The Giver: A Critique The purpose of this book was to show us a possible version of a "Utopia". It was a fantasy oriented book‚ that was suppose to make you think about the possibilities for the future. The setting is a supposedly perfect society where everyone is taken care of and no one is different. The author Lois Lowry does a fine job portraying this supposedly "ideal" society. This book began with a description of sameness and release the two general principles the society functions
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Could you ever imagine living in a community where there are no feelings‚ memories of the past‚ or color. In the book The Giver by Lois Lowry‚ the main character Jonas is singled out to become the new Receiver of Memory for his community that strives to be perfect by stopping emotions‚ taking away color‚ memories of the past‚ and many other things‚ except for the Receiver. He learns about Elsewhere‚ the real truth about life‚ through memories he is given‚ both good and bad. He is not allowed to tell
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The novel The Giver is about a boy named Jonas that is selected to be the receiver. He goes through a lot of hard journeys. He has a little “Brother” named Gabriel. Gabriel is on the verge of being released to elsewhere. Jonas’ plan is to find elsewhere and save Gabriel from release. The Giver is a pessimistic novel. The Giver is a pessimistic novel because of the scary moments that happen to Jonas making it seem like something bad is going to happen to him. The giver is making the reader feel like
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society of The Giver. There is no color in their society. There is also no weather and no landscape. The elders want everything to be the same so the world is plain. In The Giver‚ color does not exist in their world. The elders have gotten rid of it. When the Giver shows Jonas color he says‚ “You’re beginning to see the color red.” Jonas doesn’t know what the color red is. This means that jonas has never heard of colors‚ which means that colors don’t exist! The Giver tells him “at
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is significant because the people haven’t had the memories for many generations. This quote pertains to the story because it shows how important and useful the memories are because they will never go away or end with one person. In the end of “The Giver” I believe that Jonas and Gabriel died because why is there a random sled at the top of the hill? He said that he felt elsewhere close and that he knew where it was‚ maybe he was hallucinating from hunger or coldness. Finally‚ maybe the memories are
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In many scenarios if authorities do not allow creativity to grow‚ kids will not be exposed to new possibilities and they will not be able to foster innovative ideas. In the novel‚ The Giver‚ authorities do not allow the usage of creativity let alone have class in creativity. As a result of not allowing individuals to have creativity‚ their society and civilization is boring and plain with a lack of innovative and amazing inventions because
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Analyzing the Bread Givers Bread Givers‚ by Anzia Yezierska‚ is a novel about Sara Smolinsky‚ and her struggle remaining in the old world traditions or heading to the ever-changing new world. The novel has multiple themes‚ however‚ the main theme‚ of Anzia Yezierska’s writing‚ is the old world versus the new world. Old world versus new world is very evident in the beginning chapters when we first learn that the father of the house doesn’t work‚ controls the income to his liking1
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Chosen visual essay: Picture Essay Thesis: ’The Giver’ and Ready Player One portray similar and different aspects on dystopian features. This is shown through the political‚ social‚ environmental and class of both settings. Social Management (PEAEAS) ’The Giver’s’ social management shows aspects of dystopia since everyone living in the community is restricted to what they can and cannot say in several different ways. The first way they restrict what people can say is that they set a series
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society include Sameness? In the novel‚ The Giver by Lois Lowery‚ Jonas‚ the main character‚ lives in a society where everyone portrays Sameness. Sameness is where everything is equal. For example‚ every family has four people: a mother and a father‚ one boy and one girl. Jonas is assigned the job of the Receiver of Memory. The Receiver of Memory holds all the memories‚ so that the members of the society don’t have to feel pain‚ or happiness. The Giver‚ the old Receiver of Memory‚ and Jonas can have
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out will cause chaos. There will always be someone who thinks differently and persuade other people into their thinking. “The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It’s the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared”(The Giver pg.86). In the Giver‚ when the new receiver of memory‚ Jonas saw it that one person should not suffer like this and would be better if everyone would have a little of the memories. He saw from the memories that the community took away also took a lot of common
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