In life every person faces challenges‚ bumps in the road‚ obstacles that they have to surmount. In the novel‚ “The Giver‚” Jonas is constantly having to overcome new challenges. In particular‚ the great journey to elsewhere. The author‚ Lois Lowry leaves the end of the book ambiguous‚ and it can be interpreted in many ways. In many ways the ending is left unclear whether Jonas dies‚ is dreaming or he actually escapes to elsewhere. In others it is quite obvious in how the story ends. In the story
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The Giver "The giver" is a novel which was written in 1993 by Lois Lowry. Lois Lowry has written over 20 books and received two awards‚ one being the Newbery medal for "The giver". The novel was partly inspired by Larry’s relationship with her father who was at the time in a nursing home having lost most of his long-term memory. "The giver" is her attempt to criticize reality by creating an ideal society‚ but we will quickly realize that this idealistic is false. The genre of the giver is science
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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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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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Part 3‚ Summary‚ The Giver Assignment #3 The Giver‚ By Lois Lowry is a great story about utopias and sameness. Jonas lives in a utopia and does the same tasks as everyone else in his community. This is until they turn 12 and get their jobs/assignments. There are fish hatchery workers‚ nurturers‚ birthmothers‚ road cleaners‚ and food preparers. In a utopia‚ you don’t get paid in money. There is no currency whatsoever. If you fail to do your jobs or tasks‚ you get released from the community
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stories have a purpose. They want to tell you something more than just entertaining you. These tails almost always contain themes. These themes are ideas‚ thought‚ lessons‚ things that get you thinking about the meaning of what you are reading. In The Giver by Lois Lowry you can find many themes including memory and the past‚ rules and order‚ communication‚ isolation‚ and what I believe is the most important‚ choice. Now there are many more themes but I want to talk about choice. In this story Jonas‚ the main
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Freedom or security‚ which is more important? Which one fosters the most happiness? The Giver‚ by Lois Lowry‚ reveals the truth that freedom rather than security is essential to human joy. Lowry develops this theme through her excellent application of characterization‚ symbols and antithesis. Lowry’s employment of characterization lays the foundation for her pro-freedom argument. As Jonas develops‚ he gains freedom and as a result the capacity for joy. Jonas begins his journey as a product of
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read a book‚ so I chose to read the novel “The Giver”. The novel was written by Lois Lowry an American writer who has written forty-five other books. Lowry was born on March 20‚ 1937 in Honolulu Hawaii. Lowry studied and attended Curtis High School‚ Berkeley Carroll School‚ University of Southern Maine‚ and Brown University. She has won two John Newbery Medals‚ they are literary awards given by the Association for Library Service to Children. The Giver was originally published on 1993 and was released
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or past.” (Lois Lowry‚ The Giver). Utopia sounds great being a perfect society with no problems existing. They might seem possible looking at many utopian experiments and how successful some are. A utopia is an imagined place that has a perfect society where there are no problems and nothing is new. Since utopias are perfect there are nothing wrong that can happen in them‚ nothing new can happen‚ exciting‚ dangerous‚ everything is the same with no difference. In The Giver by Lois Lowry‚ the community
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but the characters in Lois Lowry’s “The Giver” don’t have the option of choosing. Jonas‚ the protagonist of this book‚ followed the rules of his community without questioning anything‚ just like everyone else. Progressively‚ Jonas begins to see and experience events that transformed his outlook on his community; watching the twin’s realise‚ asking his parents if they loved him and experiencing pain. Originally‚ Jonas thought when people were ‘released’‚ (a term used in “The Giver” many times)‚ they
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