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Although everybody in his community is controlled, cant feel real emotions, and cant see color, there is no death, pain, destruction, war, or starvation. So in reality, it is a little bit of both. Although I think it would be described more as a utopia because of the fact that the people don't know there being controlled. Therefore there living in a perfect community while under the illusion that they live a normal life. So really its only a dystopian society for The Giver, and Jonas.
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