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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are inexpedient for their governing‚ thereby violating the civil liberties of its people. Lois Lowry’s The Giver introduces a world similar to China. In it‚ the hero Jonas lives in a community extraordinarily safely with his family‚ with no memory. His father is a Nurturer‚ who is in charge of newborn babies and infants. His mother works in field of law. He has a younger sister‚ Lily‚
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In Lois Lowry’s award winning novel‚ The Giver‚ Jonas becomes the receiver of memories because of his ability to see beyond. In Jonas’ community‚ emotions are nonexistent and regular things like color‚ animals‚ and music have been erased from citizens’ memories. Jonas goes on a journey to find more about the history of the world and finds more about himself. He then leaves his "home" to save himself and everyone he ever knew. Jonas leaving the community benefitted Gabe because it saved his life‚
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would have to have seasons and if we had seasons we wouldn’t be able to grow crops year round so we will not have enough food to feed the community‚” (Lowry). This rule described in Jonas’s community in Lois Lowry’s The Giver may sound unusual to us. But climate control exists all around the world today. After reading The Giver by Lois Lowry‚ most people would think that controlling the climate is bad and destroys the earth. But on the other hand‚ it is very successful and happens globally today
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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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In the book “The Giver” Jonas has realized that living in his Utopian society has been all dandy until he learned what really goes on. He has had to live with out feelings and emotions for all his life. Jonas’s decisions may have affected the community but what he did what was right. Him leaving was the right thing to do. The decisions and emotions that Jonas and the other characters had during the book I chose a detail to go along with the emotion to match with the archetypal step. The first
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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 grow. As Jonas got more and more memories‚ he realized that he had to do something drastic to change what his community took away. For example‚ when Jonas was about to escape‚ it says “And he had taken Gabriel‚ too.” (Lowry 166). Jonas
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completely 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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Lois Lowry’s award winning novel‚ The Giver‚ is set in a futuristic time where everyone lives in the world of sameness.The twelve year old protagonist‚ Jonas‚ along with his community‚ are forced to live in a world of sameness. When the kids in the community turn twelve they will be given jobs by the Committee of Elders. Jonas is given the job of being Receiver- a job in which Jonas will receive memories from the previous Receiver. From the memories Jonas learns colors‚ emotions and new and descriptive
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Essay Have you ever imagined a world where the community concealed the true meaning of words? The Giver‚ by Lois Lowry‚ is a powerful intriguing novel. The meaning of words that describe emotions is called precision of language. The emotions like love‚ anger and jealousy and many others‚ were taken away from the community to create Sameness. The community also shelter the use of language by hiding the true meaning of words such as animals‚ stirrings‚ and war. The word “Stirrings” is use to hide
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