Utopias or Dystopias

This is one of my assignment for English class in 6th grade. This essay was written in April 5, 2007. This essay is based on a story called The Giver.

Not one perfect society has ever existed in the world. There are always mistakes people make, which can ruin the community. In The Giver, not everyone is happy in the community they live in. Two people in particular, begin to realize that one small mistake can turn out to be chaotic. It is justifiable to classify the community in The Giver as a dystopia.
In this society, nobody feels pain besides The Giver and Jonas. It is necessary for people to feel pain because people should be able to feel their emotions or their own feelings. If Jonas or The Giver share their painful memories to the community, then everyone would be burdened and pained. "They have never known pain," Jonas thought desperately, one day. If the people in the community get hurt or feel uneasy, they take a pill and get cured right away. In addition, the community never feels pain because they are protected by medication. This is one reason of why this community is known as a dystopia.
Another thing that makes this community a dystopia is lack of color. In the community, nobody sees color except The Giver and Jonas. Everyone else can only see shades of black, white, and gray. Jonas also thinks is unfair of not having color. "Well, if everything's the same, then we won't have any choices!" Jonas complained to The Giver one day. To gain control of many things, people had to let go of others. One of them was color.
One of the most unfair rules that this community has is freedom. Nobody has freedom or independence. For instance, kids' jobs/careers are already picked for them. The kids don't have any choice. People over the age of 65 start their elderly lives in The House of Old. There are so many rules that people have to obey. These people don't have their freedom. If they don't have freedom, then they can't live their own free life.
In conclusion, the community in The Giver, two people tried to make their community a 'Utopian' society, but unfortunately it didn't work out. A lot of things made this community a dystopia. People should be able to feel their emotions, or pain. Everyone should be able to see everything--color. Mainly, every person has a right to have freedom, and live free. Last but not least, no one is perfect and it takes hard work to make a 'Utopian' society.