It is all around us, a highly structured system describing our daily lives. It is what we are all distinct from and it is not something we can simply escape. It's society. After reading A Doll's House and The Giver, I noticed that society is often corrupt. I intend to discuss the characteristics of Nora and Jonas, how they come to perceive the world differently and realize its destruction. As individuals gain greater understanding and knowledge of corruption within society, their perspective on the world changes, leading them to question societal norms; this is evident in Ibsen's A Doll's House and Lois Lowry's The Giver. Nora, the main character, is a wife and mother who seems dependent on her husband and acts childish. However, throughout the play it is evident that Nora is quite a rounded character. At the beginning Nora is a society doll. She does everything expected of a woman during this time. Her first realization of the corruption of society is when Krogstad, the man who gave her the loan, tells Nora that it is illegal for a woman to sign a loan. She got the loan because her husband, Torvald, was very ill. Nora expresses her frustration when she says, "Are you telling me that a woman doesn't have the right to save her husband's life?" (Ibsen) Nora finds it ridiculous that the law does not take into account saving someone's life and their love for another person. She believes that she had the right to do such a thing in the interests of her husband and now perceives the laws of society differently. This example from the play relates back to my thesis when Nora realizes the corruption of society's laws, this is where Nora's perception...... middle of paper ......s/ textbooks on transformative learning. This source fits my article well because it specifically talks about female stereotypes in one of the paragraphs. I could use this to tell the story of how Nora realizes the stereotypical views of women in society and from there her whole perspective on the world changes. In A Doll's House, Nora lives in a stereotypical world where women are considered inferior and this is considered normal. Even today, people often think that women primarily take on domestic duties. Also, this source may connect with The Giver when she talks about cultural assimilation and how Jonah learned about the world throughout his childhood and didn't know anything else until he got its mission. This source relates to my thesis by showing how stereotypical norms and cultural assimilation are often linked to corruption and worldview..