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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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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The book Giver was a awesome book and in this essay I will be telling you why I think Lois Lowry wrote this book. the giver there is a lot of information that was included from her own personal life. She said in article that her dad has memory loss so she has to remind her dad some memories that happen a while ago and that is like the giver trying pulling back memories to give to Jonas. Why I think Lois Lowry wrote this book is because she wanted to show how seeing colors for the first time was
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Choices Choice: the act of choosing between two or more possibilities. The Giver by Lois Lowry is about a young boy named Jonas. The novel is set in the future in a community that has strict laws and rules. No one in the community knows about the past before the community apart from the Receiver‚ the person who holds the memories. Jonas is given the Assignment (job) of the Receiver. As his training progresses‚ Jonas learns more about the past and how different the past is from the now. One of these
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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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The Giver by Lois Lowry is about a young boy named Jonas and about the perfect community he lives in. Their life-style is a lot difference from ours because they don’t get to choose what they want‚ they are just told to do it. They also do things differently‚ an example would be the way they celebrate there birthday. Every children from 12 and under celebrate there birthday on December as a community. Another difference is the way they create their family unit. They are only allowed to have a certain
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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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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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no one person is different. All humanity is the same. One man holds the truth about society. He is passing on this information to one boy‚ who was raised ignorant and happy. They want change‚ but will they get what they want? In The Giver‚ by Lois Lowry ignorance overtakes truth‚ and it is up to Jonas to fix it. It is better to be aware and upset rather than ignorant and happy The argument that will be made in this essay is that it is better to be aware and upset rather than ignorant and happy
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“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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