we had to - Meditation
let go of" in pursuit of - Letting it reflect off
control of anger
- Sleep
- Getting rid of
anything caused by
the pain

Examples of how - Became a controlled and - Recording our every detail

our use of boring place and posting it to show
technology - It offered no privacy in people your living your life
prevents us from their homes - Instead of enjoying the
experiencing real - moment for what it is
life people will always use
their phones for social
interaction
- Texting people and
interacting with them
through the internet ruins
a lot of connections
because people reflect
their emotions on the
internet instead of face to
face connection
- On social media people
make things look better
than what they actually
are which can cause
inflicted emotions or
stress

Examples of how - They chose to believe in - Finding a solution or

people try to erase positive outlook and something to replace what
history or past instead n0t reflect on pain has been caused
injustices - They gave up memories of - Therapy
their society's collective - Changing their
 experience
Examples of how - They believe in
people force dramatically reducing
equality of personal property and
outcome having the state distribute
economically what is left
- They believed in utopia
Examples of mass - Constant surveillance and
surveillance if someone does
outside of our something wrong they are
homes privately chastised or a
public announcement was
made to chastise the
offender.
Examples of - Decorated in the same
surveillance inside manner with surveillance
of our homes
Examples of how - Was an artificial family
the family unit has made to raise children by
changed the rules
- Children were assigned to
each set of parents
- When the children were
old enough the parents
were removed to a home
for childless parents
Examples of how - Babies that are not
unwanted babies deemed to fit are released
are dealt with to a place called elsewhere
Examples of big - Brainwashing and
government censorship
preventing - Promote sameness in the
freedom of speech community
- Promotes progressiveness
on steroids
environment
- Avoiding anything that
can cause for a repeat
Equality of outcome happens
economically through jobs,
school, and everything that we
do in our daily lives that we
don't even realize. Everything
that we reflect someone else sees
and takes into consideration. It
is kind of a stimulation.
Examples of mass surveillance
- Taxes
- Banks
- Face recognition
- Cameras
- Police
- Security
-
- Phones
- Facial recognition
- Social media
Family units have changed for
different people that have
experienced abuse in homes or
trauma related experiences
which can cause separation
within a family. It has also
changed because a ''family unit''
is considered a mother, father,
two children but now we have
differentials.
- Abortion
- Plan b
- Illegal conduct
- Fraud
- Child pornography
- Incites imminent lawless
action
- Intellectual property law
- Threats
Aristotle said, “the worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.”
This quote means that when people try to make something equalized that has
unjustified meaning for it. For example racism is more normalized than it should
be because it is judgemental and cannot see past a color of a person. For others not
me, some would say gay people and straight people would be an example because
they do not support that.

What is the difference between equality before the law vs. equality of outcome.
Equality before the law Equality of outcome

The difference of equality before the law is Equality of outcome is often more used in
that each independent being must be political views or arguments and ideologies.
treated equally by the law which technically
means only to an extent under the law and
their rules.

Winston Churchill said, “The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you can see.” Why is it
important to know history? How does the erasing of history endanger our future
The erasing of history endangers our future because then people would be
uneducated on every topic which can cause more distraught events or even small
things within our conscious to happen. When people are not educated on anything
they tend to lust or want for an experience on things, if we had no history about it
that would give people more of a reason to make it occur.

In recent years some have called for the removal of Confederate statues or San Francisco changing
schools named after George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Abraham Lincoln. (See images below)
How can that be compared to what happened in The Giver?
This can be compared to what happened in the giver because they believe in the
removal of history so it can be erased by memory.

Summarize this news: Lincoln, Washington, off with their names: San Francisco makes a mockery of
history
What advice can you give to Americans to help prevent them from allowing the government from
controlling every detail of our lives?
We can all fight and voice our opinions.

The end