“The Giver”‚ by Lois Lowry‚ has a plotline that is a straight line classic aristotelian pattern‚ which follows the journey of a young pre-teen boy named Jonas through a very crucial time in his life‚ where he is assigned the job he will have until he is old. The reader is introduced to a community that is very representational of an idealized community/society with the “elders” being in full control of the citizens. For example‚ the elders choose their job‚ their spouses and even the children they
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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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The Giver‚ a book written by the New York Times best seller Louis Lowry revolves around a community that encompasses one major trait‚ order. This community has many rules and a structure to everything that happens in the society from putting everyone in a job they believe is best for them‚ having precision on language to fully understand what each person is trying to say‚ and releasing The Old once their life is fulfilled and newborn babies who don’t meet the health code of the community. There is
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Despite the lack of choice and freedom in their life‚ the characters in ‘The Giver’ should be happy that they live in a safe and predictable society. To what extent do you agree? INTRO: Lois Lowry’s novel‚ ‘The Giver’‚ is about a society’s attempt at a perfect community‚ everyone has a place and is guaranteed order and peace. It is shown as this novel progresses‚ that this security has eliminated the citizens freedom and choice. A community should have boundaries‚ limitations and rules‚ to regulate
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The Giver is about a utopian society--where the world is black and white‚ and people are “structured”. There were rules in this society‚ always have proper manners‚ share your feelings with your family everyday‚ and never lie‚ etc. People who disobey these rules would be “released to elsewhere”‚ meaning‚ a sentence to death through a drug procedure‚ which they do not understand. The antagonist of the book is the “Chief Elder”‚ she believes that emotions is a means to an end in society‚ while the
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What would you dig holes in a dessert for? What if you had no choice? This is the case with Stanley Yelnats. He had to dig holes in a dessert for a crime he did not commit. Through the influence of Zero’s friendship‚ Stanley changes from being a timid boy to a brave young man. Stanley Yelnats is a timid boy at the beginning of the novel. To show that there are three pieces of text evidence collected. The first one is “His math teacher‚ Mrs. Bell‚ taught ratios. As an example she choose the heaviest
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Every day we hear in the news about the government doing bad things and we also hear about people doing bad things like school shootings. We need a not always question what is going on and why so we don’t turn into a world completely like The Giver. However‚ we are somewhat like their world and still different from their world and that is a good thing. Our society and the society in The Giver have many similarities and differences in having children. For example‚ page 8 paragraph 6 of The Giver
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The Giver is a fiction book written by Lois Lowry. Jonas‚ an eleven year old boy‚ seems to be living in a utopia; no diseases‚ wars‚ hunger‚ poverty‚ or hatred and everyone basically dresses and looks the same. At Jonas’s ceremony of 12‚ he is assigned the Receiver of Memory and meets the Giver‚ who teaches him about color‚ love‚ war‚ and pain. Jonas soon realizes how bland his community is and takes action by stealing a child that will die soon because he did not pass the “test”. The two end up
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The Giver Response to Literature Essay Imagine you live in a perfect society where there is never change. In the story The Giver by Lois Lowry the people live in what they think is an Utopian society‚ known as the “Community”. In the Community‚ weather is controlled‚ there aren’t any hills‚ and everything is the same. Everyone fits in. If a citizen doesn’t fit in he/she will be released. Once citizens turns twelve‚ they receive an assignment that they will fulfill for the rest of their life. Jonas
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The society in the book The Giver is an emotionally damaging‚ and in many other ways dangerous. No one‚ not even the assigned or so called parents will grieve the loss or death of their children. Every citizen is required to to take a pill that removes most human emotion‚ love‚ hate‚ anger‚ sadness and real joy..are all masked by this simple pill that everyone takes and nobody questions. (Lowry pg.6) Jona‚ a young twelve year old boy that lives in a futuristic‚ highly restrained community‚ all
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