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    The Giver By Lois Lowry

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    The Giver: Lois Lowry The Giver is a children’s novel that was written in 1993 by Lois Lowry. It is set in a society first depicted as a utopian society which gradually starts to appear more dystopian. This novel is written following the life off Jonas‚ a young boy in through his twelfth and thirteenth years. The society in which this novel is set has eliminated aspects of strife and pain from its activities in a plan called referred as sameness. This plan has eliminated emotional part of the lives

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    By: Krysten G. Navy Veteran Griffin Kirsch Did you know the Navy is the only branch where you get to pick your job and what you want to do for that branch? Also there are sometimes in the Navy where it takes about 4 months or even more to get to where they needed to be in order to fight. I did not know a lot of those facts until I decided to interview my cousin‚ Griffin. He has recently just stopped serving in the military because he never gets to see his family

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    The Giver is a fiction book written by Lois Lowry. Jonas‚ an eleven year old boy‚ seems to be living in a utopia; no diseases‚ wars‚ hunger‚ poverty‚ or hatred and everyone basically dresses and looks the same. At Jonas’s ceremony of 12‚ he is assigned the Receiver of Memory and meets the Giver‚ who teaches him about color‚ love‚ war‚ and pain. Jonas soon realizes how bland his community is and takes action by stealing a child that will die soon because he did not pass the “test”. The two end up

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    King Duncan believed Macbeth was a very loyal servant to him. Macbeth was so loyal that he became the Thane of Glamis. But everything turned on him when he had gotten brainwashed by the three witches and persuaded by Lady Macbeth which caused Macbeth to commit many criminal acts. The criminal acts Macbeth committed was murdering King Duncan‚ hiring two murderers to kill Banquo‚ Fleance and Macduffs family. Thus making Macbeth a victim in my opinion. Macbeth is returning from killing Macdonwald

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    The Giver By Lois Lowry

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    In The Giver by Lois Lowry‚ the author uses sensuous qualities such as sight and sound‚ to vaguely describe the setting the characters live in. The text states‚ “He laughed silently to himself‚ picturing his sister droning on in the self important voice that all the speakers seemed to develop‚ saying things like ATTENTION. THIS IS A REMINDER TO FEMALES UNDER NINE THAT HAIR RIBBONS ARE TO BE NEATLY TIED AT ALL TIMES.” Speakers and announcements greatly affect the setting because they regulate the

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    Mary Angelique A. Auman English 10 Mr. Swenson August 11‚ 2014 The Giver by Lois Lowry Set in a community which was controlled by the Elders sometime in the future. Jonas was an eleven year old protagonist who was mature and really responsible. He became the Receiver of Memory for their community when he turned twelve. The Giver was an old man who transferred his old job of receiving the community’s memories to Jonas. He trained Jonas how to be a receiver and told him everything about the

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    Lois Hegarty Performance

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    Oh‚ Margaret‚ It’s You! took advantage of a prop . . . a telephone. Lois Hegarty vividly portrayed a telephone conversation with a friend by using the phone. However‚ I do believe the listeners would have understood the meaning of the song even if she had not used the prop. Hegarty cleverly manipulated her vocal chords

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    Lois Lowry's 'The Giver'

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    The Giver An essay by Erins bozhori The book “The Giver” is a novel written by Lois Lowry. It is about a boy named Jonas who lives in a community where everything is decided for them. Jonas was selected to be the new receiver of memory and have all of the memories of the past transmitted to him. Jonas wants everyone to have the memories so he goes and tries to escape the border of memory to let the memories free. There was movie based off the book there were some differences. Some of the differences

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    The Giver By Lois Lowry

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    According to Justin and Kaite Schauer‚ “The Giver” by Lois Lowry‚ is an excellent book. It has adventure‚ intensity‚ and ways to “see beyond”. This 5 star book has everything a good reader wants. But‚ there are some quirks about the society. Jonas’ society eliminates individuality‚ which can solve some problems but can also create problems. In this book‚ the identities are controlled by the “Elders”‚ who select jobs for the people in the community. Each December‚ a group of “twelves” graduate from

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    Not so perfect The Giver‚ a science fiction novel by Lois Lowry is about about a boy named Jonas who lives in a different type of community. Jonas has a family unit a father a mother and his little sister Lily. In this community ‚every December‚ there is a ceremony a where they get there jobs or they move up a year. At Twelve‚ children are assigned a job by the Elders who have been observing them for the past few years to see their interests and skills to determine the appropriate

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