obituaries editor in newspaper‚ by breast cancer. She wanted the eighteen summer intern boy to write her obituary‚ even he wasn’t a friend of her. He wrote that "Lois Andrews‚ age 45‚ of Spokane‚ died Friday‚ August 24‚ 1985‚ at Sacred Heart Hospital. There will be no funeral service. She donated her body to Washington State University. An only child‚ Lois Anne Andrews was born January 16‚ 1940‚ at Sacred Heart Hospital‚ to Martin and Betsy (Harrison) Andrews. She never married. She was the obituaries editor
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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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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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perfect‚ yet disturbing where everything follows its own cycle so as to the lives of every individual. Everything is monitored; everything has its respective rules and must be obeyed. The novel can be read in a matter of hours but as to how the author‚ Lois Lowry‚ had managed to weave wonderful words to create a short but direct novel. The message can be interpreted by the in several ways based from how the reader perceives the plot of the story. The characters that can be easily attached to the readers
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[pic] Synopsis Forensic sculptor Eve Duncan is neither the cleverest fictional female detective nor the most original‚ but the meticulous care she devotes to her profession despite the emotional turmoil in her life makes her highly sympathetic. Here‚ she is tricked into leaving her adopted daughter‚ Jane‚ and cop boyfriend‚ Joe Quinn‚ to go to Baton Rouge. An influential senator and a fratricidal psychopath want her to work in a remote bayou to identify a battered skull‚ which may be
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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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information is also an important right of every citizens. However‚ there are countries that make light of these civil liberties. China bans use of websites that are inexpedient for their governing‚ thereby violating the civil liberties of its people. Lois Lowry’s The Giver introduces a world similar to China. In it‚ the hero Jonas lives in a community extraordinarily safely with his family‚ with no memory. His father is a Nurturer‚ who is in charge of newborn babies and infants. His mother works in
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In the book “The Giver” by Lois Lowry Jonas sacrifices his life in the community for the community to live their lives to the fullest and his bravery paid off in the end when he lives. For example one reason that Jonas lives to see the lights of elsewhere is because he explains that he can see lights shining through windows. This suggests that the lights are shining through real windows and you can see lights through the rooms of houses. The author shows this on page 179‚ “he could see lights‚and
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find the rhyming word. My lesson plan also uses the book “Eating the Alphabet” by Lois Ehlert. The objective for this is: Get the children to recall events of a story in the correct order. This book also teaches the children to recognize their letters‚ phonemic sounds and reinforcing new vocabulary words.
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situational irony to develop a hysterical feeling in “The Ransom of Red Chief.” Guy de Maupassant uses situational irony to construct the feeling sorrow in his story “The Necklace.” By looking over “The Ransom of Red Chief” and “The Necklace” it is clear that the authors use situational irony to transform readers emotions. O.Henry uses situational irony to make the story ”The Ransom of Red Chief” humorous. For instance the kidnappers have to pay the ransom instead of the parents for taking the boy. Usually
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