Taking away children’s privilege to read due to a specific book’s controversial content basically informs them that their right to press is void as compared to their parents’ values. This is the exact concept that is presented within The Giver‚ where Lois Lowry uses intricately detailed imagery and mentally stimulating word choice to appeal to a child’s inner diplomat. Within the book‚ Lowry teaches children the purpose of their rights and how damaging and unjust it would be if their memories‚ emotions
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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 worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It’s the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared.” - Lois Lowry. The Giver by Lois Lowry is a novel about a boy named Jonas who begins to see his community differently. The book begins with what seems to be a perfect place; it turns out that the people in the Community are living shallow and superficial lives. As Jonas begins his work as the Receiver of Memories‚ he gains wisdom and through that wisdom‚ he begins to learn the history of
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Throughout the centuries‚ humanity has strived to reach it’s musings of a world without flaws. In the novel The Giver‚ by Lois Lowry‚ Jonas’s reality appears to be the utopia our society longs for‚ but it’s beauty is only skin deep. At first glance‚ these two civilizations have nothing in common‚ but once you delve into their details‚ eerie similarities appear causing the reader to feel that we are on our way to becoming the dystopia we fear. Granted‚ we have far to go before we become that‚ there
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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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Imagine a world that no one can see color‚ can’t feel feelings‚ or doesn’t know what snow is. In the "Giver" made by Lois Lowry‚ this is true. For the elders‚ they think that the memories are bad because memories can cause war‚ famine‚ sadness‚ and more. But they are wrong. Memories also contain love‚ friendship‚ happiness‚ courage‚ and knowledge. When the Elders locked all of the memories into one person everyone lost color except for that one person. They wanted everything to be predictable so
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characters and to the plot. It made me think deeper and it explained more in detail. These ideas gave my mind things to think about. It produced questions and curiosity about the world they lived in‚ and it made me understand the book better. In The Giver‚ Lois Lowry emphasizes the symbols of the sled‚ the river‚ and the newborn child Gabriel. When the sled was first introduced
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2040‚ 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
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Memories are what make us who we are. The good‚ the bad‚ and everything inbetween shape us into who we are and will be. We learn from our mistakes and reminisce the good times. A life without memories would not be interesting. In Lois Lowry’s novel‚ The Giver‚ most people have no memories at all. Things we use everyday become obsolete and the people of the community do not know how exhilarating their lives would be with memories. When the community first went into “Sameness” it was decided one
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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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