In The Giver sameness is the idea that everything must be the same and that people should not be different from one another. It's when things are not the same that creates problems. For example, the people in Jonas' world realized that unpredictable weather caused problems/. The Giver creates an environment of sameness when the people have no emotions, no choice, and they don't see color. The Giver creates an environment of sameness by making the people not see color. Everyone sees black and white.