Danish citizens and how their daily lives were affected by the war. Specifically‚ the book helped me understand what it was like for all citizens‚ including non-Jews‚ to live in countries where German occupation existed; they lived in constant fear. Lois Lowry’s writing was easy to read and so understandable that it made the whole story‚ and the history‚ come alive. This book deals with sensitive topics of friendship‚ parenting‚ sense of community and service. It also made me think about duty‚ courage
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is inevitable love that pushes a mother to do absolutely anything because of the maternal instinct that is bestowed within. Unconditional motherly love releases the “super power” inside a desperate mother in need of her child. In the novel “Son‚” Lois Lowry uses characterization in the main character‚ Claire‚ to demonstrate her courage‚ desperateness‚ and mental‚ as well as physical‚ strength that strives her to find her son. Born in an utopian society‚ Claire is assigned her role as a birthmother
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Edgar Allen Poe and "The Giver" by Lois Lowry. They seem like very different stories‚ but they have more similarities than you think. The main characters of both stories are similar in characterization because both Amontillado and Jonas change throughout the story‚ even if the progression of either change is much different in length. Even so‚ they do both change drastically throughout their stories. Jonas turns from a regular "Twelve"‚ as so claimed by Lois Lowry‚ to being chosen as the "Receiver
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The definition of sadness is “feeling or showing sorrow; unhappy”. Everyone experiences sadness‚ In chapters one and two of Gathering Blue Kira personally experienced multiple moments of sadness. In the fiction novel‚ Gathering Blue‚ by Lois Lowry‚ the author creates certain moods in chapters one and two. One mood created was sadness. In chapters one and two the mood of sadness is shown when Kira is thinking about how her mother had died from a disease. After four sunsets and sunrises‚ it was
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Heroes do many things in ways to help other people. The main character named Jonas in the book named The Giver by Lois Lowry played a very large role as a hero throughout this novel. Another hero that obtained similar characteristics as the literary hero name Jonas is Harriet Tubman. Harriet Tubman is a historical hero in the way as how she succeeded in helping run away slaves. Heroes risk their lives for a purpose and that’s what these people accomplished. Harriet Tubman; an African American
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meaning or having one very similar to another one‚ either way they are all different in their own little way. Though this book resembled something more of both totalitarianism and communism. “Of course the Elders knew that‚ from their observation” (Lowry 15). Both totalitarianism and communism use the power of surveillance‚ to see what the citizens are up to and if they are actually obeying the rules like they should be. The difference with totalitarianism‚ that type of government uses terrorism when
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D Salinger‚ The Giver by Lois Lowry‚ Killing Mr.Griffen by Lois Duncan‚ Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson‚ When Dad Killed Mom by Julius Lester‚ The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold‚ The Joy of Gay Sex by Dr. Charles Silverstein‚ Goosebumps by R.L Stine. The books Harry Potter by J.K Rowling and Goosebumps by R.L Stine both are very graphic and descriptive in their writing and they both are absurd non-fiction that go against all religions. Killing Mr.Griffen by Lois Duncan‚ When Dad Killed
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Honest‚ or a liar? Do you always have to tell the truth? In The Giver‚ by Lois Lowry‚ it is evident that you aren’t always obligated to speak of the truth. This book mainly speaks of a eutopic universe where everyone must obey the rules‚ Chief Elder assigns everyone a job‚ and those who disobey the law are sentenced to death via lethal injection. All the populace is equal‚ except for 12-year-old Jonas. At the ceremony of Twelve‚ the community’s 12-year-olds eagerly accepted their predetermined life
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actually succeed in creating a utopia‚ you’ve created a world without conflict‚ in which everything is perfect. And if there’s no conflict‚ there are no stories worth telling - or reading.” Is an utopian society the way to go? In the book The Giver by Lois Lowry‚ the protagonist Jonas soon realized after becoming The Receiver that the Elders in his community have been hiding the truth of what could have been. There is more feeling and technology in the movie compared to the book The Giver. The movie and
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situation is‚ or how massive his opponent is. In the book Messenger‚ by Lois Lowry‚ talks about how Matty‚ the main character in Messenger is selfless to his village and his friend. Matty showed his selflessness by sacrificing his life to save others in the village. He also asked to heal Kira’s leg‚ although she said no‚ he would have sacrificed himself for her because he never healed anything like that before. By these actions‚ Lois Lowry used Matty to show selflessness can lead to an ultimate sacrifice
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