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As it turned out, Dissolution (2003) was a bestseller and a sequel was commissioned. ‘To my delight,’ he told the Guardian in 2010, ‘my email was hot with people wanting more.’ Even then Sansom thought the book might flop, so he began another, set in 1930s Spain. He finished it, sent it off and returned from holiday expecting a stack of rejections. I n 2000 Christopher Sansom took a year off from his job as a solicitor to write a novel: it had occurred to him that the dissolution of the monasteries might make a good backdrop to a murder mystery. ![]() ![]() ![]() The readers are positioned to view this as restrictive because Jonas clearly was frustrated by the lack of knowledge the society built up. Society believed that in order to protect the citizens from making wrong choices they would eliminate opinions to maintain a safe world. When people are unable to experience pain themselves, their individuality is devalued. 123) The lack of freedom and desire applied in the ‘Giver’ was implemented to show that the citizens do not have the right nor ability to make choices. ![]() ![]() For example, in chapter 13 Jonas angrily expresses his emotions “if everything’s the same, then there aren’t any choices! I want to wake up in the morning and decide things! A blue tunic or a red one?” (Lowry Pg. ![]() As the plot progressed, it became obvious that the community was one of unnatural conformity. Consequently, people do not have the ability to make their individual decisions and people are unable to think for themselves, blindly accepting and following all rules. The concept of individualism is non-existent in the dystopian novel the Giver. She has positioned the readers to view the community as a calculated and controlled society. 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But something in him cracked open when he fell in love with Dante, and he can’t go back. He expected his senior year to be the same. Now, they must discover what it means to stay in love and build a relationship in a world that seems to challenge their very existence.Īri has spent all of high school burying who he really is, staying silent and invisible. 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