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And why do they really follow the rules Can Jonas change his society to be more suitable In The Giver by Lois Lowry Jonas lives in a controlled society where the government makes all the rules and are forced to make their world a utopian society The society has rules for everyone in the society People our controlled by the government and follow what the government tells them to do In his society Jonas challenges strict government rules releasing and taking pills to make them stop feeling emotions In the novel The Giver the main character Jonas challenges many aspects of society One of these aspects is the citizens take pills to make them not have feelings or emotions One piece of evidence to show citizens take pills to not have feelings Jonas was faced with the people in his society were required to take daily pills so they wouldn't have feelings or bad thoughts The next morning for the first time Jonas did not take his pills something within him something that had grown there through the memories told him to throw the pill away Vonnegut 39 This shows the pills they had to take controlled their minds in a way Joas was confused why he had to throw away the pills but he did because something in his head told him to Another piece of evidence is he begins to want to love
