The Giver is a book set in a utopian society‚ however as the story reveals it is apparent that it is in fact a dystopian society. By having no choices the people were protected from making the wrong choices. The people who first inhabited Jonah’s community wanted to create a perfect society and this was their way of doing it. They took away everything that could possibly make anyone different‚ other then Jonah‚ he was chosen to be the receiver of memory. The only way it could be possible to conform
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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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Everyone is supposed to be different. In the novel The Giver the protagonist‚ Jonas is different from everyone else. Jonas sees things no one else can. He’s sees color and memories from the past. Anyone could compare their lives to Jonas‚ but not all. In conclusion‚ everyone can see color it’s normal for us but not for him. Jonas’ first color he sees is red‚ compared us on earth we understand all colors. In the novel Jonas and Asher were tossing an apple back and forth and Jonas noticed the
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The Giver and the Flowers are both books that involve the main character to lose his or her’s innocence. The Giver is where Jonas learns memories‚ and the flowers are where Myop learns the reality of the world. Overall the two stories were based on the main character learning what reality is. The Giver takes place in a dystopian community. In this community‚ everyone is the same and there are many restrictions. In this story‚ Jonas was selected to be the Receiver of Memories. The reason Jonas was
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In the beginning of The Giver Jonas is about to turn twelve‚ which is a very big deal in this community. You get an assignment when you turn twelve. He is very worried and has no idea what he will get. This makes him excessively nervous. In the family unit you tell your dreams in the morning and tell your feelings from that day at night. Lily is his younger sister and is very outgoing she can’t wait till her ceremony. The ceremony happens and Jonas is assigned to be the new receiver. The Chief Elder
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Most of the characters in this book show a respect for some of God’s rules although they do it unintentionally. The Giver takes place in a society where there are really no emotions and the people don’t understand death. Because the Giver takes place in this kind of society where everything is the same there are no churches or religion. Because the characters in the book don’t understand death a lot of time they will kill people unintentionally. Such as when Jonas’s father has to release babies what
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The Giver is about a utopian society--where the world is black and white‚ and people are “structured”. There were rules in this society‚ always have proper manners‚ share your feelings with your family everyday‚ and never lie‚ etc. People who disobey these rules would be “released to elsewhere”‚ meaning‚ a sentence to death through a drug procedure‚ which they do not understand. The antagonist of the book is the “Chief Elder”‚ she believes that emotions is a means to an end in society‚ while the
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Every day we hear in the news about the government doing bad things and we also hear about people doing bad things like school shootings. We need a not always question what is going on and why so we don’t turn into a world completely like The Giver. However‚ we are somewhat like their world and still different from their world and that is a good thing. Our society and the society in The Giver have many similarities and differences in having children. For example‚ page 8 paragraph 6 of The Giver
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It is difficult for us to imagine a world without color‚ personal freedoms‚ and love‚ but in this book‚ the society is exactly this. Being able to make your own choices is really important‚ most of us don’t realize it right now but it’s important to appreciate freedom. In the Giver‚ what may seem like a perfect society is actually a dystopia is because theres no individuality‚ you are assigned a family‚ and jobs were assigned as well. To begin with‚ individuality didn’t even exist in this community
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Should communities have one person hold all the memories? The good ones that bring joy to you when you are sad? The bad ones that teach you what not to do? The one about the past that help you learn? No way do you want that. Unlike in The Giver‚ people should carry their own memories in their communities because it helps people remember the past‚ brings joyful memories to you when you are sad‚ and helps you learn about the past of your community. How would you know about the past if you don’t have
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