Jonas closed his eyes and waited for the impact of the snow‚ but none came. His eyes fluttered with the tiny snowflakes on his lashes. Jonas held Gabe tightly‚ letting the heat from his body soak into the baby’s. As the sled slid to a stop‚ Jonas stiffly climbed out‚ clutching Gabe to his chest. He squinted through the thick snow swirling in the air. As Jonas peered through the snow‚ he became aware of the silence. There was no noise‚ no singing‚ no music. Had he only imagined the warm‚ friendly
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Bread Givers is written by AnziaYezierska. This book demonstrates how a girl prevent to follow her sisters’ steps and choose her own way of living. The narrator of this book is Sara Smolinsky. She is a ten year’s old little girl who always worried for the house as a mother. She is such a sweet and strong minded girl. Sara’s family is extremely poor and if Sara’s sisters don’t find a job‚ the whole family will be kicked out of the house for not paying rent. Sara has three sisters; Bessie is the
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The Giver put his hands in Jonas’ back to transmit the memory. He was in what seemed to be like a sail boat‚ but it was longer and the color gray. He could also see the boat contained big brown boxes and what looked like huge round weapons. As for the day It was beautiful‚ the sun was very bright‚ the sky was blue and no clouds in the sky‚ and a salty smell. In contrast to all the good things he could see people running to the back of the boat‚ he didn’t understand why until he realized the boat
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From: Indian Givers It may look today that the modern world doesn’t revolve around the sun but around the Natives of the Americas inventions and societies. The Natives are everywhere in regards of the modern world; from drinking a cola drink to the Italian lasagna and sauces ‚ from creating incredible wealth in the old world to creating the foundation a nation in the new world‚ from the noses of cocaine users to the hands and machines in the surgeon rooms. No matter what part of the world one is
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The Giver: Study Notes Context: She was inspired to write The Giver—which won the 1994 Newbery medal—after visiting her elderly father in a nursing home. He had lost most of his long-term memory‚ and it occurred to Lowry that without memory there is no longer any pain. She imagined a society where the past was deliberately forgotten‚ which would allow the inhabitants to live in a kind of peaceful ignorance. The flaws inherent in such a society‚ she realized‚ would show the value of individual and
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gets the same things and are assigned jobs. Every year there is a Ceremony of Twelve where the new twelve year olds receive their jobs. Jonas is assigned the rare job of receiver of memory and his whole life starts to change - he has to work with the Giver‚ the old receiver of the community’s memories. While receiving the memories of the community he discovers the dangerous and secret truths of the community’s secret past. Learning off of the memories he inherited‚ Jonas realizes that he must leave the
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Bread Givers The 1920s was a hard and painstaking era in American history. Many family’s throughout New York lived in absolute poverty and saved week to week just to make enough to eat and pay the rent. Many Immigrants flooded the streets desperate for work while living conditions were harsh and many starved. This is just the case of the novel Bread Givers‚ written by Anzia Yezierska. In this story we follow Sarah Smolinsky‚ an ambiguous independent Jewish girl "trapped" by her religious traditions
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shared.” - Lois Lowry. The Giver by Lois Lowry is a novel about a boy named Jonas who begins to see his community differently. The book begins with what seems to be a perfect place; it turns out that the people in the Community are living shallow and superficial lives. As Jonas begins his work as the Receiver of Memories‚ he gains wisdom and through that wisdom‚ he begins to learn the history of the place we call planet Earth. Many may believe that the society in The Giver is inferior to ours‚ but
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The Giver I chose Chapter 5 of this book because I thought it was very interesting‚ how it relates to teenagers in real life since they get those same sort of feelings called “Stirrings” as said in the book. As children reach a certain age they start to develop feelings for each other and in this book it shows certain kids that they’re not the only ones that feel this way. The book relates a lot to kids their age. Though the book gives a simple way to solve the problem‚ many wish it could be
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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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