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    in a fist‚ Lily claimed that she felt angry at school‚ and Jonas’s mother lists off a string of emotions. December has arrived and Jonas says he feels apprehensive about the Ceremony of Twelve. Each member of the family shares the emotions‚ but later in the book Jonas realizes that none of these are true emotional responses. Far after the Sharing of the Feelings‚ Jonas gets a memory of a broken leg and sits in bed thinking the words‚ “They have never known pain.” Gabriel and members who can receive

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    responsibilities between the patient and the physician (Jonas‚ 2009). Primary prevention’s main purpose is to keep disease or injury from happening by removing risk factors of cause of

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    giver is about a boy named Jonas who was in a world with no color‚ no feelings‚ and no free choices‚ everyone has specific jobs based on there ability. Sameness is a bad thing because it can ruin everyones creativity and make life boring and uninteresting. The giver is about a boy named Jonas who becomes receiver in a world where he couldn’t pick his own job‚ on page 61 it states “ Jonas has been selected.” which means he has been selected to be a receiver and Jonas had to be a receiver‚ he

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    One reason might be People might not like the decisions made by the people in charge. (Chapter 3 pg 22 paragraph 7) This quote supports me is because there are these rules that no one follows so they are breaking the rules so therefor the “utopia” Jonas is living in is technically not a utopia. (chapter 6 pg 46 paragraph 2)This supports my claim by noting that not all people like the decisions

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    emotions and own way of thinking. Almost like a granting of free will. |In the book I don’t like how the author included the murder of a baby excused so lightly by the word “release”.|Did Gabe and Jonas make it to those lights alive even though they were in the snow and slowly freezing to death before Jonas passed out?| Looking at the comments in your three lists‚ try to come up with a theme for the novel you read. Don’t worry about writing your theme in "fancy" language; use your own words to capture

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    Case Study Case 1 A Sydney tramway passenger was injured in a collision with another tram‚ which occurred after the driver collapsed at the controls. The plaintiff argued that the collision could have been avoided if the tramway authority had fitted the tram with a system known as ‘dead man’s handle’‚ a system in use on Sydney’s trains. This would have stopped the tram and avoided the accident. The device had been rejected by the tramway authorities because it was felt that it could cause drivers

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    This story is based on a boy named Jonas‚ who breaks into Wall Street because of his ability to envision the future. After impressing the Vice President who interviewed him‚ he meets the Managing Director and discovers that he is not the only one on Wall Street with the same magical power. “The Eyes of Wall Street‚” can be argued that it takes place in a realistic setting due to the real life occurrences that Jonas experiences throughout the story‚ such as receiving scholarship

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    of their community. The Giver and the Receiver of memories are the only ones able to see all the different colors of their community. Also in The Giver they are capable of having feelings but their feelings are held back by a pill. In The Giver‚ Jonas told his parents about a dream he had about Fiona not wanting to get into the tub of

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    There would be no diversity. In the book‚”The Giver” by Lois Lowry‚ the government decides on what people wear‚ language-use‚ spouse‚ and their job as well. The main character Jonas has been used to “Sameness” all his life. The Sameness made everything plain‚ boring‚ ordinary. People were not even allowed to see colors. Jonas did not know the true importance of the ability to make a choice for oneself. He thought that making choices would be dangerous. There are some benefits to having the government

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    Giver by Lois Lowry is about a boy named Jonas who lives in a futuristic society. This society has many rules‚ but also has no fear‚ war‚ or any of the dangerous things we face today. The people of this society have no memories of previous eras (Our times)‚ and instead choose a Receiver of Memory. The Receiver carries all the memories from the previous eras‚ which are transferred to him/her by The Giver (The Giver is the previous Receiver). In this book‚ Jonas is chosen to be the Receiver. However‚

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