115‚197 Ft./sec. to send nerve signals through the brain to make a complicated decision. However‚ in Jonas’s community‚ the number is reduced to 0 because‚ they do not think of any complex choices. I shared this with you because one of the themes in Lois Lowry’s science fiction novel The Giver is “Choices cannot be made without wisdom and knowledge of the past”. This is displayed in many times in the book. Three examples are; the elders asking the Giver for advice on important tasks‚ Jonas’s father
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Jonas knows then rebels against all of the rules and leaves the community with a little kid that was going to get released. The main character‚ Jonas‚ changes when he stops following the rules and starts receiving memories in the book The Giver by: Lois Lowlry. For example‚ in the beginning of the book Jonas was a big rule follower he used all the correct language such as not being allowed to say released without getting scolded Jonas used released once messing with a friend and was taken over to
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The Giver “I am going to transmit the memory of snow the old man said and placed his hands on Jonas’s bareback” In the first place‚ In The Giver by Lois Lowry‚ she writes about Jonas an adolescent who lives in a community long beyond the thing we call emotions. After‚ the child reaches adulthood their parents are a long forgotten thus eliminating attachments. Notably‚ the emotion we call love is forgotten in this community. In addition‚ the only people who can experience emotions are
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The utopian society described in Lois Lowry’s The Giver is very similar to the form of government described in the Republic by Plato‚ especially The Allegory of the Cave. Both are descriptions of totalitarian dystopic governments included the separation of people by professional class‚ assignment of profession and purpose by the state‚ and the absence of traditional family units‚ replaced by state-organized breeding. If Jonas‚ the leader‚ is the man released from the cave‚ then his obligations as
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I opened the door to absolute chaos. Bright lights-camera flashes-blinded me. Before I could even get my bearings a cacophony of screeches assaulted my ears. I peered through the flashbulbs to see a pudgy man‚ much resembling a pig‚ shouting hoarsely. As he noticed my gaze‚ his beady eyes lit up. He beckoned to a scrawny boy lurking behind him. As they approached‚ the boy pulled a notepad and pencil out of his pocket. I made a frantic attempt to retreat into my home and avoid this unexpected onslaught
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Conformity always seems like the way to go being a human being now and days. How would you feel to know that somebody you are close to‚ or love is killed or suffering because of the simple meaning of conformity? Conformity means “behavior in accordance with socially accepted conventions or standards.” Conformity makes the world go round‚ and everyone follows conformity in their own way whether they know the meaning or if they don’t. Some people choose to follow it 100% through‚ and some people don’t
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Imagine living in a world with no pain‚ no color‚ no real feelings‚ no weather‚ no memories‚ no love‚ and more. In the book‚ The Giver‚ by Lois Lowry‚ Jonas‚ the main character‚ lives in a Utopian society. A Utopian society is a world that is perfect‚ a world with no problems or any bad things. As Jonas’s Assignment‚ he was selected to be the Receiver‚ the most honored job in the Community‚ and receives special training from the Giver. At first‚ Jonas enjoys the way his Community functions‚ but
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In the novel The Giver by Lois Lowry‚ twelve year old Jonas states that a community with love would be a "dangerous way to live." Well to think about this‚ you must first answer the question‚ What would be a secure place to live? When we think of invulnerability‚ many of us consider our families‚ friends‚ and loved ones. There is that word again; love. Love is kind‚ warm‚ and healthy‚ but sometimes it can be considered dangerous. For example‚ if you are in love with someone who does not have feelings
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some characters in stories that do not fit this category as well as others. This group of people is called “antiheroes.” An antihero is like a hero‚ although this person may not have the same qualities as a hero‚ or may display non-heroic actions. In Lois Lowry’s The Giver‚ the main character‚ a boy named Jonas‚ is an antihero. Jonas does not act particularly heroic in the novel‚ and does not fit the definition of a true hero in his qualities. In The Giver‚ Jonas starts out as an ordinary young
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Work Summary Lois Lowry’s 1989 novel Number the Stars tells the story of a ten-year-old Christian girl named Annemarie Johansen. Annemarie is living in Copenhagen‚ Denmark in 1943 when the story begins. Annemarie‚ her little sister Kirsti‚ and her best friend Ellen Rosen‚ a Jew‚ are walking home from school when the story begins. They decide to race but are stopped by two stern looking German soldiers. The soldiers question them‚ but let them go. When the girls reach their apartment home‚ they inform
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