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    Assignment Sheet: The Giver Persuasive Essay Utopia or Dystopia? The Giver describes a society in search of perfection‚ which is a recurring theme in literature. Somebody in Jonas’s society decided that eliminating or limiting choices and feeling‚ among other things‚ would ultimately create a perfect place in which to live. By eliminating and/or limiting choices and feelings‚ the creators were able to implement Sameness‚ which would then provide a conflict-less environment in which to exist.

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    The Giver and Holes The Giver of Lois Lowry and Holes by Louis Sachar are both based on certain societies and how the main characters on each book made decisions to solve the main problem. The two stories contain a lot of dillemas for the main characters to decide on. They both also contain great adventure and inspiring stories for the reader to enjoy. These two John Newberry Awarded books will definitely prove themselves why they deserved their award. THEME The two books gave the

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    The Giver‚ by Lois Lowry‚ Jonas was making a new beginning by making an end. Jonas was making an end by leaving the community. He left with Gabriel because he wanted to experience things outside his community. He was very hurt by the community because he couldn’t openly share his feelings. He wanted to share and experience his feelings with other people. He felt the community did plenty of things wrong. Jonas did not seem to like what happened to people when they were released. He wanted to change

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    Maggie Ilicheva Carl Th. Dreyer (1889-1968) Personal Background: Born in Copenhagen‚ Denmark by his mother was an unmarried maid and he was put up for adoption by his father‚ a few years later‚ his birth mother died. He was renamed by his new father and but since in Danish there is no “senior” or “junior” added to the name. His new family was emotionally distant and his childhood was unhappy‚ but he was a smart student and left home at 16. Dreyer began his career as

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    Jiwan Tib Block Two Wagner Giver Essay Imagine‚ living in a utopia. Life would be perfect...or would it? Everyone else thinks that this world that you live in is one of the worlds that you see in TV commercials. With the happy family‚ big family home‚ comfy sofas‚ and a big red SUV outside. Is life really like that? Is there life with no conflicts‚ no war? Is life on Mars perfect for aliens‚ where nobody gets hurt‚ where nobody fails? The answer is no. Life is a rocky‚ steep road. It isn’t flat

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    Chapter 1-2 Summary We are introduced to Jonas‚ the eleven-year-old protagonist of the story‚ as he struggles to find the right word to describe his feelings as he approaches an important milestone. He rejects “frightened” as too strong a word‚ recalling a time when he had really been frightened: a year ago‚ an unidentified aircraft flew over his community—it was a strange and unprecedented event‚ since Pilots were not allowed to fly over the community. As Jonas remembers the community reaction

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    done and that is what u are supposed to do. That is not a visionary system of political and social perfection. A job is one of the most important parts of a person’s life. If it’s so important shouldn’t enjoy it. In this "utopia‚" created in The Giver you don’t get to do that. Other people choose the activity you are going to do for the rest of your life. Fiona was assigned Caretaker of The Old‚ a job she really wanted‚ but what happens if she starts that job and decides that she really doesn’t

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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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    The Giver by Lois Lowry was written in 1933 about a dystopian society‚ in which the memories of pain‚ war‚ hatred‚ hunger‚ conflict‚ and sadness have been eliminated from society‚ and placed onto a single man‚ called “The Giver.” The protagonist‚ Jonas‚ has the ability to receive these memories and is charged with the task of taking all of the memories from the current Giver‚ because he is getting old. During this process‚ Jonas realizes that the society he grew up in is far from perfect‚ and that

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    Study of Themes in The Giver by Lois Lowry Lois Lowry’s book‚ The Giver‚ is a portrayal of a utopian community without pain or fear where all human needs are provided for and the elders of the community make all decisions for each individual. It is a society in which the belief system is based off the idea that pain is the ultimate evil‚ and so‚ to eliminate pain and suffering desire and individuality must be eliminated. Lowry’s purpose in writing this novel is displayed through three clear and

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