importance of courage through the development of the characters in the book. The number of sacrifices Jonas and multiple characters from the Outsiders make for the benefit of the society is great. Through this story‚ the reader sees the powerful effect of bravery. First of all‚ there are moments in the novel when courage is important for one save another in risky scenarios. In the Giver‚ Jonas steps forward and rescues Gabriel‚ who is about to be ‘released’ from the society. He bravely acts upon
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moral sacrifices that man would have to make in order to create and maintain a Utopian society‚ and the acceptable naivety of the horrors that would accompany it. Perhaps what is most frightening to me is the way I so easily assumed‚ at first‚ that Jonas saw
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society strives for equality‚ there is a danger of loss of freedom and individuality among that society. In the book The Giver‚ the main character Jonas lives in a world where everything is perfect or so it seems. Everyone is controlled and are unable to make their own choices and they have count on the elders to make the their choices for them. Jonas realizes that the way they are living their lives is wrong and decides to change the way they live. The world that is Jonas’s community is wrong because
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“Things could change‚ Gabe. Things could be different. I don’t know how‚ but there must be some way for things to be different.”-Jonas (Lowry 128). In other words‚ Jonas is not happy with the rules he wants them to change‚ he wants to see change. Even though‚ the novel The Giver by Lois Lowry and society today have plenty of similarities‚ they also differ in some ways. Some of these differences are strict rules‚ age limit to when you officially became an adult and the difference between colors.
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Giver the community is under constant surveillance. In the middle of the book it states that Jonas did something he was not supposed to do with the apple‚ so the speakers went off instantly. Knowing this‚ Jonas was under constant surveillance that day. In addition‚ the community in the book is very strict about “precision of words”. As stated in the text Jonas once said he was starving‚ so the teacher gave Jonas a swat across the hands. The book also states Asher got swatted
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main character‚ twelve years old boy Jonas seems to be rather utopian. People live in families‚ they care about young and old‚ they have strict rules to keep discipline‚ and these rules do not seem to be too strict to make people suffer as it was in some other dystopias. Every person in this society has his or her role or
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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 all pain‚ fear‚ color‚ war and hatred. At age 12 you get a job‚ that you work in for the rest of your life. Jonas got the unique job as being the “receiver”. As the receiver‚ jonas can get quick glimpse of feeling and color. He can receive these glimpse‚ by The Giver placing his hands on his bareback
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same. One man holds the truth about society. He is passing on this information to one boy‚ who was raised ignorant and happy. They want change‚ but will they get what they want? In The Giver‚ by Lois Lowry ignorance overtakes truth‚ and it is up to Jonas to fix it. It is better to be aware and upset rather than ignorant and happy The argument that will be made in this essay is that it is better to be aware and upset rather than ignorant and happy. This statement is true because one cannot create
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communities and a strict set of rules. Throughout the story‚ the main protagonist Jonas‚ has to deal with his newly given job as the receiver of memory. By being given this job‚ Jonas is given memories by the pervious receiver of member‚ who is now the giver. Through each memory‚ Jonas comes to a realization that the community in which he lives in‚ is corrupt‚ and has ridden itself of emotion‚ and values that people used to have. Jonas feels as though the community elders have created a world in which there
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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 memories were taken
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