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    The Giver By Lois Lowry

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    The Giver is a fiction book written by Lois Lowry. The main character‚ Jonas‚ lives in a town where everything is perfectly structured and nothing is out of place. December is approaching‚ which means that the Coming of Age ceremonies are coming up‚ and Jonas is worried about his ceremony. He is turning twelve‚ which is when kids receive their job assignments. During dinner‚ Jonas’s family shares their feelings. Jonas’s father says that he is concerned about a newborn named Gabe‚ who is having trouble

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    The Giver, By Lois Lowry

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    When your parents ask you to hand over the tv remote or get something for them you usually do it without asking‚ right? You might complain or even refuse‚ but the characters in Lois Lowry’s “The Giver” don’t have the option of choosing. Jonas‚ the protagonist of this book‚ followed the rules of his community without questioning anything‚ just like everyone else. Progressively‚ Jonas begins to see and experience events that transformed his outlook on his community; watching the twin’s realise‚ asking

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    The Giver, By Lois Lowry

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    Fictional worlds are constructed by writers to sometimes narrate important realities about being human. Lois Lowry’s “The Giver” is a curious mixture of utopian and dystopian world that explores the cost of fictionalised harmony. The Giver takes place in an unknown time “after the ruin” from which is emerged a society strictly controlled. The ideas of rules and control‚ sameness and memory is depicted in the opening chapters. Whilst we live in a world where rules exist and we understand their role

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    Mgeladze 26/02/2014 Essay It is an uninteresting book teacher! It was phrase which I told‚ when I started reading of The Giver‚ but after a few chapters I understood‚ that it was good and ideally book with deep thought. The Author of this book is Lois Lowry. The main character is Jonas 12 years old boy‚ who lives in community in where everything is calculated and there are no feelings. People move with bicycle and every year they celebrate their birthday with teaching something new and getting something

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    Is kidnapping always seen in a negative way? When you think “kidnapping” your first thoughts are fear. But in The Ransom of Red Chief we see kidnapping in a different light. It is funny and not serious unlike Lindbergh baby kidnapping. To begin‚ both versions of the kidnapping have different tones. In The Ransom of Red Chief by O. Henry a humorous tone is being used to express kidnapping. “I was only funning” is Henrys way of portraying the humor. This is funny because it is not the way most people

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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 by Lois Lowry

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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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