What is a dystopia? Dystopia is an imagined place or state in which everything is unpleasant or bad, typically a totalitarian or environmentally degraded one. What is utopia? Utopia is an imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect. The word was first used in the book Utopia in the year 1516 by Sir Thomas More. Utopia is a perfect society and dystopia is the opposite of utopia. Dystopia is not a perfect society. Now let’s get into the essay. We read a book called “The Giver” by Lois Lowry. In the book has dystopia and utopia in “The Giver” it is kind of confusing in the beginning of the book. One of the main characters is Jonas. When Jonas had his 12 he was assigned his job. We can’t get a job until 14. In the book they
