Jonas‚ during the twelfth year of his life‚ was assigned the job‚ the receiver of memory. The job was not very well known in the community‚ and the duties of the receiver was very secretive. Jonas soon discovered that the receiver’s job was to hold all the memories and emotions throughout history that were taken away from the people living the community. He learns about the way people used to live‚ how they could make their own decisions and had access to more information. Jonas decides that what
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"The giver" takes place in a dystopian society where everything is regulated‚ no one does or says anything without the Council knowing; Their jobs‚ spouses‚ and children are all chosen for them‚ everything is on a schedule everyone is on a routine‚ get up go to work come home eat sleep repeat every single day. There is no time for recreation or anything of the sort. In some ways this is superior to our own society‚ perhaps it would be better to suppress certain emotions of the human psyche. We evolved
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Have you ever wondered about after getting up in the morning and never have to look in the mirror and do your hair or pick out an outfit good enough? Even have to worry about getting laid off and losing your home and possibly getting a divorce? Maybe even just knowing that no one will ever say anything mean to you or do anything to upset you‚ sounds pretty like a utopia don’t you think? That is why I think Jonas’s community is a utopia. One of the main reasons why I believe the giver is a utopia
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Louis Sachar’s Holes - As good as I expected Louis Sachar’s Holes - As good as I expected Holes was an excellent read. I have been a fan of Louis Sachar since I was little. The Wayside School books made me laugh so hard back then. It is encouraging to know that Sachar’s wit and knack for creating unique characters and situations has not declined. I saw the movie before I read the book‚ which was unfortunate because the whole time I was reading I already had the characters pictured in my head
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Persuasive Essay: The Giver Imagine living in a world full of lies‚ a world where there are many secrets‚ a world where what you see is not always what it is. Jonas has lived all his life in a world like this. Can you even imagine a perfect‚ uniform and fully equal life for all people? It would be a boring life‚ right? At the end of the book‚ Jonas gets tired of all the lies of the community in which he lives and decides to escape. Many people like his father‚ his foster brother‚ Gabe
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Creating a perfect world would be the hardest challenge for the smartest people on Earth to ever face. In The Giver by Lois lowry jonas lives in a community in which he thinks has no flaws. When jonas turns twelve he selected to be the receiver of memory in training. As jonas receives the memories from the giver he learns how his community is really an very bad place. He also realizes that the community has taken away so many good things. Some of the things that they have taken away are the right
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Reflective Essay: The Giver by Lois Lowry The Giver by Lois Lowry is a directive novel about how structured lifestyle could lead to absence of being a true human. In a lifestyle of freedom‚ people are not mainly subjected to how they should feel and also what to have feelings for. For instance‚ in a country like United States‚ as a citizen you have the right to freedom which is stated in its Constitution. In such‚ there is little to no infringement as to what you choose to believe in or have feelings
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The Giver Society refers to people who interact in a defined territory and share culture. In Lois Lowry’s The Giver "1993‚" Jonas grows up only knowing the existence of his society. The society in which The Giver takes place is known as sameness. Everything is done the same‚ and nobody knows different. It is considered rude to ask a question that makes another citizen look different. In the book Jonas has lighter eyes compared to everyone else. It would be wrong to bring his eye shade up in conversation
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Imagine a world that is perfect. A world where no one gets hurt‚ physically or emotionally. Where people don’t have to choose‚ or take risks in life‚ because all of their major life choices are made for them. This is the utopian world that The Giver‚ by Lois Lowry‚ creates. There are no landforms or weather that couldn’t even hurt a fly. All big life choices are made for the people who live there‚ by an unbiased committee‚ so bad choices simply can’t be made. Most feelings are restricted‚ so that
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She sank to the floor looking for the world as if she were staring right through the checkered brown and blue linoleum to behold the burning hot-lava core at the very center of the Earth. ‘It’s Poppa‚’ Momma said in a chocked voice‚ as her perfect features stretched and pinched” (Law 8). As the story begins‚ Momma unwilling answers a call notifying her of Poppa Beaumont’s accident and condition. After Mib’s Poppa slips into a coma‚ the Beaumont family is separated when Momma and Rocket urgently go
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