Chapter 10 Alternative Ending David and Fernando Jonas looked around the bookshelf and he notice a very old worn and thorned binding and feels attracted by its condition. The book was larger than the other volumes arounded. It was embossed with gold letters and covered with dust. He tried to reach it but it was outside of his grasp. So he took a ladder and move it to the shelf in order to climb up to reach the book. As he climb toward the book and reach for it he thought twice about his action and
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of estimating the risks and dangers by his actions. He saw how Vilhelm was sailing‚ and wanted to do the same‚ unaware of the danger by doing so. Vilhelm plays a crucial in the outcome of this story. Not only he is responsible for the rescue of Jonas
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an infant‚ or if you’re the smaller of twins‚ or if you want to leave then you are released (killed off). The elders don’t allow people to make their own choices‚ which is utilized by the elders to keep the people under control. For example‚ when Jonas asked about why people don’t get to make their own choices‚ the Giver said‚
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The Giver by Lois Lowry is about a young boy named Jonas and about the perfect community he lives in. Their life-style is a lot difference from ours because they don’t get to choose what they want‚ they are just told to do it. They also do things differently‚ an example would be the way they celebrate there birthday. Every children from 12 and under celebrate there birthday on December as a community. Another difference is the way they create their family unit. They are only allowed to have a certain
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concept of death is not common knowledge. In fact‚ the Elders (the higher power) gave death another name- release. The story follows Jonas‚ a “unique” boy who gradually learns that his immediate world isn’t as simple and perfect as he‚ among the majority of the community‚ believed. Later on in the story‚ after Jonas gets his Assignment (job) of Receiver of Memory‚ Jonas essentially watches a baby get murdered on a video‚ then proceeds to freak out‚ as a mentally stable person
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off from the rest of the world in both the book and the movie. In the movie the floating island is shown at the very beginning. Secondly‚ the characters are pretty similar‚ for example‚ Jonas is still friends with Fiona and Asher. Another similarity is that everybody sees in shades with the exception of Jonas. In the movie‚ this is
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risk in those things. For example‚ a memory Jonas receives is when he breaks his leg ‘sledding’‚”It was as if a hatchet lay loged in his leg‚ slicing through each nerve with a hot blade” (103).It’s this kind of agony that Sameness protects from‚ changing the landscape so that no one can get hurt. The weather is changed for the people’s protection‚ too. It has been changed to a temperate climate‚ because the weather can hurt a person badly‚ as seen after Jonas runs away from the community‚ “…his steps
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characters were aged to the average dystopian-fiction age. While Lily only aged a year‚ Jonas and his friends aged a lot more‚ jumping from twelve to eighteen. This age change may have worked with the movie’s modernized dystopian fiction plot and the target audience‚ but it took away‚ too. Jonas was only twelve in the book; he was still a child. When a child learns of war and pain and loneliness the way Jonas
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Giver’ and Jonas are bothered by this‚ as no one in the community besides selected few (such as ‘The Giver’‚ chief elder and Jonas) are aware of what they are missing. Every civilian in the book ‘The Giver’ is treated as if he or she is incompetent of feeling emotion‚ whether it be happiness or
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unfolds when Jonas asks Fiona to leave with him and Gabe. This shows more of Jonas’ love for Fiona more than previously because now he actually wants to “run away” with her‚ just like what happens in most cliche romantic movies. When the directors/scriptwriters do this they make Fiona seem much more important‚ just because the main character is in love with her. This also makes it seem like she has a lot more strength which helps add to the suspense and drama when Fiona declines Jonas’ attempt to
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