| The Giver | By: Lois Lowry | | Justice Otterstrom | 2/20/2013 | I thought that being the Receiver was a punishment. He had to know everything from before his time‚ and he had to live with feelings while no one else had any. Being the Receiver was more like a burden than an honor‚ even though it was considered an honor to the elders. It was a huge punishment to all of the previous receiver’s and the previous givers. Some Evidence to prove that it is a burden... "He found that he
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{Title Here} Imagine the most vibrant‚ colorful scene you can think of‚ with colors as far as the eye can see. Now imagine the same scene‚ colorless and dead‚ which one is better? The colorful one‚ right? The science fiction novel The Giver by Lois Lowry is about the protagonist‚ Jonas‚ who experiences the peaks and valleys life through the memories he receives from the Giver. He finds that even though life has its ups and downs‚ it is far more interesting than a life of black and white. Through
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The Giver‚ a novel by Lois Lowry that gives you that hopeless‚ dreadful feeling of “I wish I could tell you‚ but I can’t. I can’t tell you why I can’t either”‚ explores the idea of a utopian community entirely run by a secretive higher power- one so secretive that the very concept of death is not common knowledge. In fact‚ the Elders (the higher power) gave death another name- release. The story follows Jonas‚ a “unique” boy who gradually learns that his immediate world isn’t as simple and perfect
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The novel The Giver is about a boy named Jonas that is selected to be the receiver. He goes through a lot of hard journeys. He has a little “Brother” named Gabriel. Gabriel is on the verge of being released to elsewhere. Jonas’ plan is to find elsewhere and save Gabriel from release. The Giver is a pessimistic novel. The Giver is a pessimistic novel because of the scary moments that happen to Jonas making it seem like something bad is going to happen to him. The giver is making the reader feel like
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Would your actions be changed based on the community you live in? The Giver by Lois Lowery‚ The Last Dog by Katherine Paterson‚ Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut and The Monsters are Due on Maple Street by Rod Serling‚ all shows characters in hard situations being affected by their community. There is no rule book for running a community‚ so when making decisions‚ it is hard to keep everyone happy. Restrictions‚ rules and suggestions of others may lead someone to react in a certain way when in a
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In the dystopian novel‚ The Giver‚ by Lois Lowry‚ and in the current American Society‚ birthdays are celebrated both similarly and differently. In both societies birthdays are acknowledged‚ however in unlike ways. In The Giver‚ Jonas’s society acknowledges birthdays through a mass celebration in December until they are 12 years old. Every child 12 or younger‚ celebrates their birthday on one out of two days reserved for celebration. “The Ceremony of 12‚” on the second day‚ is the final celebration;
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One way to make a proper sacrifice is to put others before yourself whether it’s keeping something from someone else or having to make an important decisions. Nonetheless sacrifices are a part of one’s everyday life‚ but in the book The Giver by Lois Lowry‚ the opposite happens. Living in a community of Sameness‚ The Giver‚ who is the current Receiver of Memory‚ holds all of the memories from numerous generations and sacrifices himself in more ways than one for the sake of the communities happiness
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through the differences. Not all of us can feel safe around those who are different from us. Maybe it is human nature or just prejudice but not knowing how to handle differences have caused problems in societies. In the book “The Giver”‚ the author Lois Lowry is showing us a community‚ where no one is different from the others‚ described “The life where nothing was ever unexpected. Or inconvenient. Or unusual. The life without color‚ pain or past.”. The people of this community live by the rules of elders
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The Giver Argument Essay The Giver‚ by Lois Lowry‚ is about a twelve year old boy named Jonas who receives a painful job. He received the Receiver of Memory‚ which is one of the most honorable jobs in the community. Jonas receives memories from the past that are very painful for him to handle. With a small 2 year old named Gabriel‚ he decides to travel through the cold and snowy hills. At the end of the book‚ Jonas and Gabriel both survive the harsh weather and find themselves at a town in Elsewhere
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Do you ever wonder what it would be like if we lived in a place where everything is perfect and everybody is happy? In the famous novel The Giver‚ written by Lois Lowry‚ a utopia is seem to be created where the expectations are too high and it is too good to be true. But actually‚ it is quite dystopic because the society neither have the ability to choose anything on their own nor any feelings. Throughout this image‚ several euphemisms are used. In order to undermine the significance of the events
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