Among theHidden and The Giver are both classified as dystopia books. While both books take place in a toliterian society and live under a population control law, I preferred reading Among the Hidden because love exists. If I were a teacher trying to open my student’s imagination to a new community, completely opposite than any one on earth now, this would be the book I would choose.
I preferred the attitude and mindset in Among the Hidden of the people, versus The Giver. The families seemed to actually love their children. Luke’s parents did everything they could to keep him and protect him. Despite knowing that they were committing a crime by having a third child they kept and loved him anyway. In The Giver all citizens take pills to control and eliminate their sexual desires and children are assigned to each family unit instead of created by the parents like in Among the Hidden. I feel if this were to somehow accidently happen in The Giver the third child would be released with no question about it. At one point in the story of The Giver Jonas’ mother is asked if she loves her child. She says love is too strong of a word. She does not even know how to love. Luke’s parents, on the other hand, loved him enough to let him leave when he was offered a new identity. They realized he would never be fully happy. Even though they knew they would never see him again, Luke’s father assures Luke’s mother that this is the only way he will ever a life. I feel this aspect makes the book feel more real compared to The Giver. The reader would get the sense that maybe this could happen.
Although both books deal with complex issues that young child may not fully understand, I feel Among the Hidden is a better dystopia book. I feel that I would read the next book in The Shadow Children series, unlike the next book in Lois Lowry’s series.
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