The Giver by: Lois Lowry Chapters 11 to 15 Reading - Read Chapters 11 to 15. Please do not read ahead. A. Vocabulary (You may do the vocabulary before reading the story.) Look up each word in a DICTIONARY. Write a definition for each. Then use the vocabulary word in a sentence. admonition‚ assimilated‚ phenomenon‚ skeptically‚ assuage‚ vibrancy‚ chaos‚ ‚ daub‚ excruciating‚ sinuous B. Questions (You must read the chapters before doing the questions) 1. Why was the transmittal of the
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The Giver by Lois Lowry is a science-fiction book. Th story is set in a community where there aren’t any hunger‚ war and pain. Everything seems all right to him‚ until the day he turns twelve. Jonas is selected to be a receiver of memory‚ which is a job that there is only one person and the selection Helds once in ten years. After being the receiver of memory‚ Jonas’ life changed‚ and his happy and vital times is taken away from him‚ he became lonely. Later on‚ he discovered different dark sides
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In the story The Giver by Lois Lowry‚ a utopian society emphasizes sameness in all aspects of life. Citizens obey rules that eliminate everything from their feelings to their choice of their devoted spouses whom they must spend their whole life with. These rules were created to eliminate world problems such as poverty‚ refugees‚ and world hunger. The World’s most prominent problem today however is world hunger. I believe‚ the origin of this is overpopulation. A possible ethical solution to this
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novel The Giver is “Choices cannot be made without wisdom and knowledge of the past”. This is displayed in many times in the book. Three examples are; the elders asking the Giver for advice on important tasks‚ Jonas’s father releasing a baby‚ and Jonas’s choice to leave community. The first examples of the theme take place after Jonas recently received the painful memory of war. That memory had poured him over the edge of bearing the memories. He had then started to question why the Giver and himself
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In her book ‘The Giver’‚ Lois Lowry has created a futuristic utopian community where there are no feelings‚ no choices and Sameness prevails. Sameness‚ as the name suggests‚ is the idea that all aspects of life are almost invariably the same for all community members and life itself has no choices; everything is dictated‚ from what to wear and who to marry‚ to how one is required to act and the number of offspring. There exist no colours; the community sees in black and white and hues of grey. Because
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The Giver is a dystopian novel that plays out a world with no pain‚ suffering‚ and conflict‚ this world is meant to have total peace and harmony. Jonas is like any other eleven-year-old boy that lives in his community on the surface‚ until the day he receives his assignment. Jonas is intelligent and perceptive‚ sometimes even more than his peers. He enjoys experiencing and learning new things‚ enjoys the freedom of choice‚ enjoys connecting and learning about other people‚ and craves human contact
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The Giver is adolescent dystopian written by Lois Lowry. This story can be helpful for adolescent because it shows the importance of love‚ kindness and other important features that must be combined with the strong rationality‚ the disadvantages of which are also shown in the book. The Giver shows the importance of the balance of rationality and emotions in the social structure and for a personality. Reading the beginning of The Giver one can hardly say that this is dystopian. The society of the
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Giver!” Said the crowd outside the annex building. Oh‚ shut up and deal with it‚ The Giver said to himself. Then suddenly‚ The Giver felt a memory‚ appear in his mind. He tried to recall it‚ but it didn’t come. On the third time he tried‚ he got it. It was a memory of Jonas‚ and how he taught him‚ and how he reacted
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The Giver Society refers to people who interact in a defined territory and share culture. In Lois Lowry’s The Giver "1993‚" Jonas grows up only knowing the existence of his society. The society in which The Giver takes place is known as sameness. Everything is done the same‚ and nobody knows different. It is considered rude to ask a question that makes another citizen look different. In the book Jonas has lighter eyes compared to everyone else. It would be wrong to bring his eye shade up in conversation
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a book they read it for the plot. To understand or uncover something. But most stories or books tell more than 1 story. When you pay close attention you notice that stories have a purpose. They want to tell you something more than just entertaining you. These tails almost always contain themes. These themes are ideas‚ thought‚ lessons‚ things that get you thinking about the meaning of what you are reading. In The Giver by Lois Lowry you can find many themes including memory and the past‚ rules and
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