Precise us of language is an important theme in the Giver. Why does Louis Lowry purposefully use the word ‘sameness’ instead of ‘equality’? Explain what the difference is in the meaning of the words. Then using the Giver and Animal Farm, cite the example of how we have seen each word used. Which author uses language more precicely?
Sameness is where everything around you is plain and nothing sparks your feelings or imagination. Everybody looks the same and acts the same. However, equality would have to be where everybody’s rank is the same or everybody is equal in value. I think that Louis Lowry uses the word ‘sameness’ because everybody does not have the same rank. Everybody is in a different level of education, right? Not everybody in the book acts exactly the same. However, everything around them is plain because there are no colors and nobody has any emotions in their world. Animal Farm was trying to use the word ‘equality’ is everybody has the same rank. However, they had the different groups or sections when people did noble work or did the most work. Their saying was “All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others”, which I interpreted as, they are the leaders meaning they have a higher rank meaning they are more equal. And then sameness is used in The Giver to represent that everybody can see the same thing and hear the same thing, but they don’t have the same level rank.