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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In the novel The Giver by Lois Lowry‚ there are many different symbols and come to together to help form the theme. Symbolism and themes are difficult to infer in a text‚ but understanding these literary elements makes the book more interesting and entertaining for the reader. Symbolism is defined using a concrete word‚ object‚ color‚ picture‚ name and so forth to strand for a name‚ abstract idea‚ image‚ or event. For example a heart could stand for love and an American flag as freedom or patriotism
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Additionally‚ because of the pressure put upon the Korean band‚ EXO‚ they were forced to change and conform to their record company’s ideal image. Moreover‚ by confining to social pressure‚ I lost sight of my racial identity. Lastly‚ through The Giver‚ Lois Lowry paints a picture of how society pressures people to conform to their ideals by eliminating their choices. With this in mind‚ the battle between taking the risk of being different versus people’s desire to fit in often results in conformity winning
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Is Sameness Important? Would you like to live in a world where everything is the same. Sameness in The Giver by Lois Lowry was where everything is the same everyone is treated the same and biologically the same. I think that we shouldn’t create sameness because of economic and biologic sameness. Economic Sameness There are two types of economic sameness‚ communism and socialism. Communism is the believe in a government controlled economy. In every communist country the economy has crumbled and
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The novel The Giver is about a boy named Jonas that is selected to be the receiver. He goes through a lot of hard journeys. He has a little “Brother” named Gabriel. Gabriel is on the verge of being released to elsewhere. Jonas’ plan is to find elsewhere and save Gabriel from release. The Giver is a pessimistic novel. The Giver is a pessimistic novel because of the scary moments that happen to Jonas making it seem like something bad is going to happen to him. The giver is making the reader feel like
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The Giver‚ a novel by Lois Lowry that gives you that hopeless‚ dreadful feeling of “I wish I could tell you‚ but I can’t. I can’t tell you why I can’t either”‚ explores the idea of a utopian community entirely run by a secretive higher power- one so secretive that the very concept of death is not common knowledge. In fact‚ the Elders (the higher power) gave death another name- release. The story follows Jonas‚ a “unique” boy who gradually learns that his immediate world isn’t as simple and perfect
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Would your actions be changed based on the community you live in? The Giver by Lois Lowery‚ The Last Dog by Katherine Paterson‚ Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut and The Monsters are Due on Maple Street by Rod Serling‚ all shows characters in hard situations being affected by their community. There is no rule book for running a community‚ so when making decisions‚ it is hard to keep everyone happy. Restrictions‚ rules and suggestions of others may lead someone to react in a certain way when in a
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In the dystopian novel‚ The Giver‚ by Lois Lowry‚ and in the current American Society‚ birthdays are celebrated both similarly and differently. In both societies birthdays are acknowledged‚ however in unlike ways. In The Giver‚ Jonas’s society acknowledges birthdays through a mass celebration in December until they are 12 years old. Every child 12 or younger‚ celebrates their birthday on one out of two days reserved for celebration. “The Ceremony of 12‚” on the second day‚ is the final celebration;
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One way to make a proper sacrifice is to put others before yourself whether it’s keeping something from someone else or having to make an important decisions. Nonetheless sacrifices are a part of one’s everyday life‚ but in the book The Giver by Lois Lowry‚ the opposite happens. Living in a community of Sameness‚ The Giver‚ who is the current Receiver of Memory‚ holds all of the memories from numerous generations and sacrifices himself in more ways than one for the sake of the communities happiness
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through the differences. Not all of us can feel safe around those who are different from us. Maybe it is human nature or just prejudice but not knowing how to handle differences have caused problems in societies. In the book “The Giver”‚ the author Lois Lowry is showing us a community‚ where no one is different from the others‚ described “The life where nothing was ever unexpected. Or inconvenient. Or unusual. The life without color‚ pain or past.”. The people of this community live by the rules of elders
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