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    The Giver

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    The Giver Page 1 of 182 The Giver Lois Lowry NOTICE This accessible media has been made available to people with bona fide disabilities that affect reading. This notice tells you about restrictions on the use of this accessible media‚ which could be a book‚ a periodical‚ or other content. Copyright Notice Title: The Giver Author: Lois Lowry Copyright 1993 by Lois Lowry This notice is not part of the copyrighted work‚ which begins below after the phrase "Begin Content". Bookshare distributes

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    Schmidt‚ Jonas. Inmate number 827.” Sgt. Sanders directed all of the inmates to their designated cells in Building C. Teddy and Jonas were following the sergeant along with all the other timorous soldiers. Teddy and Jonas looked at Sgt. Sanders and noticed a small silver horseshoe in his hand. “You playin’ horseshoes out here?” Jonas impetuously

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    or we get released or killed. Jonas knows then rebels against all of the rules and leaves the community with a little kid that was going to get released. The main character‚ Jonas‚ changes when he stops following the rules and starts receiving memories in the book The Giver by: Lois Lowlry. For example‚ in the beginning of the book Jonas was a big rule follower he used all the correct language such as not being allowed to say released without getting scolded Jonas used released once messing with

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    beginning of jonass journey was Lois Jonas began his adventure at the ceremony of Twelve. All the twelve’s lined up and each was assigned a job. When she got to Jonas she skipped him. At the end she announced to the crowed “Jonas has been selected” (60). She explained that Jonas has been selected to be the next Receiver. The chief elder told him that he had courage‚ wisdom‚ integrity‚ and intelligence‚ all the traits that he needed to be the Receiver. Jonas then thought to himself he can’t do

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    Heroes do many things in ways to help other people. The main character named Jonas in the book named The Giver by Lois Lowry played a very large role as a hero throughout this novel. Another hero that obtained similar characteristics as the literary hero name Jonas is Harriet Tubman. Harriet Tubman is a historical hero in the way as how she succeeded in helping run away slaves. Heroes risk their lives for a purpose and that’s what these people accomplished. Harriet Tubman; an African American

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    Symbolism on the Giver

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    names in The Giver are also symbolic‚ because of their personalities‚ qualities‚ and actions. For example‚ Jonas means accomplishing. Jonas is also a biblical character who warns his town of the wickedness and that is what Jonas does in this story. Wkkhat do you think of when you think of red? Fire‚ passion‚ and love…exactly. Red is a pretty intense color. Possibly the intense color. So when Jonas

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    The Giver Utopian

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    is portrayed in Lois Lowry’s novel‚ The Giver. Jonas‚ a young boy living in a utopian community‚ believes that his world is perfect. There is no suffering‚ hunger‚ war‚ or pain‚ and everything is under control. However‚ when Jonas becomes the Receiver of Memory‚ the imperfections of the utopian community are revealed to him by the memories he receives. Throughout the book‚ Jonas struggles with the conflicts of society‚ nature‚ and himself. When Jonas finds out that his community enforces Sameness

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    Through Jonas’ Eyes In Lois Lowry’s novel The Giver Jonas‚ the main character‚ goes on an astonishing adventure to discover his destiny and save Gabriel. Jonas’ journey fits into the hero’s journey in many aspects. This essay will analyze Jonas’ adventure in relation to the hero’s journey‚ and will explain the color‚ angles‚ and framing of the adjacent graphic novel titled Through Jonas’ Eyes. Departure is the first stage in the hero’s journey. This consists of the call to adventure‚ refusal

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    Lois Lowry‚ a boy named Jonas lives in a dystopian society. The society Jonas lives in is supposedly utopian society‚ a society that seems perfect. Jonas becomes the Receiver and he gets memories of what the world was like before his community. He notices that his community is actually the opposite of a utopian society‚ but that it is a dystopian society. Through all of his memories and time with The Giver‚ Jonas notices that he lives in a dystopian society. In Jonas’ society love does not exist

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    because the plot is far more exciting‚ the characters are developed well‚ and the creativeness is more descriptive than that of the movie. The Giver is a novel about a young boy named Jonas. He is given the profession of the Receiver

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