We are reading the Giver in class. It is said to be a utopian world when I think it it the OPPOSITE of a utopian world. For instance, nobody knows what an animal is. My utopian world would be almost all animals (other than humans) and nature everywhere. In the Giver though, I would hate almost all of the jobs. I may be a Landscape Worker to be near a bit of nature. If The Giver is a utopian world. I hope that the world is never a utopian one.
I highly agree that this is not what we think of a Utopian World. Although none of the characteristics that we expect from a society of this type are in this book so far, I think that this is a Utopian society in the way that no one has any troubles easily. I like your choice of landscape worker though.