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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black and white clone world. 3. The giver sometimes sends Jonas away without a training session because the Giver was in pain from the memory and if he transfers memories‚ he will re-experience the pain. 4. When Jonas offers the Giver to take some of his pain he receives the memory of a broken leg. 5. Jonas used his experience to advise
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retarded fag!" at Arnold. The language is offensive. It’s hurtful‚ ignorant‚ and crude‚ but it’s not uncommon to hear young boys talk that way. Why does Rowdy use that language? In Sherman Alexie’s novel‚ The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian‚ Arnold’s best friend Rowdy calls him a “retarded fag” for transferring at the start of their freshman year of high school. Due to his background as a child‚ Rowdy uses cruel language and hurtful gestures anytime Arnold and Rowdy came face to face
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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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The Giver; Dystopian classic published in 1993‚ explores the utopian society that embraces sameness. Engineered through genetic and social selection‚ sameness is the glue holding together the community in with the protagonist Jonas lives. The text appeals to the audience of young adults because of its relatable theme; The Giver is about the process in which young adults begin to understand the harsh realities and truths of the world‚ this directly correlates to the audience’s context at the time
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In the novels‚ ‘The Giver’ and ‘The Pedestrian’‚ Lois Lowry and Ray Bradbury‚ both illustrate a future utopic world‚ we could come across‚ if we don’t embrace our individual characteristics and the ability to think for ourselves. In this worrying future‚ the Government‚ has full control of the citizens‚ in order to make a better world. The authors confront us with the theme of a Government‚ that implies strict rules and makes decisions for their citizens without them realizing‚ so that they all have
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Many readers try to decide whether the community in The Giver is a utopia or a dystopia. After reading The Giver and learning the characteristics of utopias and dystopias I have come to the conclusion that Jonas’s community is a dystopia because of the lack of color‚ the existence of sameness‚ and the very controlling government. First of all‚ Jonas was introduced to color completely in chapter twelve. By taking into account the fact that before he was assigned his job Jonas could not see color
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Sameness and a predictable society‚ Jonas’s community has rejected the truly utopian possibilities of a society where people are free to move society forward. The result is a dystopia of conformity. A series of conversations between Jonas and The Giver shows that the totalitarian rationale for restricting each person’s choice of clothing‚ job‚ spouse‚ and children results from the fear of making wrong choices. Yet‚ as Jonas realizes after he escapes from the community‚ he would rather be able
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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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In the story The Giver by Lois Lowry‚ a utopian society emphasizes sameness in all aspects of life. Citizens obey rules that eliminate everything from their feelings to their choice of their devoted spouses whom they must spend their whole life with. These rules were created to eliminate world problems such as poverty‚ refugees‚ and world hunger. The World’s most prominent problem today however is world hunger. I believe‚ the origin of this is overpopulation. A possible ethical solution to this
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