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    knew; at least‚ until he was selected as the new Receiver. Suddenly‚ Jonas had so many memories‚ memories of the past and what it used to be like‚ and he started to realize that his society wasn’t all he thought it to be. In the novel The Giver by Lois Lowry‚ Jonas learns that those who don’t take risks will never grow‚ without memories knowledge is useless‚ and that he needs to be true to what he believes in. Throughout the book‚ Jonas learns that those who don’t take risks will never

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    Book analysis: The Giver Lois Lowry was born on March 20th‚ 1937. Her father was a military officer so she grew up all over the world. She graduated the University of Maine and finally began to write professionally which she had dreamed of doing since she was a child. Her books vary in style and content but she says that they deal with the same general theme: the importance of human connections. The main theme of The Giver is The Importance of Memory. Lois Lowry got the idea to write this book after

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    mediocrity in this world of wolverines and vipers. When you live to be remembered‚ you must die for that memory to live on. No story begins before death‚ and most stories do not last past death. Think back to a time you heard the name Captain Jason Duncan. He was a captain of the militia in Vermont during the American

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    believe about God‚ the creation and the natural world‚ about humankind‚ about epistemology‚ about ethics and how I came to form my own personal worldview. While deliberating my in relationship to the worldview expressed by a secular short story‚ “The Ransom of Red Chief” by O. Henry. According to an article written by Keith Drury‚ Assistant

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    by the government‚ where people have no rights. The book The Giver‚ by Lois Lowry‚ depicts a dystopian society that a child named Jonas lives in. This society shares many similarities with modern society‚ but is also very different. Family units in the society featured in The Giver are extremely strict. This is shown on page 8 of The Giver‚ when Lowry states “Two children - one male‚ one female - to each family unit.” (Lois Lowry 8) Furthermore‚ each family member must share the events and feelings

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    1 Duncan the dragon was swimming with his friend Carl The Crab on a hot summer day….. Want to know what I love about being a dragon? What? I can breath fire‚ whenever‚ wherever‚ I want. I wish I could do that‚ all I can do is pinch people. 2 When Duncan the dragon got out of the pool‚ he tried to warm himself with a burst of fire. Carl‚ I can breath fire! Well how could you not be able to?! Well a dragon could only lose fire if he loses the fire stone he is supposed to keep on him.

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    In the short story “The Ransom of Red Chief‚” by O. Henry‚ Sam and Bill kidnapped an eight-year old boy and kept him in a cave to make some money. The two men decide to write a letter asking for $2‚000 in return of the boy. At first‚ the men controlled the boy and told him what

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    “Son‚” by Lois Lowry‚ is a novel about a mother and son being separated at birth and overcoming challenges to find each other in a dystopian society that discourages feelings of human connection. Told in three separate stories‚ “Son” begins with Claire giving birth to Gabe and Gabe being taken to another village because he does not meet his home village’s social and learning developmental requirements. Despite the expectations of their community‚ Gabe and Claire both yearn to find each other and

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    overall summary of the book‚ The Giver by Lois Lowry. This source from Wikipedia includes detailed information about the book; including a summary of the plot‚ character analysis‚ information about the author and why the book was written‚ and more. The source is a credible one because Wikipedia uses sources from all over the web to bring information to one place. Every fact in the article is backed up by a source in the bottom of the page. Lowry‚ Lois. The Giver. Boston: Houghton Mifflin‚ 1993

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    hope to carry on. Lois Lowry named Number The Stars after the psalm 147. She knows this because “She was inspired a friend who grew up in denmark…” This happened during the German invasion. The people that heard of the Jews getting punished for who they are was the Danish. They Banded together to save the Jews from the Germans. Annemarie’s connection was she tried to help the Jews from being killed too. Number The Stars was named after Lois Lowry. The Book was named after Lois Lowry. The Book was

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