'The Giver' - Reflection

How does the community use laws, and how does it use tradition,  to control its citizens?

The so called council made the community up in the clouds so if someone would be able jumped of they would survive because there is ground just below the clouds. No one knew about so they people who made the rules so they listened to them.They tried to hide all violence and warfare and people did not know what death was because they called it release; but to them they thought they were leaving the community. They made the rules pretty simple so people would want to change the rules they set and people get to scared about breaking they rules because that the council is watching them everyday. It used the word tradition for things like  everyday jobs and ceremony  like ceremony of the twelve.

The Giver is a book that we have been reading in class.We also went to the movies to see the differences and changes to the story.