Study of Themes in The Giver by Lois Lowry Lois Lowry’s book‚ The Giver‚ is a portrayal of a utopian community without pain or fear where all human needs are provided for and the elders of the community make all decisions for each individual. It is a society in which the belief system is based off the idea that pain is the ultimate evil‚ and so‚ to eliminate pain and suffering desire and individuality must be eliminated. Lowry’s purpose in writing this novel is displayed through three clear and
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Have you ever heard of a book or movie called the Giver? Well if you haven’t heard of the Giver it is a confusing story at first until you fully understand what the author is trying to tell you. Also‚ the name of the book has a meaning to why it is called that.The Giver is a book that can change your mind on how you put the world out to be. In the world that has no feelings‚ colour‚ or even a real biological family. In our world we have feelings‚ colour‚ and a family that is ours. They cannot
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and war; that is a dystopia. A dystopia is an idea of an unpleasant and disaster filled society. The Community in The Giver is a utopia because they want to keep people safe from war‚make sure everyone can have food‚and keep them safe from illnesses and pain. The community in The Giver wants to keep residents safe from wars so they do not become injured‚ or killed. In the book it states“… he lay there in the fearsome stench for hours‚ listened to the men and animals die….( Lowry 151)” The war killed
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Jonas’ ability to “see beyond”. What is it that he can see? Why do you think that the community decided to take away colours? (p. 124 in the book). Jonas is possible to see things beyond what other people in the community can’t see because they don’t have the memories and abilities to see it. For example‚ Jonas realizes the colour red in Fiona’s hair. As Giver said that the community decided to choose sameness‚ so they gave up colours. 7. How would you describe what colour is to someone who has never
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The Effect of the Rules and Punishments In Lois Lowry’s book “The Giver” ‚there are many rules and punishments that effect the community massively. The rules and punishments seem to be the foundation of their society. Many rules and punishments can benefit and drawback any society. In Lois Lowry’s book “The Giver”‚ the rules and punishments are both beneficial and disadvantageous to the community. There are many different rules in Jonas’ society. At breakfast you must tell your dreams to the family
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The Giver by Lois Lowry was written in 1933 about a dystopian society‚ in which the memories of pain‚ war‚ hatred‚ hunger‚ conflict‚ and sadness have been eliminated from society‚ and placed onto a single man‚ called “The Giver.” The protagonist‚ Jonas‚ has the ability to receive these memories and is charged with the task of taking all of the memories from the current Giver‚ because he is getting old. During this process‚ Jonas realizes that the society he grew up in is far from perfect‚ and that
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The Giver‚ the community which the main character‚ Jonas‚ lives in is exactly like this. The society which is portrayed in the story is an illusion of what a utopia is. Through the relationships that we are able to see in the story‚ such as interactions with the opposite sex‚ Jonas’s relationship with the Giver‚ and relationships between family members‚ we can clearly see that the idea of a utopia has clearly been misunderstood by the society and its leaders. In the society of The Giver‚ interaction
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The Giver by Lois Lowry is about a young boy named Jonas and about the perfect community he lives in. Their life-style is a lot difference from ours because they don’t get to choose what they want‚ they are just told to do it. They also do things differently‚ an example would be the way they celebrate there birthday. Every children from 12 and under celebrate there birthday on December as a community. Another difference is the way they create their family unit. They are only allowed to have a certain
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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
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“SAMENESS” IN THE GIVER What would it feel like living in a world which everyone is same and the life is monotone?In “The Giver”‚written by Lois Lowry‚there’s a community based on perfection and the citizens who have strict and ethic rules to prevent their community from becoming unethical and unequal.Lowry conveyed her ideas both with in advantages and disadvantages‚and the diversity which citizens in the community have lost. To begin with‚the main advantage which citizens have is the relief
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