Throughout history‚ people had made numerous futile attempts to create an Utopian society. The term "Utopia" depicts on an imaginary ideal state. Such a state is describe in The Giver. In The Giver‚ Jonas’s community believes in the renunciation of personal properties‚ rights‚ one’s unique characteristics and of binding personal relationships (such as marriage). This society is believed to be perfect‚ free of pain and sorrow; everything is under control and "same". This serene society greatly contradict
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Paula Barragan Period 2 Ms. Bui 11.01.12 Euthanasia becomes a very important topic and conflict in ‘The Giver’ as Jonas realizes what ‘releasing’ really means. What impacts him the most is the fact that his own father is the responsible of many newchildren‚ or newborn children‚ being ‘released’. Which leads him‚ Jonas‚ to take a really important choice to make the Community realize of what really happens and not just what they know. In our society‚ euthanasia is a very relevant concept‚ due
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The Giver‚ written by Lois Lowry (1993) is a fictional novel about a boy called Jonas and how he responds to his community’s lack of choice and individuality. The novel explores Jonas’ encounter with memories of the past‚ and how he feels towards the lack of freedom within his highly controlled society. As the novel develops Jonas starts to question the ways in which his community work and disagrees with the strict laws of his society. People in the community in The Giver are unable to make choices
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Eugenia Lee Callie Ingram English 102 17 February 2015 So This Is Our Food? “The Carnivore’s Dilemma”‚ an essay by Nicolette Hanh Niman‚ incorporates rhetorical elements‚ such as logos‚ ethos‚ and rhetorical questions‚ in an attempt to convince the audience that meat itself is not the root of global warming. Written from a rancher’s point of view‚ the essay relies on studies and logic to prove itself. Niman starts out with a short acknowledgement that the meat industry has a hand in the increasingly
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April 2012 No Freedom of Choice How would you like to wake up every day and not have any choice in what you wear? That is what it is like for the members of Jonas’s community in The Giver by Lois Lowry. The community’s main goal is for everyone and everything to be exactly the same. The community in The Giver eliminates freedom of choice and promotes sameness by choosing jobs for the Twelves‚ choosing spouses for the community members‚ and eliminating any and all differences in the community
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non-feeling Utopian society and is chosen to be something that he is not ready for. He becomes Receiver and as Receiver he has to take the burden of the memories of the past world and endure the mistakes they had made. Jonas changes throughout The Giver and as a result‚ tries to change the Community. In the beginning of the story Jonas is still eleven and it is nearing the Ceremony of December. The new twelve year olds get chosen their jobs and Jonas is feeling apprehensive about what might happen
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that perfection is an illusion. BP1: In the Giver‚ by Lois Lowry‚ Jonas discovers that the world he lives in is completely different‚ worse‚ than he expected‚ that it is an illusion. Evidence 1: “Things could be different. I don’t know how‚ but there must be some way for things to be different. There could be colors.” (128) Evidence 2: “He killed it! My father killed it! Jonas said to himself… ‘Bye-bye‚ little guy’ Jonas’s father said.” (150) In The Giver it’s starts off as this perfect community
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Rhetorical Analysis Essay For The Washington Post‚ author Ruth Marcus explains in “Food Stamp Fight on Deck in the House” the conflict between Democrats and Republicans on whether to cut food stamp program spending or not. She explains that Democrats support the spending of food stamps‚ while Republicans do not. In her editorial‚ Marcus develops concerned logos to prove her apprehensiveness as to why cutting food stamps is both disagreeable and hurtful to society. Her message was
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Rhetorical Analysis Essay In the speech‚ “9/11 Address to the Nation” former president George W. Bush delivers a message to the American people and those around the world. Bush addresses the event to people all around the world and the actions of what is going to happen. In his speech‚ Bush builds his credibility by connecting to the audience’s shared values. One shared value that he uses in his speech is the pronoun “our”. For example‚ “Our country is strong.” He uses “our”
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“Shitty First Drafts” by Anne Lamott‚ is a hilarious must read for junior high school students and any other aspiring writers. Her essay inspires comfort and confidence in writing a first draft. It concretes that all writers experience the “shitty” first draft. Anne Lamott wrote this instructional information in 1995‚ but it is timeless information. She blows the idea of writing an immaculate first draft out of the water. Anne supports the idea that bad first drafts will almost always lead to better
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