The Giver & Juno of Taris by Tahnee Hales

The Giver & Juno of Taris by Tahnee Hales https://padlet.com/thales6/fo6qnff66ca0 Comparison - 9 Anne en-us 2017-03-20 03:16:33 UTC 2025-12-10 11:30:07 UTC hello@padlet.com Anika Singh https://padlet.com/thales6/fo6qnff66ca0/wish/161061447 I will be comparing the following:

1. Occupations
Juno of Taris and The Giver have completely different occupation systems. In Taris, citizens are allowed to chose whatever occupation they desire. They may be a doctor, gardener, etc., while in The Community, jobs are minimal. These occupations range from a birthmother to an engineer.

2. Death as a concept
Death is a concept that is feared in The Community, and is therefore hidden from the citizens. This is known as the 'Release to Elsewhere', and is celebrated. The citizens are unaware of this concept, and have no knowledge of such whereas in Taris, this is a part of life. People often volunteer to give up their own life in order for a new life to be created.

3. Education
Education in The Community is the same, everyone is encouraged to learn the same thing, however, they have absolutely no knowledge of the past. It is hidden from the citizens because the Elders believe it is harmful for The Community. In Taris, the older generation is aware of reading and writing, while the new generation uses pictographs. Taris and The Community might be different, but they have a similarity as well, and that is having no knowledge of the past.]]> 2017-03-20 03:50:40 UTC https://padlet.com/thales6/fo6qnff66ca0/wish/161061447 Maddison Rose rosem201 https://padlet.com/thales6/fo6qnff66ca0/wish/161061488 Individuality
Individuality is not encouraged in either Taris or the Community however they are shown in different measures. In Taris, individuality is discouraged as everyone has to have their heads shaved and are forced to wear clothes that they have no choice over. In the community, citizens are also not aloud to show their true colours by having everything chosen for them.

Death
Death as a concept have two different meanings in the Community and Taris. In the Community, death is not recognised as something bad and is known as being Released to Elsewhere whereas in Taris, death is recognised and is an established part of life. Citizens of the Community believe that being released to elsewhere is a celebration in contrast to Taris, where they are saddened when someone dies.

Surveillance
Surveillance in the Community is full on and citizens are always being monitored whereas in Taris, it is not as extreme. In Taris, the word gets around by citizens however in The Community, government can always hear and see their actions. ]]> 2017-03-20 03:51:21 UTC https://padlet.com/thales6/fo6qnff66ca0/wish/161061488 Georgia https://padlet.com/thales6/fo6qnff66ca0/wish/161061490 Genetics
On Taris, babies are made from outside stock. Taris wants everyone to be perfect. The real parents of the babies are chosen on how smart they are and how good their characteristics are. However, In the Giver, babies are examined closely and then they are chosen to live or die. The babies in the Giver must be healthy and 'normal' so that there is no differences between the people.

Control of Citizens
On Taris, the government controls the lives of the citizens. They have schedules that they need to follow, regular meetings, selected families, strict rules and the governance companions lie to keep everyone in order. Similarly, In the Giver, citizens are under 24hr surveillance, have injections so that they can only see and hear selected things, selected families, strict rules and a lying government. All citizens in Taris and on the Giver are not allowed to rebel against the government or they will be punished.

]]> 2017-03-20 03:51:22 UTC https://padlet.com/thales6/fo6qnff66ca0/wish/161061490 Lauren Brasier https://padlet.com/thales6/fo6qnff66ca0/wish/161061492
Genetics
In Juno Of Taris, parents are selected to choose traits for the baby they desire and then the woman gets injected to be pregnant. However, in The Giver, once baby is born, a family is selected for the baby.

Surveillance Of Citizens
Juno Of Taris and The Giver both have constant surveillance on citizens and everything they said and did was watched by the government.

