This community is not a normal, everyday community. Here people do not have to worry about poverty, crime, hunger and practically all the typical problems of the world. However, this community still has many problems. People still think this is a wonderful place to live, but this community is a dystopia. In the book “The Giver” Ms. Lowry explains how families work here, as well as both negative and positive views on family. The main character is Jonas. He is very special and different because he can see beyond. Jonas notices that his family is not emotionally attached to him. The families are not related and the children are assigned to their parents. When children are assigned to family units, they are called by number and not by name. In this passage they represent children. (50) “They were organized according to their original numbers, the numbers they had been given at birth.” So in this community instead of calling a child only by his name, he can also be labeled with a number. Children here can't even have an individuality because they are just a number. Another reason Jonas can notice ...