use everyday‚ But in Jonas’s world it was taken from them by the elders of the past. The first reason you should read The Giver is because of the amount of descriptive language. One example of descriptive language is in one of the memories that Jonas receives from the Giver. “He heard voices calling out to one another. Peering from the place where he stood hidden behind some shrubbery‚ he was reminded of The Giver had told him‚ that there had been a time when flesh
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Perfectly Ripped Apart Our world is far from perfect and because our world is far from perfect‚ We have seen what perfection could actually be. In these examples‚ it’s clear that living in a perfect society does not lead to happiness. The Giver‚ a book by Lois Lowry is about a young boy’s travels through a ‘perfect’ society in the United States sometime in the future. The people there have grown accustomed to a lack of choice in life. Their government has gone to the extent of removing winter and
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What do you think of a world when you have to follow the same rules as everyone else and some decisions you cannot make on your own? The book "The Giver" is about a world with people who are equal and Jonas‚ the protagonist‚ has something that other’s in the community don’t. The novel "The Giver" is a society that appears to be utopian but is revealed to be dystopia as the story goes on. As a result‚ it is clear to see that the society in the novel has many similarties and differences with our
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freedom is given. In this community‚ everyone acts the same; They all see in black and white‚ go to bed at the same time‚ wake up at the same time‚ and everyone has the same routines. In this book we go through the important years of Jonas’s life. Jonas learns that there are goods and bads in these years‚ soon coming to realize everything is not as it seems. This book‚ The Giver‚ has a very interesting story line showing limited freedom in the community. In a community where almost
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to dress up to go out with friends because they all wear the same thing. An example of this is when Jonas said “mirrors were rare in the community (…) but there was no real need for them” (21). This shows that people haven’t cared about what other people
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education‚ and careers? Which one is right and which one is wrong? One of our most important thing in our life is family. How do these two societies portray family? In The Giver‚ the families are cold hearted because love doesn’t exist. According to Jonas ( a member of this community) love is a very generalized word. Now can you imagine your parents not giving
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Jonas‚ a pale-eyed‚ different‚ calm‚ intelligent and determined kid was introduced in the plain Giver´s society by Lois Lowry; society in which everybody most be the same in terms of physical appearance and psychological structure‚ theres always tension because of fear of braking rules and being released (that in this specific community means to be killed)‚ theres a permanent seek for perfection that reaches the point of killing the weird people and the needs and worries of individuals are not even
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saying‚ in the book The Giver‚ Jonas’s society celebrates birthdays much differently than our society does. For example‚ in Jonas’s society every member celebrates his/her birthday on the same day on December. No matter what month you were born in. Jonas reflects‚ “I could remember the Decembers back to when I had become‚ well‚ probably a Four.” To avoid jealousy‚ they have group birthdays. These are not considered to be birthdays‚ but ceremonies. In my society‚ every ones birthdays are different.
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nature and limitations. This claim can be supported by the fact that perfection is highly relative and humans are imperfect by nature‚ furthermore‚ we don’t have control over everything. Rosemary’s failure(p.76)‚ the pilot’s close flyby to the ground‚ Jonas running away and the plan to release Gabriel are all examples of failure even
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How the book tries to warn us about the importance of right of choice‚ feelings and memories. The Giver is a very distinguished novel written by Lois Lawry. It follows the story of a boy through the twelfth year of his life. Jonas´s world was perfect‚ and everything was under control. In his “community ” there was no war‚ no pain‚ nor choices. At the time he turned twelve ‚ he was assigned as the new memory receiver and was singled out to receive special training from the giver. So as he undergoes
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