]]> 2017-03-20 03:51:23 UTC https://padlet.com/thales6/fo6qnff66ca0/wish/161061492 Madeleine Nelson https://padlet.com/thales6/fo6qnff66ca0/wish/161061497 Death as a concept :
In both Taris and the community there are very different concepts of death, the formation of emotions and thoughts towards death are strongly controlled by the government thus generally resulting in the similarity of concepts for citizens in both places. In Taris, death is chosen and accepted by all citizens but also deeply sorrowed as everyone is open to the knowledge of what death truly is. In contrast, people of the community are hidden to the fact of what death is and how it occurs. The government of the community choose who die leaving no choice for the citizen but it doesn't generally affect them because death is known and taught as a release to elsewhere which is supposedly painless.

Occupations :
Both Taris and the community have extremely strict processes of selection for career paths. In Taris, citizens are publicly asked to become apprentices for specific jobs but in the community jobs are chosen for the citizens and they are given no choice.

Genetics :
In Taris, citizens must ask to have a baby as there are minimal resources for only a set number of people, which is why they are only able to have a baby when another citizen dies. In the community, it is not officially shown to the viewer where babies come from. Citizens are able to adopt these babies but only the healthy ones as the government sends the unhealthy ones to elsewhere which the people of Taris do not do.

]]> 2017-03-20 03:51:26 UTC https://padlet.com/thales6/fo6qnff66ca0/wish/161061497 Cindy Tran https://padlet.com/thales6/fo6qnff66ca0/wish/161061503 Emotions and Relationships
On the Island of Taris , you are not allowed to betroth someone from a different stratum that is not your own. Similarly, in The Community, you are restricted from the amount of interaction between other people that is not your family unit.

Jobs and Occupations
On the Island of Taris, people who currently have jobs will choose apprentices to follow and learn from them. The apprentices will eventually claim the job as their own. In contrast to The Giver, citizens of The Community are allocated jobs by the Chief Elders based on the personality traits they are show during their childhood.

Genetics
On the Island of Taris, the Governance Companions select which families will have the next child on Taris. The parents must put their names forward to apply for a child. This concept of parents putting their name forward to apply for a child is also present in The Community. In The Community you are given a child at the Ceremony of Names whilst on Taris you give birth through the gentics given to you.]]> 2017-03-20 03:51:35 UTC https://padlet.com/thales6/fo6qnff66ca0/wish/161061503 Annie Veloukas https://padlet.com/thales6/fo6qnff66ca0/wish/161061504 1. Education
Education On Taris is very limited as the alphabet is not taught but there are others on the Island who are literary. In Comparison, in 'The Giver' students are taught how to read and write however they are not taught about feelings and emotions. Both The giver and Juno of Taris do not know about the history.
2. Genetics

3. Death as a concept]]> 2017-03-20 03:51:36 UTC https://padlet.com/thales6/fo6qnff66ca0/wish/161061504 Amelia Papa https://padlet.com/thales6/fo6qnff66ca0/wish/161061508 Emotions & Relationships
On the island of Taris, citizens are allowed to form relationships with other people within their stratum. Whether it were to be a romantic or just a friendship, showing signs of love an affection was no sin on Taris. Even though citizens needed to follow the rule of only marrying someone within your learning stratum, emotions were felt and present within society. On the contrary, within the community emotions and feeling for another person are taken away through to daily routine of morning injections. Citizens of the community have no knowledge of love and happiness, therefore cannot obtain true emotional feelings.

Genetics
On the island of Taris the selective breeding in humans is practiced. In Taris not just any citizen is allowed to breed children of there own, only the citizens who where scientifically logic. Other citizens who weren't scientific must choose the parents from the outside stock. On the other hand, in The Giver, no citizen living in the community is to breed on natural terms. Babies are born through the birth mothers and then assigned to a dwelling. Parents and their children in the Giver aren't as emotionally connected to each other as they are in Taris.

