community‚ where families are complete strangers to each other. These families are just made up of 4 people and not even any grandparents. There is no actual bond between the family members. That’s how families are in The Giver’s community. The Giver by Lois Lowry is about a “12” year old boy named Jonas. Jonas’s community can be described as “Utopia” and this community has certain rules that everyone must follow; so the community could be trouble-free. There are assigned jobs like birthmothers who give birth
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William Nguyen (Core 2 Language Arts) While there are many themes that are present in "The Giver" and "Harrison Bergeron"‚ one theme stands out. That theme is‚ memories are important and if they’re lost‚ they can cause pain. In "The Giver"‚ by Lois Lowry‚ there are moments when important memories cause pain. When Jonas is talking to The Giver about [The Giver’s] daughter Rosemary‚ Jonas asks the Giver what happened when Rosemary was released. The Giver responds‚ "’The community lost Rosemary after
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What is more valued - personal rights or the common good of the community? In The Giver‚ written by Lois Lowry‚ a boy perfectly adapted to his unique community named Jonas begins to open his eyes‚ sees the reality of his world‚ and searches for the true values in life. In this community‚ the citizens want to live a simple‚ predetermined life and also strongly believe that they are living in a “perfect” society through the system of sameness which eliminates risks. However‚ they do not have any knowledge
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There are many strange things in The Giver. The Giver‚ by Lois Lowry‚ has many good traits‚but even more bad ones. This book is a dystopia. A dystopia means world that looks perfect but is really not; utopia means a perfect world. The community is a dystopia because of lack of knowledge‚ sameness‚ and complete control. The Giver takes place in sameness. In sameness they have a lack of knowledge. The receiver of memory only knows the past.Each of the families have only two books. Every
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moment. The members of Jonas’s community cannot appreciate the joys in their lives because they have never felt sadness. Correspondingly‚ they also do not feel grief because they have never appreciated the true wonders of life. Throughout the novel‚ Lois Lowry uses multiple literary devices to conjure these thoughts into the readers mind. When Jonas is chosen to take the role of Receiver of Memories‚ he starts to learn how life used to be‚ when love‚ pain‚ hunger‚ and happiness existed. After deciding
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At the end of the novel‚ the Giver‚ Lois Lowry left a vague ending which did not fully state whether or not Jonas and Gabriel made it to Elsewhere. Giving an unstated ending allow the reader to decide what happens next. Based off of the ending‚ Jonas and Gabriel lived to make it to Elsewhere. After Jonas and Gabriel leave the community‚ they overcome barriers‚ including the starvation possibilities and freezing to death. Despite being cold and wet‚ Jonas carried Gabriel up the snowy hill. As he walked
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religion‚ no languages‚ no races‚ a world where everything was the same? In the futuristic world of the Giver all the people wear graym with the same haircut and no colors. Although some people may claim the world in the fiction novel The Giver by Lois Lowry is a utopia‚ it is a dystopia because sameness means there is no diversity which takes away from being human. Although sameness solves many of this world’s problems‚ it is not worth giving up diversity. In the story‚ as Jonas continues with his
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the newchild Gabriel symbolizes love. The symbol of the newchild Gabriel occurs in the story when Jonas’ father brought him to his house at night for extra care. As time passed‚ Jonas found himself attached to Gabriel and loved him. For example‚ Lois Lowry writes‚ “But the moment passed and was followed by an urge‚ a need‚ a passionate yearning to share the warmth with one person left for him to love” (221). By looking at this quotation‚ we can see that Gabriel is very special to him as Jonas struggled
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her dad to walk in the streets‚ but later in the story beat her up. By doing these things‚ both Jonas and Cassie showed perseverance and courage by taking a painful memory to standing up for what you think is right! In the novel‚ The Giver‚ by Lois Lowry‚ Jonas (a 12 year old boy) becomes the Receiver of Memories through having these 5 qualities. The first qualities are intelligence‚ integrity‚ and courage. The
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Plato’s Outlook on the Power of Light and Darkness (Allegory of the Cave) Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave” is a metaphor and representation of perception. Prisoners are chained and forced to look up at the front wall inside of the cave while a fire burns behind them. Shadows are cast on the wall and the prisoners inside the cave believe that the shadows are the reality they live in because they have been in that cave their whole life. One prisoner has been taken outside and experiences the real
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