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    Unlike children’s fantasy novels‚ the characters in dystopian young adult and adult novels are urged to break the expectations and multitudinous rules of their oppressive societies‚ by instead acting on their intrinsic ethical principles and moral understandings. This motivation from personal morality at an older age is consistent with Kohlberg’s post-conventional level of moral development. The post-conventional level includes the last two stages of Kohlberg’s model in which people are driven to

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    The Giver by Lois Lowry

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    Mary Angelique A. Auman English 10 Mr. Swenson August 11‚ 2014 The Giver by Lois Lowry Set in a community which was controlled by the Elders sometime in the future. Jonas was an eleven year old protagonist who was mature and really responsible. He became the Receiver of Memory for their community when he turned twelve. The Giver was an old man who transferred his old job of receiving the community’s memories to Jonas. He trained Jonas how to be a receiver and told him everything about the

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    Victoria Hernandez Curtis Fukuchi ENGL 1301 The Giver I have recently read the novel The Giver‚ by Lois Lowry‚ and watched the movie Pleasantville. These works focus on making perfect societies. The Giver is about a boy named Jonas who lives in a community with many rules. He is assigned the job of

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    Date: February 8‚ 2013 The Giver: The Fight For Freedom The challenging attempt to successfully achieve a Utopian Society‚ while balancing the freedom of the citizens has existed since the first civilizations. Lois Lowry’s‚ The Giver (1993)‚ follows the story of a young boy named Jonas living in a supposedly utopian society as well discovering the flaws in the community’s apparent freedom and safety. The community of The Giver violates many basic human rights as set forth by the Universal Declaration

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    Study Questions 1. The ending of the giver has been interpreted in a few different ways. Choose one possible interpretation of the ending and argue its validity‚ using clues from the text to explain your conclusions. Answer for Study Question 1 >> The two major interpretations of The Giver’s ending are that (1) Jonas and Gabriel have truly escaped the physical boundaries of their society and discovered a real village in Elsewhere‚ and (2) Jonas’s vision of the village is only a hallucination

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    How Did The Giver Change

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    We have all failed and to fix it we have had to change things. In the book The Giver by Lois Lowry the Giver had to change his methods after Rosemary(the receiver) applied for release and all the memories were given to the people of the community. When the memories came to the people of the community after Rosemary failed being the receiver the giver knew he had to change something. After the release of Rosemary the Giver changed his methods in hope of finally succeeding with Jonas by giving him

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    What would life be like living in a community that only sees black and white? Why couldn’t the community make its own choices? Why have memories been taken away? Could there be another dimension out of the world that relates to the society in the novel‚ The Giver? “Needless to say‚ He will be released the voice has said‚ followed by silence- The Giver. This choice is important because it explains the idea that somebody will be released. The community believes that “release” means someone being

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    The Giver Brainwashs

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    Most People Are Being Brainwashed In The Giver‚ just about everyone is brainwashed and in the real world‚ many people are without realizing it. The Giver‚ written by Lois Lowry is the story of a young boy named Jonas who lives in a utopian world where the people are oblivious to anything painful or hurtful in any way. Jonas is elected as the community’s new “Receiver of Memory” and discovers the scary truth about his community. He learns what pain is and he learns that all of the good‚ important

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    Lois Lowry’s The Giver is a book about a dystopian community that on the surface appears to hold the secret to happiness. However‚ the main character Jonas soon discovers this secret‚ and it is terrifying. All the members of the community are kept in complete ignorance about the real meaning of true life‚ beauty‚ humanity‚ and free will. Through isolation from pain and suffering‚ the members are turned into a type of robot‚ who fail to think for themselves or see beyond their limited roles within

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    Sameness is when everything is the same like color or personal lives. The community is by far a dystopia because there is complete control. There is also a lack of knowledge in the community‚ for instance no one has memories‚ they are all held by a person called the receiver of memories. Each family can also only have two books.In The Giver‚ by Lois Lowry‚ explains the ideas of sameness‚ complete control‚ and lack of knowledge. There is a huge lack of knowledge in Jonas’ community

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