Education
On the island of Taris the citizen are limited to their knowledge and education. They taught in the from of pictographs rather than words. All citizens apart from the older generations are illiterate meaning they cannot read or write. In contrast, citizens in the community are literate and know how to read and write. Both environments have no knowledge of their past and aren't encouraged to bring it up in conversation. ]]> 2017-03-20 03:51:37 UTC https://padlet.com/thales6/fo6qnff66ca0/wish/161061508 Emily https://padlet.com/thales6/fo6qnff66ca0/wish/161061514 1. Individuality
In Taris, citizens individuality is very much controlled and discouraged. There is no choice of clothing or hairstyle or even jobs. This is much like the community where all of these simple rights and more are also forbidden.

2. Education
In both Taris and The community education is limited and in some cases restricted. On Taris citizens are taught to be illiterate and receive inaccurate imitations of their history, whilst never gaining simple life skills learned in the real world. In The Community education of the past is nonexistent, students are taught to read and write but are not taught how to feel and show emotions.

3. Control
In Taris very much like The community, control plays a very big part in citizens daily lives. There is no freedom or responsibility allowed and is often looked down upon. In both of these worlds questioning the government or any orders given can lead to extremely harsh consequences, in some cases this can even mean death. ]]> 2017-03-20 03:51:42 UTC https://padlet.com/thales6/fo6qnff66ca0/wish/161061514 May-lyn Nguyen https://padlet.com/thales6/fo6qnff66ca0/wish/161061515 1. consequences
In Taris, there are consequences on the things that people do that is forbidden. ]]> 2017-03-20 03:51:44 UTC https://padlet.com/thales6/fo6qnff66ca0/wish/161061515 Rhiannon https://padlet.com/thales6/fo6qnff66ca0/wish/161061521 1. Environment - animals
On Taris there are various small animals such as chickens, fish and goats. These are eaten by the Tarians. However, in the community, there is no presence of any animals.

2. Control of citizens
In both Taris and the community, questioning authority and orders can lead to consequences such as death (released to elsewhere). The Elders and Governance companions make sure to maintain control of all citizens and resort to big punishments if their authority is at risk.

3. Relationships
In the community parents do not have a choice to be assigned children. If a child has been assigned to a dwelling they are the parents responsibility. Parents in the community do not take on a parenting role, but instead they make sure children follow the rules. In comparison on Taris, parents can ask to have a child, parents will then be selected to have the next child. Taris parents take on a parenting role and are allowed to show emotions towards their family. But they are still required to keep their children following the rules.]]> 2017-03-20 03:51:51 UTC https://padlet.com/thales6/fo6qnff66ca0/wish/161061521 laura https://padlet.com/thales6/fo6qnff66ca0/wish/161061534 1. emotions and relationships:
on Taris, citizens can form romantic relationships and marriages within their learning stratums, and often display their emotions in their actions and reactions when about their daily lives. Whereas in the Community, citizens do not posses emotions, and therefore can not form romantic relationships. Citizens on Taris have relationships that consist of feelings of duty and obligation.
2. Jobs and occupations: In the Community, each child has been observed over the course of their lives and from these observations, the government selects a job for them. However on Taris each citizen can chose an apprenticeship, so that they can study under an elder to learn their desired job, then they take the job when the elder dies. Unlike the Community, the government does not have a say in the occupation of a citizen, whereas they have full control in the Community.
3. Death as a concept: In the Community, 'death' does not exist. Loss and mourning can't be experienced as people are simply 'released to elsewhere'- nowhere in the novel are citizens explicitly informed about what it really means to 'die'. In the community, babies are killed if they're not healthy enough, and similarly to Taris, people that disrupt the balance of society with their opinions are often subtly killed or 'released to elsewhere'. On Taris, death as a concept was accepted and understood, and it was chosen by elderly citizens, or because somebody was unwell, or because they were secretly murdered by the government. But deceased citizens are mourned, as citizens have emotions.

]]> 2017-03-20 03:52:03 UTC https://padlet.com/thales6/fo6qnff66ca0/wish/161061534 Pauline Rutaquio https://padlet.com/thales6/fo6qnff66ca0/wish/161061556 Surveillance of citizens
There is extreme constant surveillance in The Giver and the citizens are to obey expectations. Whereas on Taris, one's actions is spread around the town through gossip within the citizens, it is a form of communication.

