Have you ever wondered how much characters can be alike even if they are from different novels? In “The Giver” by Lois Lowry‚ a very smart and intelligent 12 year old boy named Jonas‚ gets a very high ranking job as the Receiver of Memory. Also‚ in “The Batboy” by Mike Lupica‚ a 14 year old boy gets the job everyone young boy could wish for‚ being a batboy for the Detroit Tigers. Jonas from “The Giver” and Brian from “The Batboy” have many similarities and differences. These young men have a lot
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Jeremy Bentham‚ a british utilitarian reformer‚ once wrote that the object of good government was to create the greatest happiness for the greatest number. In the books Brave New World by Aldous Huxley‚ The Giver by Lois Lowry‚ and The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood‚ the government’s use all of their power to achieve this goal. They control almost every aspect of their citizens lives in order to create their perfect version of control‚ happiness and sameness. They are able to control what the
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In The Giver‚ language is often used as a tool for social control. Many of the terms distort or conceal the meaning of the words we use now‚ in order to promote the rules and conventions of the community. They affect the behavior and attitude of the people in the community. The terms release‚ Stirrings‚ and the Ceremony of Loss are all expressions that have had an impact in The Giver. The term “release” is a frightening one in the story. To be released‚ is the highest level of dishonor in Jonas’s
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The Giver I have recently read the novel The Giver‚ by Lois Lowry‚ and watched the movie Pleasantville. These works focus on making perfect societies. The Giver is about a boy named Jonas who lives in a community with many rules. He is assigned the job of the Receiver of Memory and goes through great amounts of
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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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Everyone’s desire is to decide if they want to become married and who they want to be married to‚ also having children of their own. In our society we are allowed to decide who we want to be married to‚ or have a family. The author of this novel‚ Lois Lowry‚ wonders how our community would be without having free
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Claim: Science fiction and dystopian authors use their stories to show that perfection is an illusion. BP1: In the Giver‚ by Lois Lowry‚ Jonas discovers that the world he lives in is completely different‚ worse‚ than he expected‚ that it is an illusion. Evidence 1: “Things could be different. I don’t know how‚ but there must be some way for things to be different. There could be colors.” (128) Evidence 2: “He killed it! My father killed it! Jonas said to himself… ‘Bye-bye‚ little guy’ Jonas’s father
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The Giver is a dystopian novel that plays out a world with no pain‚ suffering‚ and conflict‚ this world is meant to have total peace and harmony. Jonas is like any other eleven-year-old boy that lives in his community on the surface‚ until the day he receives his assignment. Jonas is intelligent and perceptive‚ sometimes even more than his peers. He enjoys experiencing and learning new things‚ enjoys the freedom of choice‚ enjoys connecting and learning about other people‚ and craves human contact
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