The concept of individuality in Scott Westerfeld's Uglies and Lois Lowry's The Giver

This thesis aims to analyze the concept of individuality in terms of achieving the transcendence in two dystopian novels: The Giver by Lois Lowry and Uglies by Scott Westerfeld. The concept of individuality, by its very nature, can exist only with the concept of collectivity. However, this situation also involves a duality. This duality originates from the question of identity. An individual's identity is determined by the principles of the society, therefore s/he struggles to grow a self-identity. Thus, this thesis aims to examine an individual's condition in a social organization. This thesis also aims to examine which role the maturity plays in achieving this transcendence.