Control of citizens
Baldness is used as a symbol of control since they (GC) don't allow hair to be grown on Taris. This destroys the individuality of each person on the island. Although the people in The Giver aren't bold, they still have expectations to follow which ALSO destroys individuality. The community is controlled by the 'Elders', and the Governance Companiance control Taris. In both places, the natural world is completely banished.

Death as a concept
In The Giver, death is non-existent. Instead they call it "being released to Elsewhere", but the citizens don't know the true meaning of it. Emotions cannot be felt in the community, therefore the citizens cannot feel grief, loss or pain. On Taris, death is known as a concept and is understood by everyone. Death is chosen only if elderly citizens were ready to pass on, or because someone was extremely sick, or someone was believed to be secretly assassinated by the GC because of their actions.

]]> 2017-03-20 03:52:17 UTC https://padlet.com/thales6/fo6qnff66ca0/wish/161061556 Anna Pulikken https://padlet.com/thales6/fo6qnff66ca0/wish/161061562 Environment: In the book Juno of Taris, the setting is very tropical. There are domestic animals such as chicken, rabbit, goat, and fish. While in The Giver film there are no animals and the climate is always the same degrees.
Control of Citizens:Juno of Taris is controlled lot by the government such things like helping out for the community, not allowed to grow hair or where we go. While in the film The Giver is restraining the citizens like making own choices, what to wear and what to eat.
Death as a concept:

Juno of Taris and The giver are very different to the concept of death. Juno of Taris residents is fully aware what death is and how it is caused. Although in Th Giver people have not been educated the concept of death, considering the elders who didn't want people to have emotions because they released emotions caused anger and distress causing hatred and enmity in humans. The elders got rid of the emotions giving it medications which made people to forget emotions and feelings.

]]> 2017-03-20 03:52:23 UTC https://padlet.com/thales6/fo6qnff66ca0/wish/161061562 Chanté https://padlet.com/thales6/fo6qnff66ca0/wish/161061577 1. Control of citizens
2. Individuality
3. Education
Control of citizens-
In the Giver, citizens of the Community are heavily controlled by "Elders", prominently the Chief Elder, who discourages any freedom of choice. In contrast, in Taris, Governance Companions inflict punishment and enforce rules about being compliant and following the rules.

Individuality-
In the Giver, individuality is unheard of, as citizens are required to dress, act and behave the same way. They are not allowed to be themselves or develop their personalities. n act of individuality would cause chaos and confusion among the Community. Similarly, in Taris, citizens must wear clothing that is allocated towards their gender/age, act compliantly, kindly and intelligently, and must behave the same as their fellow citizens, never sharing opinions or acting differently.
Education-
On Taris, education is controlled, as students are taught to be illiterate, never learn accurate depictions of history, or gain their own personal knowledge. This is the same as the Giver, where in the Community citizens are never taught about the past, and must learn a strict and set curriculum. By receiving this curriculum, citizens remain oblivious to the world and have little knowledge about serious issues and events in history. Although, unlike in Taris, they are not forced to be illiterate, and are rather precise in language. ]]> 2017-03-20 03:52:37 UTC https://padlet.com/thales6/fo6qnff66ca0/wish/161061577 Vivian https://padlet.com/thales6/fo6qnff66ca0/wish/161061586 Control of citizens
In Taris, the Governance Companion control a majority of the citizen's lives. This is similar to 'The Giver', as they are also told how to lives their lives. The people in both dystopias are told they they have to wear, what they learn, what they jobs are and more.

Surveillance of Citizens

]]> 2017-03-20 03:52:42 UTC https://padlet.com/thales6/fo6qnff66ca0/wish/161061586 Ruby https://padlet.com/thales6/fo6qnff66ca0/wish/161061594 Individuality:
In both Taris and 'The Community' people are not able to express themselves or show individuality due to the higher powers who control their every move. To limit differences and inequality, all freedom and choice was taken away from the citizens by making everyone wear the same thing and look the same. On Taris people are forced to shave their heads whereas in the Community they are allowed to grow their hair. Similarly citizens have been raised and were born with specific characteristics to limit individuality in people, although on Taris characteristics are chosen when they choose the biological parents and in the giver, they are given shots so that remain all the same.

