The Fight For Freedom The challenging attempt to successfully achieve a Utopian Society‚ while balancing the freedom of the citizens has existed since the first civilizations. Lois Lowry’s‚ The Giver (1993)‚ follows the story of a young boy named Jonas living in a supposedly utopian society as well discovering the flaws in the community’s apparent freedom and safety. The community of The Giver violates many basic human rights as set forth by the Universal Declaration Of Human Rights (1949)‚ or UDHR
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communities because it helps people remember the past‚ brings joyful memories to you when you are sad‚ and helps you learn about the past of your community. How would you know about the past if you don’t have any memories of it. In the book‚ The Giver‚ Jonas gets memories of the past. “Two of these men had dark brown skin; the other were light. Going closer‚ he watched them hack the tusks from a motionless elephant on the ground and haul them away.” This line from The Giver gives him memories about Africa
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It may be accurate to say that the majority of people at some point in their lives have felt as if someone else was trying to take their freedom away. The only thing that changes is the level of magnitude that the person who is trying to control the other one decides to use. We currently live under a regime that seems to have had it all figured out since the beggining of time. The kind of society generally governing the world is such that leaders are selected to make decisions they believe will serve
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possible for full credit. Your responses should be in full sentences. 1. “It was almost December‚ and Jonas was beginning to be frightened.” (p.1) This is the opening sentence of The Giver. What kind of picture does this produce in your mind? What feelings does this sentence create? 2. Explain the difference between feeling apprehensive and feeling frightened. 3. Jonas’ father is a nurturer. Explain the responsibilities of nurturers. 4. Describe how assignments
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Lowry Chapter 1-2 1. What did the word "frightened" mean‚ according to Jonas? The word "frightened" meaning according to Jonas was a "deep‚ sickening feeling of something terrible about to happen." 2. About what were Jonas and the other children taught to be careful? Jonas and the other children were taught to be careful about language. 3. How did Jonas decide he felt? What was causing this feeling? Jonas felt apprehensive. The Ceremony of Twelve was causing Jonas’s apprehensive
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1. Color Red 2. Gabriel Purpose of Symbol in Story • Shows Jonas as separate from community because he can see the color • Shows strong emotions – love‚ hate • • 3. Sled • • 4. Light Eyes • • 5. River • • • Examples of Symbol in Story • Apple toss with Asher – shows Jonas’ ability to see as a separation between friends • Fiona’s hair – symbolizes Jonas’ desire to feel emotions • The Giver’s books – shows wisdom denied to the community
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memories? “The Giver”‚ a provocative novel by Louis Lowery is about a boy named Jonas‚ who lives in a world where everything is in order and to perfection. From sunrise to sundown everything is in order and running smoothly. Even though this sounds like the perfect place to live‚ it has a flaw. The one flaw is that memories do not play a major role in lives of the people who live in this community‚ as they should be. When Jonas gets the assignment of being the next Receiver (the one who holds the memories)
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this is what the main character‚ Jonas‚ in Lois Lowry’s The Giver‚ faces every day. The Committee in Jonas’s community decided that taking away choices and feelings would create a utopia to live in. This made everyone in the community the same which helped to provide a more peaceful world. Even though the book begins with what seems to be the perfect place to live‚ it turns out that the people in the community are just going through the motions of life. As Jonas begins his assignment as the Receiver
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Lowry is an American young-adult novel written in 1993. It is about a young boy named Jonas and his community. Jonas gets the difficult job of Receiver of Memories and goes into the process of receiving memories from his mentor‚ who he calls the Giver. This book was exactly the type of books I love to read; the type of book that have a different reality from us and different traditions. In the beginning Jonas had been just a normal boy in his colorless and organized community. He was about to become
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Jonas had just finished a small shelter for now 6 year old Gabe and himself. It has been 3 years since he left the community and he was starting to become weak. He sat down on a nearby log and thought about his old life and what his parents were thinking now. They probably figured he was gone forever. It was clear they had stopped searching for him. He wondered if they even noticed Gabe was gone as well. In his opinion he had saved Gabe from being released. Even though Gabe wouldn’t have known what
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