| dc.contributor.author | Haley, Deborah Faith | |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper considers the topic of government control through the context of young adult dystopian literature. The novels The Giver (1993) by Lois Lowry and Matched (2011) by Ally Condie are specifically considered in their connection to governmental control over an entire society. The novels The Giver and Matched both provide views into worlds where such basic human experiences as language use and memory are controlled, so that the protagonists—Jonas (The Giver) and Cassia (Matched) –find themselves torn between trusting what they have been told all their lives by their respective societies and what they have come to understand through their own experiences apart from the controlled environment of the government. Through these novels, we are shown the complete stagnation of the human experience possible when government structures are allowed to control all aspects of life in a culture, society, or country and no one challenges their decisions. | en_US |
| dc.publisher | North Dakota State University | en_US |
| dc.rights | NDSU policy 190.6.2 | en_US |
| dc.title | The Dangers of Power: Government Control in the Worlds of Condie’s Matched and Lowry’s The Giver | en_US |
| dc.type | Master's paper | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-05-27T17:40:04Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-05-27T17:40:04Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10365/31502 | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Lowry, Lois. Giver. | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Condie, Allyson Braithwaite. Matched. | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Young adult literature -- History and criticism. | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Youth -- Books and reading. | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Dystopias in literature. | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Education and state. | |
| dc.rights.uri | https://www.ndsu.edu/fileadmin/policy/190.pdf | en_US |
| ndsu.degree | Master of Arts (MA) | en_US |
| ndsu.college | Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences | en_US |
| ndsu.department | English | en_US |
| ndsu.program | English | en_US |
| ndsu.advisor | Graham-Bertolini, Alison | |
