기억 전달자 에 형상화된 “생존희극” 연구: 멋진 신세계 의 반생명적 비극을 통한 고찰

The Giver ’s“Comedy of Survival” through the Eyes of an Anti-life Tragedy in Brave New World

This study examines how Lois Lowry’s The Giver writes back Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World by adopting Joseph W. Meeker’s “Comedy of Survival” to break up BNW’s tragic close-down at the end of the novel. The physical manipulation in BNW dominates the mind of World State citizens, who seek for physical pleasure to avoid all sorts of pains; ironically, their exhilarating gaze at John the Savage makes him feel enormous pains, pushing him to commit suicide. In The Giver, Jonas recognizes the cruel dystopian tragedy beneath the surface through his memory receiving training: sameness in the community blocks chances of exploring any individual potential. Jonas escapes the community to disassemble its exclusive way of memory hoarding. His unfettered mind in Elsewhere leads to facing diversities of the physical world before human engagement. The restoration of the repressed senses, ideas, and expressions in Elsewhere embodies “the Comedy of Survival” in which the natural law based on the coexistence of conflicting values fully functions.