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    The Giver‚ action-packed and full of adventure both in the movie and book. Although differences may apply they are both fascinating. Imagine a community where your feelings are tucked away from a pill? Both in the movie and the book Jonas was skipped during the ceremony of the twelve. Jonas was frightened and embarrassed and thought he wasn’t good enough to get selected to do anything. This is a pretty big key in the book because this is the time Jonas becomes the receiver of memory. Towards the

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    district’s labor. The Lottery‚ by Shirley Jackson is about a small American town in the 1800s‚ that keeps order and sanity by selecting one town member to be stoned to death each year. Anyone can be selected‚ even children. In the end‚ everyone‚ including family members join in the killing. In these stories‚ it is evident that The Lottery and The Hunger Games are different in atmosphere and society‚ but are similar in the way that they follow tradition. The Hunger Games and The Lottery are different when

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    people up until 1945‚ in what we know as the Holocaust. In 1948 a short story called “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson was published. This intrigued many people as there were similarities between this and World War II. By comparing “the Lottery” written by Shirley Jackson to Nazi Germany‚ it shows the dangers of following the wrong leaders that results in the unfair persecution of individuals. In “The Lottery” the leaders of the town selected an individual out of a box containing everyone’s names

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    Fiona is a character in The Giver. Fiona is patient‚ cheery and polite. Fiona is known as the person who always smiles. Question 1: Some similarities between Fiona in the book and the film is that her personality is the same she is caring and … We can see she is caring in both the book and the film because she cares for the old in the book but also cares for the babies in the film. Some differences between the book and the film is that in the book Fiona was assigned the job of Caretaker in the House

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    The Giver In the quiet night‚ four policemen pursue a fleeing suspect. Suddenly he jumps into the abyss. In the book the giver‚ I thought the book was more interesting because because even though the book had less action. In the movie‚ asher was a drone pilot‚ but in the book he was a recreations director. I both the book and the movie jonas can see red which is gradual. I personally think the movie is less interesting than the movie. Asher was a drone pilot but in the book he was a recreation

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    Movies and books are always different; in a movie you can show multiple characters‚ and in most books you’re stuck in one character’s narrative. For instance in the book The Giver the character Fiona doesn’t care about Jonas as deeply as she does in the movie. In the movie she stops her injections‚ and she starts to love Jonas. However in the book she only “enjoys having Jonas’s company”. In the movie she also helps Jonas steal Gabe before he is killed‚ and she is put in the community jail for helping

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    paper compares two stories ‚Shirley Jackson’s ’The Lottery’ and Kate Chopin’s ’The Story of an Hour’‚ which both demonstrate change‚ but in two very different ways. The paper notes that both stories show how change is necessary for life to be constructive and without which life becomes static and boring. The paper compares the way the characters in both stories handle change and how it affects their lives. From the Paper: "In Jackson’s "The Lottery‚" the townspeople face a unique opportunity to change

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    human. You have to experience another emotion such as sadness to know what happiness feels like‚ this restricts us from having human experiences. In the giver Lois Lowey utilises colour to represent diversity‚ knowledge and wisdom that comes with colour‚ but colour not just red and green but skin colours this can create racial discrimination. In the Giver their world is grey so no one stands out but when confronted with something different they all freak out and start to judge‚ the more colour there is

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    injustice within‚" means that even when a civilization is viewed as good or peaceful‚ many people in the society are treated unfairly. This theme is often expressed in works of literature. In The Crucible by Arthur Miller and Shirley Jackson’s‚ "The Lottery" both show how the quote is true. The Crucible supports the lens through setting‚ characterization‚ and conflict. The play has to do with the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. During this time in American history‚ there were nineteen people who hanged

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    societies are severely oppressed because of how the government is in control. Dystopian literature shows how the government is in control of the people‚ while the citizens appear to be equal. This paper will include examples from "The Giver”‚ “The Hunger Games”‚ and “The Lottery”. There are a lot of examples of severe oppression in literature. In “The Hunger Games” district 12‚ along with each of the other districts‚ is very oppressed by the controlling government. They are

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