Protagonists:
There is one main protagonist in each of the texts. In Juno of Taris it is Juno and in 'The Giver', it is Jonas. These characters are very important as they reveal secrets that have been haunting each of their society's for many, many years. They are both rebellious and non-compliant to the rules that are set for them, striving to find the truth and release all the bad, this makes them very similar. In contrast to Jonas from the Giver, Juno is a young teen who is trying to dethrone the Governance Companions, especially Hilto, by proving what they have been doing and trying to find out the truth abut Taris's past.

Environment:

]]> 2017-03-20 03:52:51 UTC https://padlet.com/thales6/fo6qnff66ca0/wish/161061594 Reese https://padlet.com/thales6/fo6qnff66ca0/wish/161061606 2017-03-20 03:52:55 UTC https://padlet.com/thales6/fo6qnff66ca0/wish/161061606 Hong https://padlet.com/thales6/fo6qnff66ca0/wish/161061610 1. Knowledge of the past
On Taris, there is knowledge of the past but all of it is not accurate. But, in "The Giver" everyone is has no knowledge of the pass because it has been taken away from them. They are similar because the past has an immense impact on what is happening in the present.
2. Individuality
In both of them something has been taken away from the citizens, but what is taken away is different. Hair must be shaven off on Taris, whereas in the community they are not able to see colour. On Taris, everyone is told that they must wear tunics and in the community you must wear your assigned clothes.
3. Babies
Babies were to be healthy and strong to be able to survive and live in the community. If the baby is not, then the baby is to be released elsewhere. On the other hand, babies were to have the perfect genetic picked out by the government. ]]> 2017-03-20 03:52:57 UTC https://padlet.com/thales6/fo6qnff66ca0/wish/161061610 Isabelle https://padlet.com/thales6/fo6qnff66ca0/wish/161061639 1. Control of Citizens
There is an excessive amount of governmental on both Taris and in The Community. In Taris and The Community, citizens are restricted from doing certain things. In both, citizens have a recreation hour, which is their only hour of free time in which they are not learning or working. Even in this hour, they are restricted from doing certain things. In both, the government also controls what they eat, what they wear, etc.

2. Individuality
In The Community, citizens are restricted from expressing their individuality through clothing, freedom of speech and everything is chosen for them. Similarly in Taris, the restrictions are the same although they have to have their heads shaved, unlike in the Giver.

3. Emotions and Relationships
On Taris, people are restricted from having relations with anyone who isn't in their stratum. Similarly, in the Community, affection is not to be shown and their interaction between them is limited.

]]> 2017-03-20 03:53:19 UTC https://padlet.com/thales6/fo6qnff66ca0/wish/161061639 Steele https://padlet.com/thales6/fo6qnff66ca0/wish/161061655 Antagonist
On Taris they have the Governance Companions and in The Giver they have the Chief Elder. The Governance Companions are extremely controlling of the people of Taris like the Chief Elder makes the Community take there daily injections to stop emotions, they are not aloud to see colour as she wants sameness. On Taris, the people are aloud to feel emotions, see colour, but not aloud to dress differently, not aloud to grow their hair.

Emotions And Relationships

In The Giver

]]> 2017-03-20 03:53:32 UTC https://padlet.com/thales6/fo6qnff66ca0/wish/161061655 Danielle https://padlet.com/thales6/fo6qnff66ca0/wish/161061679 Control of the citizens
In The Giver the citizens are controlled with what they do and say. Likewise in Juno of Taris the citizens are also controlled on where they go to and what they do. A similarity in both Taris and The Giver is that they can't speak their mind and ask questions about where they live.

