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    The first comparison between The Giver and our society is in the constitution of Family who makes up a family. Of course in both societies families are made up of children’s and parents. This is a positive way to make up a family. In the Giver community children are given a comfort object and in our society children are given stuffed animals or other small toys. In both the giver and our society have positive bedtime rituals. In the Giver community father helps Lily go to bed. In our society parents

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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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    Part 3‚ Summary‚ The Giver Assignment #3 The Giver‚ By Lois Lowry is a great story about utopias and sameness. Jonas lives in a utopia and does the same tasks as everyone else in his community. This is until they turn 12 and get their jobs/assignments. There are fish hatchery workers‚ nurturers‚ birthmothers‚ road cleaners‚ and food preparers. In a utopia‚ you don’t get paid in money. There is no currency whatsoever. If you fail to do your jobs or tasks‚ you get released from the community

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    The novel The Giver by Lois Lowry and the movie The Giver directed by Philip Noyce are based on a perfectly enclosed nirvana‚ taking place in a futuristic setting where choices are not yours. It is also thought as a Utopia‚ an endless party and everlasting harmony. However paradise‚ in this case‚ is not perfect‚ but who knows better? One similarity between the book and the movie is the main characters‚ Jonas‚ who was able to go to Elsewhere with his youthful companion‚ Gabriel. Another similarity

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    Yogi Berra once said‚ “If the word was perfect‚ it wouldn’t be.” Having a perfect world would be nice in terms of no war or illness‚ but at the same time‚ we would great things‚ such as family‚ snow‚ or love. It isn’t worth giving up your choices to live in a perfect world‚ because of the good things you would give up also. Giving up the bad means also giving up the good‚ too. First of all‚ in The Giver‚ the community took away freedoms to protects us from disease and loss‚ but at the same time

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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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    Would you give up your freedom in order to be safe and controlled? Would you let your happiness be taken away to rid sadness? The Giver and Louis Lowery’s Newberry acceptance speech‚shows us that throughout life there can not be ups without downs. A utopia could never be created in today’s world because you can’t just sweep all of the world’s problems under the rug and continue to enjoy all the privileges and positives we have. In the beginning of The Giver‚ Louis focuses in on a community where

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    The Giver Essay by Shauna Bigsbe : The Giver had to support Jonas in order to manipulate the future of the colony. The Giver at first was just following the rules of his contract and doing his job. The giver needed to help Jonas get comfortable with receiving memories. Jonas was just a little 11 yr old boy like his friend Asher and Fiona. Jonas shared his feelings at dinner and dreams at breakfast every day just like his friends. Jonas was a well taught educated boy who cared for the elderly like

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    Starter a. “It’s like there was a star when he was born that faded him to do what he was going to do and to have impact on mankind around the globe”- Wilbert McClure‚ who also won a gold medal boxing at the Rome Olympics. –DA BOOK I. 1942 a. His real name is Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. ‚ named after his father b. He was born on January 17‚ 1942 in Louisville‚ Kentucky. II. 1954 a. He had his bike stolen when he was 12 b. he talks to a policeman telling him that he wants to beat up the kid who

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    The Giver (Lois Lowry) How does the community look and sound like? landscape‚ architecture‚ traffic and technology »The Giver« by Lois Lowry is a novel taking place in the future. Jonas‚ the main character‚ lives in a community with other people. This community is very special and maybe it’ll be reality in a few years. The community is like an independent city or village. You can compare it with a tribe. There are dwellings where family units live in (p.9). A family unit is like a family

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