obituaries editor in newspaper‚ by breast cancer. She wanted the eighteen summer intern boy to write her obituary‚ even he wasn’t a friend of her. He wrote that "Lois Andrews‚ age 45‚ of Spokane‚ died Friday‚ August 24‚ 1985‚ at Sacred Heart Hospital. There will be no funeral service. She donated her body to Washington State University. An only child‚ Lois Anne Andrews was born January 16‚ 1940‚ at Sacred Heart Hospital‚ to Martin and Betsy (Harrison) Andrews. She never married. She was the obituaries editor
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I will be giving my interpretation of the book “The Giver” by Lois Lowry. This book is set in a society that at first seems to be a utopian society but the further you read on it gradually appears to be more and more dystopian. So this book is about a boy named Jonas going through his twelfth year of his life. Jonas is soon selected to be the “Receiver of Memory” he is to be given the past memories of the time before sameness‚ or before the society became a utopia. As the story progresses Jonas soon
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Darcy Foster 11/11/08 English-4 Imagine being a 15 year old orphan with a permanently injured leg living in a society where only the strong‚ capable people survive and everyone else must fight for their lives. The book “Gathering Blue‚” by Lois Lowry‚ takes place in a world like this one. Kira was raised by her mother in a small village where everyone has their job that they do every day and no one strays from the routine. Since she was born‚ Kira’s mother has fought for her daughter’s life
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Jonas the New Receiver Can you imagine a world where everything is under control‚ there is no war‚ pain‚ or fear but nobody has a right to choose yet it is perfect? Well‚ Lois Lowry did. She created a world where everyone were supposed to be happy in her futuristic novel‚ the Giver. Jonas‚ the protagonist of the story‚ was selected to be the new Receiver of Memory. It turns out Jonas was singled out with all the differences he had since he started to feel unlike his friends. Not many people were
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Memories are what make us who we are. The good‚ the bad‚ and everything inbetween shape us into who we are and will be. We learn from our mistakes and reminisce the good times. A life without memories would not be interesting. In Lois Lowry’s novel‚ The Giver‚ most people have no memories at all. Things we use everyday become obsolete and the people of the community do not know how exhilarating their lives would be with memories. When the community first went into “Sameness” it was decided one
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In the book “The Giver” by Lois Lowry Jonas sacrifices his life in the community for the community to live their lives to the fullest and his bravery paid off in the end when he lives. For example one reason that Jonas lives to see the lights of elsewhere is because he explains that he can see lights shining through windows. This suggests that the lights are shining through real windows and you can see lights through the rooms of houses. The author shows this on page 179‚ “he could see lights‚and
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find the rhyming word. My lesson plan also uses the book “Eating the Alphabet” by Lois Ehlert. The objective for this is: Get the children to recall events of a story in the correct order. This book also teaches the children to recognize their letters‚ phonemic sounds and reinforcing new vocabulary words.
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Imagine a community where there is no love‚ sadness‚ anger‚ color‚ choice and everyone is suppose to be the same. In the book‚ The Giver‚ written by Lois Lowry‚ a 12 year year boy named Jonas‚ goes beyond his community. Jonas lives in a false bubble of reality-quite different from ours. The town‚ is literally called‚ The Community‚ which infers positive aspects of social life. However‚ what is hypothesized is a very unhealthy place because community leaders promote sameness‚ lack of emotion‚ and
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people used to live‚ how they could make their own decisions and had access to more information. Jonas decides that what the community is doing to the people is wrong and inhumane‚ and that essentially the community is taking away their individuality Lois Lowry in the book‚ The Giver‚ used the point of view Jonas to demonstrate that a perfect world‚ where everyone is
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Gathering Blue I am doing a book review on Gathering Blue by the author Lois Lowry. This book all in all is pretty good‚ just some parts can be difficult to grasp at once. This books plot is mainly about this girl that has deformed leg‚ twisted‚ she is now an orphan. Her father died at war before she was even born. At the beginning of the story the mother dies of illness. This book isn’t predictable and is consistent for the most part. I think that it is very believable‚ just a little less advanced
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