What would you consider a perfect society? Thomas More's Utopia and Lois Lowry's The Giver both have similar and different point of views on this aspect. In The Giver, and Utopia they both vary on the aspects of creating rules and laws, how they have their ways to deal with slavery, and marriage to form an ideal society.

Due to various themes from both stories it gives the reader a sense of reality that there is no perfect society. A theme emphasized in Utopia was the creation of rules and laws to help generate a perfect society. Thomas More demonstrates how " husbands have power to correct their wives, and parents to chastise their children..." The laws of Utopia do not determine the punishment of crimes, but it is left to the senate to decide what they should do according to the circumstances of the fact. In comparison, The...