Preview

Jonas 'Society In The Giver'

Good Essays
Open Document
Open Document
820 Words
Grammar
Grammar
Plagiarism
Plagiarism
Writing
Writing
Score
Score
Jonas 'Society In The Giver'
The story is told in Jonas’ point of view,

Jonas’ society varies from my own society, in many different ways. Jonas’ society is very strict on rules, there is a rule for everything they do. Their society is also very scheduled, the whole day is planned out for every person. They also get their meals delivered to them, they don't buy food or anything in that matter. Everything they need is supplied to them.

Being released from the community is what it sounds like, you are let go. You are no longer a part of the community you are sent elsewhere to somewhere not near your community.

Language is used in the community very strictly, you are chastised if you use a word or phrase wrong. Everyone is expected to use precise language, or else the community would not run smoothly.

Asher's character is a very energetic, funny, yet clumsy character, for example he is always late, and very quick to
…show more content…
The children move up a year, and adults get paired with a spouse, or get a new child. The ceremony of ones is where, each new child born that year gets a name and a family unit. The ceremony of sevens is where the children get a front buttoned jacket. The ceremony of eights is where each child gets to start volunteering, and they receive a jacket with smaller buttons and pockets. The ceremony of nines is where each child gets a bicycle. The ceremony of ten is where each child gets a haircut, females lose their braids and males get a haircut that exposes their ears. The ceremony of elevens is where the children get new cloths females get new undergarments, and males receive pants with a special pocket for the calculator they use that year in school. At age twelve each child will receive an assignment, which is their job for the rest of their lives. The matching of spouses is where a male and a female have applied to get a partner. The elders take many things into consideration before making a

You May Also Find These Documents Helpful

  • Powerful Essays

    Case Load 1

    • 844 Words
    • 4 Pages

    |Release: includes legal and ethical consideration, instituting a corrective plan of assistance, possible probation or termination. |…

    • 844 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Good Essays

    The main character Jonas when he becomes braver and develops the feeling of love. Those changes helps him throughout the story develops as a character. Jonas changes majorly in the novel The Giver in many way and a lot of the time it can be just little ways he change, but some are very big and have a great effect. The novel The Giver dystopian fiction novel about how a near perfect community has the main character, Jonas, is assigned the job of being the new Receiver and the Receiver's job is to use the memories of the past life before to advise the council about decisions that they can’t make. He given these memories and realizes that he doesn’t want to be apart of the “near perfect” community so he comes up with a way to save gabe, who stayed at his dwelling because his father had to take care of him to see if he would grow enough but he doesn’t so would have been executed or “released” before jonas saved him, and later he escapes the community.…

    • 481 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    1) Asher is the son of Aryeh Lev who, being the right arm of the Rebbe, is the pillar of moral community.…

    • 827 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Good Essays

    Guitar Highway Rose

    • 691 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Asher is angry because his parents broke up and he got moved away from his father to a place that he thinks has it out for him. When he got sent to his new school he did not have the correct clothes so he kept on getting in trouble and so Mrs Hyde started to dislike Asher, which leaded to Mrs Hyde leaving her wallet in her car and accusing Asher of stealing it. All of these events lead to Asher running away with Rosie. I think Asher is having a…

    • 691 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Imagine a word with no love, no affection, and no biological families. Well in the dystopian society in The Giver by Lois Lowry. This is their everyday life, which makes the protagonist Jonas wonder why is this the case. Jonas’ society and modern day society have close to nothing in common. While Jonas’ society is emotionless, experiences sameness, and does not have choices, Modern day society consists of love, celebrates individuality, and has freedom to choose.…

    • 478 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Shc 21 Answers

    • 2221 Words
    • 9 Pages

    Slang: Slang should not be used when communicating with service users or in formal communication, as it might seem unprofessional.…

    • 2221 Words
    • 9 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    According to Charon, culture is one of the social patterns in society. It arises in social interaction. It is taught in social interaction. Culture is made up of three smaller sets of patterns: (1) rules, (2) beliefs, and (3) values (Charon p. 56). For these two peer croups, the contrast in their lifestyles and culture can be attributed to the influence, involvement, and expectations of their parents. The parents of the Brothers expect that their children will do well in school, they expect them to stay out trouble, and to refrain from the use of drugs and alcohol. Thus, from their families, the Brothers take away a contradictory outlook. On the one hand, they see that hard work on the part of their parents has not gotten them very far, an implicit indictment of the openness of the opportunity structure. On the other hand, they are encouraged by these same people to have high hopes for the future (Macleod p. 167). In contrast, the Hallway Hangers' families do not hold high aspirations, they do not expect that…

    • 1063 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Family units are roughly the same in each society. A family is usually made up of parents and children. Like Jonas’s family, they customarily have dinner and breakfast together every day and talk about their “feelings.” In addition, “adoption” is generally the same for both societies. People in the novel sign up to obtain children like current society. Also, potential parents are thoroughly background checked. Although in modern society, they actually have a culture. Culture is the way of life of a group of people and their behaviors and beliefs. This is unlike The Giver because they do not have ethnicities, beliefs, nor religions. Also, the ways they raise children have drastic differences. After turning into adults, they completely disconnect from their parents. Also the people in the community of the novel are assigned jobs. This means that they do not have a choice. Once assigned, they cannot accept or apply for another job. They know and accept this, for acceptance is one of their many…

    • 873 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    CU1530

    • 544 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Terminology in some circumstances may cause offence, reason being some cultures may have different meanings for certain words or phrases.…

    • 544 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    Hsc32 2.2

    • 1075 Words
    • 5 Pages

    The way people speak to each other in society is regulated by the laws, which says what is appropriate and inappropriate behaviour.…

    • 1075 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    People from different backgrounds use or interpret communication in different ways, some using slang. People from different areas and generations use words that we may not necessarily understand, words may have different meanings to what they actually are.…

    • 506 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Throughout the world, every culture has introduced their own versions of the “Rites of Passage”. The coming of age when you pass from being a child into adulthood. Some rites are as simple as a dance or the painting of faces, while others are as extreme as forceful circumcision and sleeping with other men’s wives. Regardless of the circumstances, it’s never easy becoming a grown-up.…

    • 868 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    F Word

    • 404 Words
    • 2 Pages

    boy or it's a girl. Then they throw either a pink or blue outfit on us. Then we are given toys that pertain to a certain gender.…

    • 404 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    Today we will look at the ways in which cultures throughout the world have used rites of passage to mark the transition to adulthood for both boys and girls, and how elements of those rituals are being used today in American society.…

    • 1338 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Better Essays

    Gender Socialization

    • 1680 Words
    • 7 Pages

    Before a newborn child takes his or her first breath of life outside the mother 's womb, he or she is distinguishable and characterized by gender. A baby is born and the doctor looks at the proud parents or parent and says three simple words: Its a boy, or Its a girl The baby is brought home and dressed in clothes that help friends, family and even strangers identify the sex of the child. Baby boys are dressed in blue and baby girls are dressed in pink. The baby boy may be dressed in a blue jumpsuit with a football or a baseball glove on it. The baby girl may wear a bow in their hair and flowered pajamas. As the boy begins to grow, he is given a miniature basketball and a hoop to play with. The girl is given dolls and doll clothes to dress them up in. Even going further, eventually the boy may play with Legos and Lincoln Logs and the girl gets a PlaySchool oven and a plastic tea set with which to play house.…

    • 1680 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Better Essays

Related Topics