Symbolism
The communities are created to be "perfect" with no complications or struggles until the citizens begin to receive knowledge and "act out".
How the communities of Pleasantville and The Giver symbolize the comparisons between their ideal world and reality.
Both Jonas and the citizens from Pleasantville become thirsty for more and more knowledge after receiving a tiny bit.
How Jonas and the citizens from Pleasantville react after changing their daily lives.
Both Captain Beatty and the Mayor of Pleasantville want to stop all knowledge and changes from happening within their societies.
How Captain Beatty and the Mayor of Pleasantville relate to each other.
Bud's co-worker expresses his everyday life never changes: "never gets any better or any worse; its always the same".
How Bud's co-worker prove there is a pattern of sameness.
"Colored" people were looked down on and began to be separated from the other citizens.
An allusion to segregation/racism.
Bud and Mary Sue are seen as keepers of knowledge within Pleasantville just like how The Giver and Jonas are the only ones out of everyone with knowledge about the world.
What roles do Bud, Mary Sue, Jonas, and The Giver have within their communities.
Montag and the citizens of Pleasantville have been living their lives asleep until certain people opened their eyes and showed them the different possibilities in life.
How Montag and the citizens of Pleasantville relate to one another.
Bud tells his dad that maybe it is not just the cooking and cleaning that he misses about his wife. Proving that the citizens are unaware about the true concept of strong emotions such as love.
How Bud's dad represent how certain emotions of the citizens are suppressed.