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What are the similarities between both texts in relation to Individuality and freedom of choice?

•	Both The Giver and Gattaca have restrictive governments that influence the decisions of society and their behaviour; If the government controls their behaviour, it controls their individuality.
•	Both Jonas and Vincent are distinct from their communities, however, from the rest of society’s perspective, that’s not a good thing. They were isolated from society baecause of who they were or what was wrong with them. The same thing happens to the rest of (both) society’ as they’re discriminated by their (typically birth) defects.
•	In both societies, people were not given their choice of occupation no matter what they did. In The Giver, If you were given a job, there was nothing you could do to change it. As well as in Gattaca, it was shown that Vincent was not able to become the astronaut no matter what he did.
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What are the differences between both texts in relation to Individuality and freedom of choice?

•	In Gattaca, not everyone was given the same variety of choices, as “valids” are often given more choices to pick from than “invalids” due to their superior status. In The Giver, everyone is considered equal, therefore given equal decisions and choices.
•	In The Giver, you are not given the freedom to naturally conceive a newchild (newborn), as birthmothers provided children for the rest of the community. In Gsttaca you are given the choice of naturally birthing your child or artificially enhancing his/her capabilities.
•	Occupations and jobs in the giver are provided to adults (12 year olds) with equal opportunity as long as they retain their potential for their desired job. In Gattaca, your occupations were predetermined, and nothing was there to change that predetermined future. We can see that if Vincent lived in the giver’s community and showed his devotion to his desired occupation, he’d be granted that job. However, no matter what he does (in Gattaca), he does not find the job he covets in his invalid state.
•	In The Giver, the laws control society to such an extent where many people’s behaviours are being altered to satisfy the governments requirements to not discriminate or make anyone else feel bad. Any form of condescending behaviour or negative etiquette/indecency will result in immediate punishment and public disgrace. In Gattaca, the laws do not have as much influence over society, in turn, allowing for more freedom of choice since “… no-one takes the law seriously…”
•	In The Giver’s society, many individuals were not given the freedom to experience their desired “feelings” such as colour, or emotion. As people (were forced to) take multiple drugs. In Gattaca, society was not restricted from their sensory capabilities and were allowed to experience their desires.
•	Occupations were given a status in The Giver. The “Giver” was a job of the highest honour and status, as opposed to a job like “Birthmother” which was an occupation of “… Very little honour.” In Gattaca, there was no evidence of obvious approbation other than opinionated judgement when comparing an astronaut to being a Janitor.
For each point of comparison and contrast consider the way you think Lowry and Niccol have made these decisions

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For each point comparison and contrast you need to consider the effect on audience

•	Lois Lowry and Niccol make the government very controlling to give the audience an idea that the protagonist(s) do not have many options to be able to achieve their goals. This can indicate to the audience that both situations are very intricate.
•	Both authors make their main character(s) very unique to society to give the audience the effect that severe antagonism could break out as a result of their distinctiveness. This also causes the reader to anticipate upcoming events and keep them interested.
•	Lois makes The Giver society a place where potential is reduced to the point where individuals are incapable of perceiving colour and true emotion. This can create an effect within the audience that they feel disdain towards the government.




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