Themes in the Giver and Pleasantville

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Year 10 comparative Text response Summary Utopia Vs Dystopia the giver (utopia) * “Two children- one male, one female to each family unit” Page 20 * “Though he had been reassured by the talk with his parents, he hadn’t the slightest idea what assignment the elders would be selecting for his future.” Page 33 * “Very frightening. I can’t even imagine it. We r4eally have to protect people from wrong choices.” Page 128 * “May I have a pain relief please?” Page 142. * They have never known pain.” Page 143. * The life where nothing was ever unexpected. Our inconvenient. The life without colour, pain or past.” Page 207. The Giver (Dystopia) * “After the ceremony of the twelve, you’ll be with your assignment group, with those in training. No more volunteer hours. No more recreation hours. So friends will no longer be as close.” Page 31. * “It was different only in the addition to it of the new child with his pale, solemn knowing eyes.” Page 41. Pleasantville (Utopia) * “Up until now everything around here has been, well, Pleasant.” (big Bob) * The end of the Main street is just the beginning again.” (Miss Peters) * “They’re happy like this.” ( David/ Bud) * “I don’t think we have the right to…” (David/ Bud) * “You’re messing with their Universe.” (David/ Bud) * No real emotions. * Bill needs instructions. * Book with empty pages. * Perfect weather, no rain, just sunny. Pleasantville (Dystopia) * “Well maybe it needs to be messed up. You know, they don’t want to be like this, it’s just nobody helped them before.” (Jennifer/sue) * “Where am I going to see colour like that? Must be awfully lucky to see colours like that. I bet they don’t even know how lucky they are.” (Bill) * “Look, you can’t always like what you do. Sometimes you just do it because it’s your job. Even if you don’t like

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