In the novel The Giver‚ by Lois Lowry‚ a pronounced theme is love and happiness cannot thrive in the presence of sameness. First‚ people are not given choices about anything‚ even the ones that only affect their lives. When Jonas was speaking with The Giver after being given the memory of color‚ Jonas became angry that he was not given choices‚ but in the end they both agree that it is dangerous‚ because people‚ “‘might make the wrong decision’... ‘We don’t dare to let people make choices of their
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Forty Acres Cesar Chavez and the Farm Workers Mark Day INTRODUCTION BY CESAR CHAVEZ PRAEGER PUBLISHERS NEW YORK – WASHINGTON – LONDON Acknowledgements: I am grateful to the staff and parishioners of Our Lady of Guadalupe Church‚ Delano‚ to Fathers Al Peck‚ Ed Fronake‚ Ignatius DeGroot‚ Dave Duran‚ and Tom Messner‚ and to Ray Reyes and Lala Granillo for their many kindnesses. I am also indebted to the staff of El Maleriado—Doug Adair‚ Marcia Sanchez‚ Ben Madocks‚ and Richard
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The Giver is a fiction book written by Lois Lowry. The main character‚ Jonas‚ lives in a town where everything is perfectly structured and nothing is out of place. December is approaching‚ which means that the Coming of Age ceremonies are coming up‚ and Jonas is worried about his ceremony. He is turning twelve‚ which is when kids receive their job assignments. During dinner‚ Jonas’s family shares their feelings. Jonas’s father says that he is concerned about a newborn named Gabe‚ who is having trouble
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Do you ever think that life is tuff know and unfair? Well in The Giver they are all the same and they don’t even get to have feelings‚ or memories‚ in fact they can’t even see in color. After knowing this I would think harder before saying life is unfair. Three things that I can compare to society know to the society in The Giver is number one we get to go outside of our house after dark with no punishment but not in The Giver‚ number two we don’t get killed for being to old‚ breaking a few rules
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The Giver is about two main characters‚ Jonas‚ and the Giver. Jonas is a young boy living in a “utopian” society in which everyone’s life is controlled by a group of elders. When people who live in the society become a twelve‚ they are assigned a job. Jonas expected to receive a normal job like everyone else in the society. However‚ he was assigned the most important and honorable job in the entire society‚ the receiver. He then undergoes training for his new assignment that opens his eyes to many
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Book Report English Title: The Giver Author: Lois Lowry Setting: A controlled‚ utopian community Sometime in the future Protagonist(s): Jonas Antagonist(s): The Community Relationship between the Protagonist and Antagonist Jonas‚ the protagonist of the story‚ is a twelve-year-old boy who lives in a place called The Community‚ which is the antagonist of the story. In the Community‚ led by a Committee of Elders‚ almost all aspects of every citizen’s lives are controlled and planned
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In the story The Giver it talks about how the Giver’s memories are transferred to Jonas which begins to make him see things in a new light. According research‚ “the transference of memory is the point at which Lowry’s novel moves from science fiction into fantasy (53)‚ and in fact‚ almost nothing related to memory in The Giver can be explained scientifically‚ from the Giver’s loss of a memory once he has given it to Jonas
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There are many words to describe the community in "The Giver." Everything they did in that story had to pretty much be done in unison‚ as everything had to be perfect‚ feelings were not a real option and responsibility was the biggest Factor in the community. Although its very difficult to describe‚ the people in this community had to all follow certain rules and regulations. Responsibilty was a big part of everyones life. From the time each person turned 12‚ or became a 12 as the story states
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Critique of Chaucer’s Attack on the Patriarchy and Class Discrimination (An Understanding of Chaucer’s Attack on the Patriarchy and Class Discrimination) In the day of Geoffrey Chaucer‚ there was a set philosophy known as the Patriarchy. Also‚ there was a division of the classes‚ such as: the poor people‚ who couldn’t afford a simple meal; the middle class‚ who had a way of making ends meet‚ but only to a certain extent‚ and the upper lords and kings‚ who were seen as better than the people previously
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For my independent reading project I chose to read The Giver written by Lois Lowry. This story takes place in a “perfect” society. A society with no color. A society with no feelings. A society with no individuality. A society with no freedom. This book is set in a dystopian society‚ where everyone is the same and everything is chosen for you The main character in this story is a twelve year old boy named Jonas. He got placed into a job as reviver of energy. In the beginning of the book he is very
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