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    Lois Lowry's The Giver

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    The Giver Why is their society‚ in The Giver so different than ours? Their society is so different because they think that they can make their world perfect. We all know that no one is perfect so what makes it so different? In Lois Lowry’s book The Giver their family unit interacts with each other on a day-to-day basis and has both similarities and differences in our family unit which is better than theirs because ours does not have a limit of children‚ do not have required time shares‚ and we

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    The Giver, By Lois Lowry

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    Have you ever wondered what the world would be like without any memory? You don’t have any memory of love‚ pain‚ war‚ and even color‚ if so the The Giver is an excellent read for you. The novel The Giver is written by Lois Lowry‚ and it was published in 1993. The setting of The Giver is set in a futuristic utopian society. Jonas the main character lives in a world where it seems to be that nothing goes wrong so basically everyone lives in happiness without any sadness. When Jonas begins his training

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    The Giver By Lois Lowry

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    As part of the English 3 Final Exam we were required to read a book‚ so I chose to read the novel “The Giver”. The novel was written by Lois Lowry an American writer who has written forty-five other books. Lowry was born on March 20‚ 1937 in Honolulu Hawaii. Lowry studied and attended Curtis High School‚ Berkeley Carroll School‚ University of Southern Maine‚ and Brown University. She has won two John Newbery Medals‚ they are literary awards given by the Association for Library Service to Children

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    Killing Whale

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    Intentions of Whale in Killing Are Debated By DAMIEN CAVE MIAMI — Homicide investigators in Orlando said Thursday that the death of a trainer at SeaWorld on Wednesday occurred when the theme park’s largest male Orca whale grabbed the trainer by her hair while she stood in shallow water‚ and dragged her into a deep pool. Within minutes‚ the trainer‚ Dawn Brancheau‚ 40‚ was dead from drowning and what the police described as “multiple traumatic injuries.” There were no signs of foul play

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    The Giver By Lois Lowry

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    For my quarterly book assignment‚ I have chosen the selection‚ The Giver by Lois Lowry. The Reason I have chosen this wonderful selection is because I had read it once before as a child and really enjoyed it. I enjoyed this book because of its uniqueness. The Giver has such a different plot than any other book I have read before. I would definitely read it again and recommend it. The Giver is a book about a young boy named Jonas‚ who lives in a futuristic community. In his community they have eliminated

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    The Giver By Lois Lowry

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    In Lois Lowry’s book‚ The Giver‚ a picture is painted of a perfect utopia. In this place we soon figure out that there is no such thing as differences. In this Utopia‚ there is no emotion‚ no color‚ no war‚ no poverty and no hunger. But‚ not everything is as perfect as it seems. One of the events that affected me most deeply was finding out that this Utopia was really a Dystopia. In the beginning of the book‚ we meet a young boy named Jonas who is about to undergo the ceremony of twelves. During

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    The Giver By Lois Lowry

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    The Giver by Lois Lowry is a science-fiction book. Th story is set in a community where there aren’t any hunger‚ war and pain. Everything seems all right to him‚ until the day he turns twelve. Jonas is selected to be a receiver of memory‚ which is a job that there is only one person and the selection Helds once in ten years. After being the receiver of memory‚ Jonas’ life changed‚ and his happy and vital times is taken away from him‚ he became lonely. Later on‚ he discovered different dark sides

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    The Giver By Lois Lowry

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    Lois Lowry’s The Giver is a book about a dystopian community that on the surface appears to hold the secret to happiness. However‚ the main character Jonas soon discovers this secret‚ and it is terrifying. All the members of the community are kept in complete ignorance about the real meaning of true life‚ beauty‚ humanity‚ and free will. Through isolation from pain and suffering‚ the members are turned into a type of robot‚ who fail to think for themselves or see beyond their limited roles within

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    Target Killing

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    Targeted Killing: Self-Defense‚ Preemption‚ and the War on Terrorism Thomas Byron Hunter‚ M.A.‚ M.Litt. Killing a man is murder unless you do it to the sound of trumpets. —Voltaire Summary this paper assesses the parameters and utility of “targeted killing” in combating terrorism and its role within the norm of state self-defense in the international community. the author’s thesis is that‚ while targeted killing provides states with a method of combating terrorism‚ and while it is “effective”

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    The Giver By Lois Lowry

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    “The Giver by Lois Lowry‚ was published in 1993‚ and won a Newberry medal in 1994. The book takes place in a narrative third person‚ using a limited omniscient person. The overall plot is that in a communist community‚ Jonas is a kid like the citizens that do not know what else is out there instead of themselves. Jonas learns memories that bring him to the point where he wants to share the memories of the world. The family units have rules such as dream telling and feeling telling. In chapter one

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