The book I chose is Ransom by Lois Duncan. This is a story about five teenagers‚ Dexter‚ Jesse‚ Bruce‚ Glenn‚ and Marianne‚ that get kidnapped and their parents are contacted to pay a ransom to get them back. The teenagers are from very different backgrounds and have different social statuses at school. They all live in a “rich” known neighborhood called Valley Gardens which is how the kidnappers chose them. Ransom is a crime thriller and the mystery of not knowing what’s going to happen next keeps
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a purpose. They want to tell you something more than just entertaining you. These tails almost always contain themes. These themes are ideas‚ thought‚ lessons‚ things that get you thinking about the meaning of what you are reading. In The Giver by Lois Lowry you can find many themes including memory and the past‚ rules and order‚ communication‚ isolation‚ and what I believe is the most important‚ choice. Now there are many more themes but I want to talk about choice. In this story Jonas‚ the main
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The Giver: Lois Lowry The Giver is a children’s novel that was written in 1993 by Lois Lowry. It is set in a society first depicted as a utopian society which gradually starts to appear more dystopian. This novel is written following the life off Jonas‚ a young boy in through his twelfth and thirteenth years. The society in which this novel is set has eliminated aspects of strife and pain from its activities in a plan called referred as sameness. This plan has eliminated emotional part of the lives
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Exchange is change. Rapid‚ brutal‚ beautiful‚ hurtful‚ colorful‚ amazing‚ unexpected‚ overwhelming and most of all constant change. Change in lifestyle‚ country‚ language‚ friends‚ parents‚ houses‚ school‚ simply everything. Exchange is learning to trust. Trust people‚ who‚ at first‚ are only names on a piece of paper‚ trust that they want the best for you‚ that they care. Trust‚ that you have the strength to endure a year on your own‚ endure a year of being apart from everything that mattered to
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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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In The Giver by Lois Lowry‚ the author uses sensuous qualities such as sight and sound‚ to vaguely describe the setting the characters live in. The text states‚ “He laughed silently to himself‚ picturing his sister droning on in the self important voice that all the speakers seemed to develop‚ saying things like ATTENTION. THIS IS A REMINDER TO FEMALES UNDER NINE THAT HAIR RIBBONS ARE TO BE NEATLY TIED AT ALL TIMES.” Speakers and announcements greatly affect the setting because they regulate the
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Being an exchange student has given me the chance to now spread out my opinions of a foreign country. And this may catch the attention of those who are also deciding upon taking the same sweet challenge‚ just as I did. I consider someone lucky when he or she gets the opportunity to live a fascinating experience one year abroad. I had the chance to live this experience in a little town called Horton‚ located in Alabama. An experience like this forces you to live so many different moments I was surrounded
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Oh‚ Margaret‚ It’s You! took advantage of a prop . . . a telephone. Lois Hegarty vividly portrayed a telephone conversation with a friend by using the phone. However‚ I do believe the listeners would have understood the meaning of the song even if she had not used the prop. Hegarty cleverly manipulated her vocal chords
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The Giver An essay by Erins bozhori The book “The Giver” is a novel written by Lois Lowry. It is about a boy named Jonas who lives in a community where everything is decided for them. Jonas was selected to be the new receiver of memory and have all of the memories of the past transmitted to him. Jonas wants everyone to have the memories so he goes and tries to escape the border of memory to let the memories free. There was movie based off the book there were some differences. Some of the differences
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According to Justin and Kaite Schauer‚ “The Giver” by Lois Lowry‚ is an excellent book. It has adventure‚ intensity‚ and ways to “see beyond”. This 5 star book has everything a good reader wants. But‚ there are some quirks about the society. Jonas’ society eliminates individuality‚ which can solve some problems but can also create problems. In this book‚ the identities are controlled by the “Elders”‚ who select jobs for the people in the community. Each December‚ a group of “twelves” graduate from
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