The lyrics of the song “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds‚ performed by The Beatles‚ and primarily written by John Lennon‚ takes the reader or listener on a journey into the imagination. There are a few interpretations of this song. The most popular interpretation being‚ that the lyrics of the song follow the kind of journey that one would embark on upon the consumption of the hallucinogenic drug LSD which would project the wildest of imaginings. Although at the time of release‚ John Lennon had stated
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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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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 chapter‚ From Rosie to Lucy‚ by James West Davidson and Mark Hamilton Lytle‚ is about how the feminine mystique changed drastically from the era of WWII to the era of the baby boom. The shift was attributed to men’s influence on the women through fashion trends‚ magazines‚ and TV shows. The main purpose of the chapter is to show that the propaganda through TV and society affected individuals‚ and more specifically the feminine mystique. In the first section of the chapter the authors talk about
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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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Most of us think that a perfect society would be great. But there are always some flaws to a utopian society. For example‚ in Lois Lowry’s novel The Giver‚ people think Release is just sending the people to a new place (freeing)‚ but really‚ they are being killed. I know because‚ “He killed it! My father killed it!” (188). In a modern day society‚ people can just die without having Release. Release is done to prevent sadness‚ but the people are oblivious to what they are doing. In modern day society
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The Giver is adolescent dystopian written by Lois Lowry. This story can be helpful for adolescent because it shows the importance of love‚ kindness and other important features that must be combined with the strong rationality‚ the disadvantages of which are also shown in the book. The Giver shows the importance of the balance of rationality and emotions in the social structure and for a personality. Reading the beginning of The Giver one can hardly say that this is dystopian. The society of the
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The Giver‚ written by Lois Lowry is an American young-adult novel written in 1993. It is about a young boy named Jonas and his community. Jonas gets the difficult job of Receiver of Memories and goes into the process of receiving memories from his mentor‚ who he calls the Giver. This book was exactly the type of books I love to read; the type of book that have a different reality from us and different traditions. In the beginning Jonas had been just a normal boy in his colorless and organized community
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One book that truly impacted my way of thinking is “The Giver” by Lois Lowry. Though it is a book about a fictional society‚ and the underlying message shaped the way I approach challenges that I encounter throughout life. The main character of “The Giver” is a boy named Jonas who lives in an extremely structured society where everyone lives in a perfect world‚ and doesn’t know anything about pain or fear. It started when he was chosen by the head of the society to become the next Receiver of
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The Giver is a fiction book written by Lois Lowry. The main character‚ Jonas‚ lives in a town where everything is perfectly structured and nothing is out of place. December is approaching‚ which means that the Coming of Age ceremonies are coming up‚ and Jonas is worried about his ceremony. He is turning twelve‚ which is when kids receive their job assignments. During dinner‚ Jonas’s family shares their feelings. Jonas’s father says that he is concerned about a newborn named Gabe‚ who is having trouble
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