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    Victoria‚ British Columbia‚ Canada Dearest Mother and Father‚ I know you are probably very concerned upon learning I have left the community. However‚ I have written to you to explain why I did so. As you both know‚ I have been training along the Giver to become the new Receiver of Memory. Over time‚ I have received many memories‚ and experienced pain like no other‚ you are unable to grasp the concept of some things I have learned‚ but I will try my best to explain them to you so you can understand

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    Imagine a world where people could not do certain things. These are all traits of a dystopian empire‚ which Jonas’s community represents. In The Giver the community is under constant surveillance‚ they can not say certain words‚ and everybody is the same. In the book The Giver the community is under constant surveillance. In the middle of the book it states that Jonas did something he was not supposed to do with the apple‚ so the speakers went off instantly. Knowing this‚ Jonas was under constant

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    English 93 9MWF May 15th 2013 Sameness does not mean perfectness The Giver‚ by Lois Lowry‚ is told from the perspective of a twelve-year-old boy named Jonas growing up in a Utopian society. Jonas lives in a seemingly perfect community in which there is little pain and little crime. People are polite. Everyone belongs to a supportive family. But this harmony comes at a price. There is also no choice‚ and real emotions are nonexistent. Life is dictated by strict rules. This story is set in a perfect

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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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    Spokesperson‚ Sameness‚ and Master Narratives Solórzano et al. (2001and Sue et al. (2008) highlight the issue of Black students being expected to be an expert on diversity issues and therefore are always expected to educate white people about said issues (Hubain et al. 2016). This “tiring role” (Solórzano et al. 2001) pressures Black students to play the role of spokesperson or native informant (hooks 1994) for their entire race. For students living on the margins‚ their confessional narratives

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    “perfect” community though‚ that is not an option. Life is not about the people there‚ it’s about sameness and safeness; and they have no freedom. In The Giver by Lois Lowry‚ Jonas lives in a community just like this where everything is assigned for them‚ and they have no freedom of choice. When Jonas turns 12‚ he gets assigned the job of the Giver‚ who holds all the memories of the past before life went to sameness. Jonas learns pain‚ warfare‚ death‚ and many emotions he never felt before through the memories

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    Utopian of The Giver The Giver‚ by Lois Lowry‚ started from twelve years old boy named Jonas growing up in a Utopian. On his ceremony of twelve years old. Jonas has been chosen to be the Receiver of Memory‚ by the elders. Jonas gets all the memories of joy‚ pain‚ feeling‚ love‚ climate‚ and color because he is a receiver. He has been trapped for a long period of time‚ which make he wants to be free. This book proves that being perfect isn’t meant to be perfect all the time. The sameness‚ what the utopian

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    The Giver; Dystopian classic published in 1993‚ explores the utopian society that embraces sameness. Engineered through genetic and social selection‚ sameness is the glue holding together the community in with the protagonist Jonas lives. The text appeals to the audience of young adults because of its relatable theme; The Giver is about the process in which young adults begin to understand the harsh realities and truths of the world‚ this directly correlates to the audience’s context at the time

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    Communism In The Giver

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    Union and China. Currently many countries including China‚ Laos‚ North Korea‚ Vietnam‚ and Cuba are communist countries. The Giver is a movie released in 2014 directed by Phillip Noyce. The main character‚ a man named Jonas‚ lives in a seemingly idyllic world of conformity and contentment. When he soon discovers the dangerous truths of his community’s secret past. The Giver shows the negative impacts that communism has and it shows this through population control‚ control with rationing‚ and education

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    Families In The Giver

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    a community‚ where families are complete strangers to each other. These families are just made up of 4 people and not even any grandparents. There is no actual bond between the family members. That’s how families are in The Giver’s community. The Giver by Lois Lowry is about a “12” year old boy named Jonas. Jonas’s community can be described as “Utopia” and this community has certain rules that everyone must follow; so the community could be trouble-free. There are assigned jobs like birthmothers

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