memory. Learning the secret history of humanity in the abyss of clouds‚ on the edge of a city that resembles Washington with its Masonic constructions carried to the extreme of technological "harmony‚" The Giver shows the use of totalitarian control of the society on the suppressed individuals. The Giver is all about the great public relations ideologues‚ where ideas have surreptitiously become part of American neoliberal politics. the people must be protected from their own decisions‚ since it is by
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It is embedded in human nature to love; in fact‚ many scientific studies have proven that mankind can’t live without love. However‚ in the critically-acclaimed‚ dystopian novel The Giver‚ love‚ along with any true emotions‚ is ostracized. All inhabitants of the Community are identical‚ with no one truly loving each other‚ just “enjoying one another’s presence”. The protagonist‚ Jonas‚ must learn for himself what the true meaning of love is‚ how it affects humans‚ and whether expressing it is worth
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As they crossed the boundary‚ the colorful lights he thought that came from the windows of rooms had now disappeared. No more sound was heard besides the soft rubbing sound of Gabe’s squirming that echoed in the silence of the vast field. There were no houses‚ no sounds‚ no people. “Was leaving the community a good decision?” Jonas questioned himself. He was certain that the ride drove him unconscious and his mind was driving him crazy. He suspected all the memories he had received were a mere
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The Giver is about a boy named Jonas‚ who lives in a dystopian society where the citizens of the community make no choices in their lives instead the communities leaders decide for them ( The Giver‚Lois Lowry‚ 8‚12‚15)They believe that if they let people make their own decisions‚ they would make wrong choices‚ so the leaders think for the people’s safety‚ they shouldn’t let them make them. If compared to our society‚ there would be many similarities of how they run the government but differences
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The Giver: A Life with No Freedom Is Not a Life at All Living a life without color‚ weather‚ true emotions‚ or virtually any other aspect that makes life vibrant is a truly depressing way to imagine life. Imagine the concepts of love and happiness being eliminated from life. Weather is no longer something that exists‚ and being able to choose your spouse and choose how many children you want is not even a right that is known to have existed at some point. This sort of life hardly sounds ideal;
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Book Title: The Giver Author: Lois Lowry Date of Publication: 2002 Publisher: Laurel Leaf (reprint edition) ANALYSIS I. Setting: In an isolated Arcadian community at an unknown time in the future II. Characters and Commentary: A. Jonas – The eleven year old protagonist (turns twelve at a point) who has “bizarre powers” and is chosen as the Receiver of Memory. He has a wide variety of interests. For a pre-adolescent‚ he is extremely wise‚ curious‚ thoughtful‚ and has a much deeper understanding
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can overwhelm you. Jonas and The Giver feel this way. In Jonas and the Giver’s society‚ one person must be responsible for carrying the burden that is all of the memories‚ not including their own. The leaders of their society have given a burden to that person‚ made them lonely‚ and denied the rest of the citizens the gifts of true emotions and true happiness. These decisions made by the leaders should have changed a long time ago. In The Giver‚ Jonas and The Giver had been selected by the Committee
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When a society strives for equality‚ there is a danger of loss of freedom and individuality among that society. In the book The Giver‚ the main character Jonas lives in a world where everything is perfect or so it seems. Everyone is controlled and are unable to make their own choices and they have count on the elders to make the their choices for them. Jonas realizes that the way they are living their lives is wrong and decides to change the way they live. The world that is Jonas’s community is wrong
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The Giver is a book set in a utopian society‚ however as the story reveals it is apparent that it is in fact a dystopian society. By having no choices the people were protected from making the wrong choices. The people who first inhabited Jonah’s community wanted to create a perfect society and this was their way of doing it. They took away everything that could possibly make anyone different‚ other then Jonah‚ he was chosen to be the receiver of memory. The only way it could be possible to conform
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community nothing like our‚ but has no right to anything at all. Yet‚ he is chosen to be the giver. The giver transmits memories in Jonas of things he never knew before and not experience‚ he then finds out the real truth about his community and decides to change it. Emotions express ourselves about how we feel towards events that happen through our lives‚ but when memories turn unpleasent‚ Lowry shows in The Giver‚ emotions can feel painful. The memory is about war which gives an euphemism to Jonas and
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