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    The Giver By Lois Lowry

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    For my independent reading project I chose to read The Giver written by Lois Lowry. This story takes place in a “perfect” society. A society with no color. A society with no feelings. A society with no individuality. A society with no freedom. This book is set in a dystopian society‚ where everyone is the same and everything is chosen for you The main character in this story is a twelve year old boy named Jonas. He got placed into a job as reviver of energy. In the beginning of the book he is very

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    The Giver is a highly influential book written bu Lois Lowry. It is science fiction‚ with a theme of the past and connection. In a world where there are no feelings‚ no choice and no pain‚ the main character Jonas who is twelve struggles to find his place in the small community. He was "assigned" the job as Receiver of Memory. (yes‚ jobs were chosen) Unaware of what dark secrets lie beneath his perfect utopia of a world‚ he is suddenly plunged into the past‚ exposed to all the memories‚ back and

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    Lois Lowry's The Giver

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    The Giver Why is their society‚ in The Giver so different than ours? Their society is so different because they think that they can make their world perfect. We all know that no one is perfect so what makes it so different? In Lois Lowry’s book The Giver their family unit interacts with each other on a day-to-day basis and has both similarities and differences in our family unit which is better than theirs because ours does not have a limit of children‚ do not have required time shares‚ and we

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    The Giver (Lois Lowry)

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    The Giver (Lois Lowry) How does the community look and sound like? landscape‚ architecture‚ traffic and technology »The Giver« by Lois Lowry is a novel taking place in the future. Jonas‚ the main character‚ lives in a community with other people. This community is very special and maybe it’ll be reality in a few years. The community is like an independent city or village. You can compare it with a tribe. There are dwellings where family units live in (p.9). A family unit is like a family

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    The Giver, By Lois Lowry

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    Have you ever wondered what the world would be like without any memory? You don’t have any memory of love‚ pain‚ war‚ and even color‚ if so the The Giver is an excellent read for you. The novel The Giver is written by Lois Lowry‚ and it was published in 1993. The setting of The Giver is set in a futuristic utopian society. Jonas the main character lives in a world where it seems to be that nothing goes wrong so basically everyone lives in happiness without any sadness. When Jonas begins his training

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    The Giver By Lois Lowry

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    As part of the English 3 Final Exam we were required to read a book‚ so I chose to read the novel “The Giver”. The novel was written by Lois Lowry an American writer who has written forty-five other books. Lowry was born on March 20‚ 1937 in Honolulu Hawaii. Lowry studied and attended Curtis High School‚ Berkeley Carroll School‚ University of Southern Maine‚ and Brown University. She has won two John Newbery Medals‚ they are literary awards given by the Association for Library Service to Children

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    Running head: PRISONERS AND ORGAN DONATION Prisoners and Organ Donation Prisoners and Organ Donation A continuing problem exists in trying to close the gap between the supply and demand of procured organs in the United States. An increase in the amount of transplant operations performed has risen significantly over time. As a result‚ a new name is added to the national waiting list every 16 minutes (Duan‚ Gibbons‚ & Meltzer‚ 2000). It is estimated that about 100‚000 individuals

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    Lois Lowry Bravery

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    In Lois Lowry’s Number the Stars there is an illustration of bravery and courage‚ which is shown in the way that Annemarie protects her jewish friend Ellen. Throughout the book‚ Annemarie exhibits bravery; she is constantly conflicted with circumstances where she must act brave. Nazi soldiers lurk on the end of almost every corner‚ which makes the world that Annemarie and Ellen are living in is terrifying. However‚ although Annemarie was scared in many situations‚ she still preserved and was

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    The Ethical Treatment of Prisoners Kristal Kulik SOC 120 Sheila Farr February 4‚ 2013 According to our textbook‚ “Introduction to Ethics and Social Responsibility’ ethics refers to the study of the moral value of human behavior and the rules and principles that are meant to govern the behavior” (Mosser‚ 2010). A theory that falls under this is Utilitarianism. Utilitarianism is the belief that moral rules should be choices made by a society to promote the happiness of its members (Mosser‚

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    way for every person to agree on the same thing and be able to like the way it is. People have different views on the way anything should be done and not every time people agree. A utopian society will never be accomplished. In the novel The Giver by Lois Lowry the people live in a utopian society and everyone lives with like emotions. The people of The Givers community feel no pain‚ no happiness‚

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