The Giver - Essay The novel ‘The Giver’ was written by Lois Lowry. It’s about a boy‚ Jonas‚ who lives in a highly controlled world. The Elders of the community try to make the community a utopia but in fact they take away human privacy and freedom of choice. They kill people without the individual knowing what is happening to them. The Elders take away life and what it means to be human. The Elders spy on the community constantly. Surveillance is on every corner and in every home. Part of being
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the society she’s always been a part of. Most "respectable" people just aren’t going to socialize with her. The comfortable life she’s leading will be totally destroyed. So‚ why does she do such a thing? I can’t change anything‚ though‚ about the ending to the story because it would be just like Nora to do something stupid in the hopes of making life better. She had done that already to get herself in this situation. She has resolved to remove herself from the home. There is nothing in the play that
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Coming back to the courtroom from home couldn’t have taken longer. I was anxious to get back even though it was sweltering in the building. We were gone for about an hour. I wanted to know everything that had happened. Luckily Reverend Sykes had saved our spots. Hardly anyone had moved since we left. I asked Reverend how long the jury had been out. He said‚ “ ‘Bout thirty minutes. Mr. Finch and Mr. Gilmer did some more talkin’‚ and Judge Taylor charged the jury.” “How was he?” I asked. “What say
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Careful not to wake Macbeth‚ Lady Macbeth crept out of her bed and put on her shoes. Her quick steps echoed through the empty hall. Despite the dark‚ Lady Macbeth knew exactly where she was going‚ as she had walked this path a million times. She was surrounded by trees in all directions‚ as far as she could see. “Where are you? It’s ten past two” she shouted. Then‚ out of thin air‚ the witches appear. “What can we do for you?” the first witch asked. “This has gone too far‚” whined Lady Macbeth
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Could you ever imagine living in a community where there are no feelings‚ memories of the past‚ or color. In the book The Giver by Lois Lowry‚ the main character Jonas is singled out to become the new Receiver of Memory for his community that strives to be perfect by stopping emotions‚ taking away color‚ memories of the past‚ and many other things‚ except for the Receiver. He learns about Elsewhere‚ the real truth about life‚ through memories he is given‚ both good and bad. He is not allowed to tell
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importance of right of choice‚ feelings and memories. The Giver is a very distinguished novel written by Lois Lawry. It follows the story of a boy through the twelfth year of his life. Jonas´s world was perfect‚ and everything was under control. In his “community ” there was no war‚ no pain‚ nor choices. At the time he turned twelve ‚ he was assigned as the new memory receiver and was singled out to receive special training from the giver. So as he undergoes his training he start realizing he lived
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| The Giver | By: Lois Lowry | | Justice Otterstrom | 2/20/2013 | I thought that being the Receiver was a punishment. He had to know everything from before his time‚ and he had to live with feelings while no one else had any. Being the Receiver was more like a burden than an honor‚ even though it was considered an honor to the elders. It was a huge punishment to all of the previous receiver’s and the previous givers. Some Evidence to prove that it is a burden... "He found that he
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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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"Let’s go out the back door‚" Melody’s Dad said. As Sarah‚ Melody and her parents went out the back door‚ they saw that Michael and Shelly‚ and their mother were in the back yard. "What are you doing here?" Sarah asked. "We were looking for you two‚" Shelly said. "Hey‚ guys‚" Allison said over the phones. "Hold on to each other. Angel’s going to teleport you all here." "Wait!" Steve said. "My Dad and my sister are not here yet." Larry and Emily entered the house. "Thank God
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There was an explosion of rainbow glitter‚ and her monster was gone. One swing of a magic blade was all it took to wake her from her nightmare. "Thank you‚" Karishma sobbed. To Vera‚ to Elias‚ to whoever was listening. She wiped her eyes and struggled to refocus on the battlefield. Elias had already danced away‚ his blade a whir of bloody light in his hands as he tore through monster after monster. With the haste in which they were dispatched‚ Karishma couldn’t tell if the creatures had fallen
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