Even though‚ the novel The Giver by Lois Lowry and society today have plenty of similarities‚ they also differ in some ways. Some of these differences are strict rules‚ age limit to when you officially became an adult and the difference between colors. Although‚ in society today we must follow many strict rules‚ we do not follow as much as what the characters in "The Giver" had to. For example‚ we have the right to marry who ever we want. However‚ in the novel ‘The Giver’ there was a rule that when
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Anyone who’s read the Giver knows that Jonas’s society if different than our own. Better read people‚ however‚ understand the book enough to realize that this is because his city is a dystopian society. Causing the banishment of emotions was a colossal mistake for “the community‚” as he called it‚ because the project caused more harm than good. Deluded readers might say that they feel lesser emotions; in truth‚ they don’t even know the meaning. Even items other than emotion were taken out eventually
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The Giver Epilogue Jonas and Gabe just kept going faster and faster. He was going so fast that he felt that he could not breathe. Strangely‚ Gabe started coughing. It wasn’t long till Gabe’s cough started to sound like a choke. Jonas could feel the heartbeat of the young child beating abnormally fast. Thump Thump Jonas soothingly patted Gabe’s back to try and help him out. But the heartbeat would only go even faster. Although‚ this time Jonas could actually hear the expeditious heartbeat. Thump-Thump-Thump-Thump-Thump-Thump
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Could you imagine a world where everyone is the same? In Lois Lowry’s book the giver‚ everyone in Jonas’ community is mostly the same and are given numbers as identification. Individuality Definitely from a person. They are taught that everyone is the same. They make sure you are perfect‚ but if you are not perfect‚ the penalty‚ is death or what they call being released. Identity is controlled and individuality is eliminated‚ which does solve some problems but also creates them.
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The Giver Argument Essay The Giver‚ by Lois Lowry‚ is about a twelve year old boy named Jonas who receives a painful job. He received the Receiver of Memory‚ which is one of the most honorable jobs in the community. Jonas receives memories from the past that are very painful for him to handle. With a small 2 year old named Gabriel‚ he decides to travel through the cold and snowy hills. At the end of the book‚ Jonas and Gabriel both survive the harsh weather and find themselves at a town in Elsewhere
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I would never do. “‘ Why can’t everyone see them? Why did colors disappear?’” ( Lowry 120) This quote shows that people want colors‚ but to be in the perfect world meant that the ability to see colors is now gone. In The Giver‚ no one can see colors except for Jonas and The Giver. Color gives everyday simple objects their own detail. It classifies what that object is and what it looks like. If everything was colorless in the utopia‚ no
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they wouldn’t have memory of themselfs. Which would mean that they would not remember their selfs. To remember their own memory‚ it takes courage because you have to be brave. In the book “The Giver” the receiver memory did not even remember when it last snowed in his community. Because people in the community have short memory loss. Jonas’s parents don’t even remember that last time they rode their bicycle when they were kids. If you have courage then you can conquer anything. If it’s remembering
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Desirable Living “You could not have strength without weakness‚ you could not have light without dark‚ you could not have love without loss” (Picoult). This quote perfectly describes Jonas’s society in The Giver (Lowry). Jonas has the perfect community without poverty and war‚ but it comes with a price. He is the only one who can experience real emotions and pain. Another imperfect society is the village from the video‚ “Christmas Kindness”. Oprah Winfrey says that one third of Southern Africa is
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can overwhelm you. Jonas and The Giver feel this way. In Jonas and the Giver’s society‚ one person must be responsible for carrying the burden that is all of the memories‚ not including their own. The leaders of their society have given a burden to that person‚ made them lonely‚ and denied the rest of the citizens the gifts of true emotions and true happiness. These decisions made by the leaders should have changed a long time ago. In The Giver‚ Jonas and The Giver had been selected by the Committee
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Have you ever lived in a perfect society? In the book The Giver‚ it is a world without color‚ pain‚ suffering‚ feelings‚ or love. It is a very limited‚ but also controlled society. Nobody has choices to do anything‚ only to strictly follow the rules. People living in the community cannot make choices on their own‚ or else they will choose wrong‚ and create suffering. People do not have love‚ because they do not know what love is. They have never experienced any feeling or emotions in their lives
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