The Giver is a interesting‚ and thrilling book that tells us about a boy living in a utopia. A utopia is a perfect world‚ no violence or hate. There are a many reasons like self freedom‚ guidance‚ and equality‚ telling us that the world is a dystopia and utopia. But the one that is depicted the most from the book is utopia. Self freedom is my first reason why The Giver is a utopia. In The Giver there is a lot of evidence explaining to the readers that the characters in this book do live a happy
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I read “The Silent Boy”. This book was published in 2003. It is classified as a “Young adult literature” and “Historical fiction” book. This great book was written by Lois Lowry. The writer of the book‚ Lois Lowry‚ uses a very easy language to understand. "The Silent Boy" is written in a diary format‚ and has tiny pictures of its’ characters. This story was told by Katy Thatcher‚ an old woman which lived in 1987. In the book she tells the reader about the critical period in her life. Katy’s dad
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1 Measuring and calculating equilibrium constants Clearly‚ if the concentrations or pressures of all the components of a reaction are known‚ then the value of K can be found by simple substitution. Observing individual concentrations or partial pressures directly may be not always be practical‚ however. If one of the components is colored‚ the extent to which it absorbs light of an appropriate wavelength may serve as an index of its concentration. Pressure measurements are ordinarily able to measure
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One day while the Giver was giving jonas his favorite memory and was perceiving words from it he‚ ‘“couldn’t quite get the word for the whole feeling of it‚ the feeling that was so strong in the room.’ “love‚” the Giver told him” (157 Lowry). Jonas had the memory of the feeling and finally realized that he had that feeling for a lot of people in the community that were important to him. For example‚ he realized that he had the feeling of love towards his Father‚ his Mother‚ Lily‚ Gabe
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The Giver by: Lois Lowry Chapters 11 to 15 Reading - Read Chapters 11 to 15. Please do not read ahead. A. Vocabulary (You may do the vocabulary before reading the story.) Look up each word in a DICTIONARY. Write a definition for each. Then use the vocabulary word in a sentence. admonition‚ assimilated‚ phenomenon‚ skeptically‚ assuage‚ vibrancy‚ chaos‚ ‚ daub‚ excruciating‚ sinuous B. Questions (You must read the chapters before doing the questions) 1. Why was the transmittal of the
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Utopia. London‚ England: M.S. Rickerby. Lowry‚ Lois (1993). The Giver. Boston‚ MA: Houghton Mifflin. Orwell‚ George (1943‚ December 20). George Orwell - Why socialists don ’t believe in fun. Retrieved April 3‚ 2009‚ from www.orwell.ru Web site: http://www.orwell.ru/library/articles/socialists/english/e_fun
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the memories are so powerful that Jonas experienced how they felt and he could actually sense them. For example on the first page of chapter 11‚“ Then he shivered… tongue touched the suddenly chilled air‚ or “ He felt it blow against his hands…”‚ (Lowry)these quotes show that the memories grip a great power. The memories made Jonas perceive words he had never knew of before. They let him feel sensations that he had never knew existed. Jonas needed these memories because they were going to become a
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where families are complete strangers to each other. These families are just made up of 4 people and not even any grandparents. There is no actual bond between the family members. That’s how families are in The Giver’s community. The Giver by Lois Lowry is about a “12” year old boy named Jonas. Jonas’s community can be described as “Utopia” and this community has certain rules that everyone must follow; so the community could be trouble-free. There are assigned jobs like birthmothers who give birth
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succeed in creating a utopia‚ you’ve created a world without conflict‚ in which everything is perfect. And if there’s no conflict‚ there are no stories worth telling - or reading.” Is an utopian society the way to go? In the book The Giver by Lois Lowry‚ the protagonist Jonas soon realized after becoming The Receiver that the Elders in his community have been hiding the truth of what could have been. There is more feeling and technology in the movie compared to the book The Giver. The movie and the
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is‚ or how massive his opponent is. In the book Messenger‚ by Lois Lowry‚ talks about how Matty‚ the main character in Messenger is selfless to his village and his friend. Matty showed his selflessness by sacrificing his life to save others in the village. He also asked to heal Kira’s leg‚ although she said no‚ he would have sacrificed himself for her because he never healed anything like that before. By these actions‚ Lois Lowry used Matty to show selflessness can lead to an ultimate sacrifice.
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