Study Questions 1. The ending of the giver has been interpreted in a few different ways. Choose one possible interpretation of the ending and argue its validity‚ using clues from the text to explain your conclusions. Answer for Study Question 1 >> The two major interpretations of The Giver’s ending are that (1) Jonas and Gabriel have truly escaped the physical boundaries of their society and discovered a real village in Elsewhere‚ and (2) Jonas’s vision of the village is only a hallucination
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We have all failed and to fix it we have had to change things. In the book The Giver by Lois Lowry the Giver had to change his methods after Rosemary(the receiver) applied for release and all the memories were given to the people of the community. When the memories came to the people of the community after Rosemary failed being the receiver the giver knew he had to change something. After the release of Rosemary the Giver changed his methods in hope of finally succeeding with Jonas by giving him
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What would life be like living in a community that only sees black and white? Why couldn’t the community make its own choices? Why have memories been taken away? Could there be another dimension out of the world that relates to the society in the novel‚ The Giver? “Needless to say‚ He will be released the voice has said‚ followed by silence- The Giver. This choice is important because it explains the idea that somebody will be released. The community believes that “release” means someone being
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Most People Are Being Brainwashed In The Giver‚ just about everyone is brainwashed and in the real world‚ many people are without realizing it. The Giver‚ written by Lois Lowry is the story of a young boy named Jonas who lives in a utopian world where the people are oblivious to anything painful or hurtful in any way. Jonas is elected as the community’s new “Receiver of Memory” and discovers the scary truth about his community. He learns what pain is and he learns that all of the good‚ important
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Lois Lowry’s The Giver is a book about a dystopian community that on the surface appears to hold the secret to happiness. However‚ the main character Jonas soon discovers this secret‚ and it is terrifying. All the members of the community are kept in complete ignorance about the real meaning of true life‚ beauty‚ humanity‚ and free will. Through isolation from pain and suffering‚ the members are turned into a type of robot‚ who fail to think for themselves or see beyond their limited roles within
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Sameness is when everything is the same like color or personal lives. The community is by far a dystopia because there is complete control. There is also a lack of knowledge in the community‚ for instance no one has memories‚ they are all held by a person called the receiver of memories. Each family can also only have two books.In The Giver‚ by Lois Lowry‚ explains the ideas of sameness‚ complete control‚ and lack of knowledge. There is a huge lack of knowledge in Jonas’ community
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For my quarterly book assignment‚ I have chosen the selection‚ The Giver by Lois Lowry. The Reason I have chosen this wonderful selection is because I had read it once before as a child and really enjoyed it. I enjoyed this book because of its uniqueness. The Giver has such a different plot than any other book I have read before. I would definitely read it again and recommend it. The Giver is a book about a young boy named Jonas‚ who lives in a futuristic community. In his community they have eliminated
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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 an example of dystopian literature‚ because they don’t allow people to make their own choices. Differences were hated so much that they made them only see black and white. The elders don’t know anything about the real world like war or starvation. The elders control the people of the civilizations food rations. The elders live in a community where when you get too old‚ or if you don’t comfort yourself as an infant‚ or if you’re the smaller of twins‚ or if you want to leave then you are
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In The Giver‚ by Lois Lowry‚ again and again is a significant signpost that influences the story by showing how important the eyes are to see beyond and be “The Receiver”. In the story‚ Jonas is finally given his assignment‚ “The Receiver”. He is given his set of rules which almost completely contradict what he has learned all of his life. He now is able to do things such as lying and asking anyone questions which must be answered. He is told to meet the current Receiver at The Annex entrance behind
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