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    In The Giver‚ a science fictional novel by Lois Lowry‚ a boy named Jonas lives in a dystopian society. The society Jonas lives in is supposedly utopian society‚ a society that seems perfect. Jonas becomes the Receiver and he gets memories of what the world was like before his community. He notices that his community is actually the opposite of a utopian society‚ but that it is a dystopian society. Through all of his memories and time with The Giver‚ Jonas notices that he lives in a dystopian society

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    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. For instance there is a limited education. Families can only have two books in the community

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    In The Giver‚ by Lois Lowry‚ again and again is a significant signpost that influences the story by showing how important the eyes are to see beyond and be “The Receiver”. In the story‚ Jonas is finally given his assignment‚ “The Receiver”. He is given his set of rules which almost completely contradict what he has learned all of his life. He now is able to do things such as lying and asking anyone questions which must be answered. He is told to meet the current Receiver at The Annex entrance behind

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    The central feature of world history between late 15th Century and 1700 was the expansion of Europe and the spread of European culture and civilisation throughout the globe. Until 1500 the world had‚ on whole‚ pressed in on Europe. Beginning in the 1500s‚ Europe began to press out on the world. This period in history is known as the Age of Discovery or Exploration. During this time‚ driven by a variety of motives‚ European explorers mapped almost all of the world’s seas and outlines of the continents

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    My book The Giver‚ written by Lois Lowry is about a twelve-year-old boy named Jonas. Jonas lives in a futuristic world where there isn’t much diversity‚ there are no fear‚ misery‚ and other awful conditions in life. In this world‚ you don’t have many choices. When you’re the age of twelve you get assigned a job in the community at the Ceremony of Twelve. Jonas was enthusiastic about getting his job. He didn’t really prefer a job‚ but he liked to volunteer in the community. Jonas was privileged with

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    Could you imagine at twelve years old finding out your father kills people for a so called release? The Giver by Lois Lowry‚ is about a twelve year old boy named Jonas. Throughout the course of the text Jonas figures out that his community is not what he thinks it is. Jonas’ experiences develop a theme over the course of The Giver by teaching the reader that freedom comes at a cost. Although some people think that freedom does not come at a cost Jonas’ experiences show that for him to be free it

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    In the novel The Giver by Lois Lowry‚ Jonas’s personality is introversion for many reasons. When Jonas gets the job as the Receiver of Memory‚ he doesn’t like it and he thinks to himself‚ “No‚ I don’t. I can’t‚” and throw himself on their mercy‚ ask for forgiveness‚ to explain that he had been wrongly chosen‚ that he was not the right one at all”(63). Jonas gets selected as the Receiver of Memory but he doesn’t want to because in his head he is scared of the pain‚ but his heart is telling him to

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    Essay Have you ever imagined a world where the community concealed the true meaning of words? The Giver‚ by Lois Lowry‚ is a powerful intriguing novel. The meaning of words that describe emotions is called precision of language. The emotions like love‚ anger and jealousy and many others‚ were taken away from the community to create Sameness. The community also shelter the use of language by hiding the true meaning of words such as animals‚ stirrings‚ and war. The word “Stirrings” is use to hide

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    In Lois Lowry’s “The Giver”‚ in the society there are many rules and punishments. They may seem very strange to us‚ but most of them make sense. I will cover most of the rules and punishments in this artical. I will also discuss why the recruitments protect and pacify the civilians but take away the best parts of life. Moving on to rules and punishments. The rules include no competition‚ no violence‚ use precise words‚ don’t lie‚ etc. . There are some limitations that aren’t even rules‚ such as

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    Q6. The ECJ has ruled that prisoners should not be denied the right to vote in political elections. Discuss. In March 2004‚ John Hirst‚ a convicted killer‚ successfully took his case against the United Kingdom to the Grand Chamber of the ECHR in Strasbourg. (Hirst v The United Kingdom 2004). He claimed there was an infringement upon his human rights which was inconsistent with protocol 1 article 3 of the ECHR. The court ruled unanimously that his human rights had been violated. On April 11th

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