Surveillance of citizens
In The Giver the community is under 24/7 surveillance and are being watched in their own home's. Unlike on Taris they don't have that much of surveillance but still have strict rules they have to follow.]]> 2017-03-20 03:53:43 UTC https://padlet.com/thales6/fo6qnff66ca0/wish/161061679 Verity Sattout https://padlet.com/thales6/fo6qnff66ca0/wish/161061728 1. Education

In Taris it is said they are taught that their land has been lies about the land such as that it has been up and running for 200 years, which explains that the citizens on Taris can not have the correct definition of what has happened in the past where as, In The Giver, they have no knowledge about the past and that's why Jonas is striving to cross the border to get those memories back for the whole of The Community. In the contrary both of the lands have no true knowledge about their past and this relates to education by the study of History.

2. Isolation

In Taris there isolation makes sure that the citizens can't exit the island and that is held by an artificial dome. This is so that they have no contact to the "outside" and the resources they have In The Giver, they also have a dome but there is a different purpose towards it. Rather than keeping in the citizens its more for keeping in the memories of the past. This relates to Isolation by how both, The Giver and Juno of Taris, are held from whats beyond they know.

3. Genetics]]> 2017-03-20 03:54:17 UTC https://padlet.com/thales6/fo6qnff66ca0/wish/161061728 Alanna https://padlet.com/thales6/fo6qnff66ca0/wish/161061913 Genetics: on taris people get to pick there genectics of the child that they are able to conceive, but in the giver there are people that have the job of being a "birth mother"

Jobs: in the community jobs are chosen for you so you don't need to worry about what you. unlike on taris they are offered to have an apprenticeship

the concept of death: in the community there is not concept of death they are released to els were but unlike the community taris has the option of death and just except it

]]> 2017-03-20 03:56:36 UTC https://padlet.com/thales6/fo6qnff66ca0/wish/161061913 Tara kendt5050 https://padlet.com/thales6/fo6qnff66ca0/wish/161061920 1. Death as a concept- People in taris understand death where as people in the community do not understand the concept of death and is not recognised as something bad, as well they kill babies without even realising it.

2. Genetics
People in taris have rules about babies such as:
- only some people can have babies form their genes
or
- parents are selected via a computer and are picked based on their intelligence.

how ever people in the community, once a baby is born a family is selected.

3.Education
Education in taris is limited to their knowledge, They are taught from pictographs. as well the older generations are the only ones who can read and write and everyone else can not.
Where as in the community the citizens of the community know how to read and write, as well as they both don't have no knowledge of the past and are told not to bring it up in conversations.]]> 2017-03-20 03:56:42 UTC https://padlet.com/thales6/fo6qnff66ca0/wish/161061920 Shaimaa https://padlet.com/thales6/fo6qnff66ca0/wish/161062026 1. Emotions and Relationships:
The emotions in the community, are controlled because the people of the community need to take an immunisation every morning. While in Taris, they are with people from the same striatum and have relationships with them.
2. Genetics:

3. Death as a concept:
In Taris they know what death is and they feel grief when someone choses to die. While in the community, the people don't understand the concept of death because they don't have any emotions or feel any sadness once someone is 'taken to elsewhere.' ]]> 2017-03-20 03:58:10 UTC https://padlet.com/thales6/fo6qnff66ca0/wish/161062026 Lisa https://padlet.com/thales6/fo6qnff66ca0/wish/161062238 1 ) Control of citizens
On Taris, citizens were controlled by the government, and they occasionally visited/monitored the people to see what they were doing. However, in the community (The Giver) they had little to no choice. They were monitored daily, and the Government had absolute control over the people.
2 ) Individuality
On Taris, people had different skins, different features, but no one talked about it. People wore tunics but each person wore it differently. However in the Giver, everyone was chosen to wear what the Government tells them to wear. Everyone looked almost the same and there were no diversity in culture.
3 ) Genetics
On Taris and the Giver, genetics are chosen by the government and them only. They choose the parents and more than half of the time, its not their biological child. In the Giver, no child is theirs. The 'Birthmother' gives birth to the children and the government assigns the 'parents' for that particular child.

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