“The Giver”‚ by Lois Lowry‚ has a plotline that is a straight line classic aristotelian pattern‚ which follows the journey of a young pre-teen boy named Jonas through a very crucial time in his life‚ where he is assigned the job he will have until he is old. The reader is introduced to a community that is very representational of an idealized community/society with the “elders” being in full control of the citizens. For example‚ the elders choose their job‚ their spouses and even the children they
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emotions. My logical fallacy is slippery slope which shows an unrealistic comparison to reality. (SIP-A)This meme focuses on how the community made the decision to remove color and shows an unrealistic representation of why they made their decision‚ and how their decision affected the people in their society. (STEWE-1) The Giver explains to Jonas how the community altered the people’s genetics from birth to make them color blind eliminating their choices and opinions. “We’ve never completely mastered
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are and will be. We learn from our mistakes and reminisce the good times. A life without memories would not be interesting. In Lois Lowry’s novel‚ The Giver‚ most people have no memories at all. Things we use everyday become obsolete and the people of the community do not know how exhilarating their lives would be with memories. When the community first went into “Sameness” it was decided one person would retain all the memories of the past‚ the Receiver of Memory. “‘There’s much more. There’s all
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1990’s through 2009‚ has been through a three phase building campaigns. In November 2014‚ the 27 Million mortgage was paid in full. Even catching the eye of Fox 4 TV. Pastor Chad McDonald was interviewed explaining how freeing it is to serve the community debt-free. What does ministry and budget allocations look now that the buildings are paid off. The other feature of the TV interview was the pledge to donate one million to local charities. What new ministries can be birthed? What new strategies
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Finally‚ the long-awaited movie adaptation of the Giver is here. However‚ no movie adaptation stays completely true to its source material‚ and the Giver is no different. The Giver movie sustained some massive changes to its characters and plot‚ not all of which were good. The movie changed the characters’ ages. In the movie‚ the characters were aged to the average dystopian-fiction age. While Lily only aged a year‚ Jonas and his friends aged a lot more‚ jumping from twelve to eighteen. This
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emotional aspect of life from them. Furthermore‚ to the people‚ truth is simply doing what they’re told by going to their Selection when they’re twelve‚ taking injections every day‚ etc. However‚ when Jonas is chosen to be the Receiver‚ successor to the Giver‚ his visions of truth change
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anything in that matter. Everything they need is supplied to them. Being released from the community is what it sounds like‚ you are let go. You are no longer a part of the community you are sent elsewhere to somewhere not near your community. Language is used in the community very strictly‚ you are chastised if you use a word or phrase wrong. Everyone is expected to use precise language‚ or else the community would not run smoothly. Asher’s character is a very energetic‚ funny‚ yet clumsy character
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This summer I read the book “The Giver” and I picked three rules that organize the society. The elders created this system to have control over everything and everyone. Some alternative ways of coping with these issues is not being so controlling over peoples basic rights but have a more serious way of dealing with these issues. In the book The Giver there are many outrageous rules in their Community like "Two children--one male‚ one female--to each family unit." (p. 8) A year or so after the
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Throughout the centuries‚ humanity has strived to reach it’s musings of a world without flaws. In the novel The Giver‚ by Lois Lowry‚ Jonas’s reality appears to be the utopia our society longs for‚ but it’s beauty is only skin deep. At first glance‚ these two civilizations have nothing in common‚ but once you delve into their details‚ eerie similarities appear causing the reader to feel that we are on our way to becoming the dystopia we fear. Granted‚ we have far to go before we become that‚ there
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The Giver – ‘About a Book’ What would you do if you were forced to obey strict rules? Living safely inside a group described as ’the Community’‚ a place where there is no war‚ pain or hunger; a place almost perfect. But what if it all changed when you are selected as the new Receiver of Memory and you start to discover dark secrets that could lead you to undertake an incredible journey and rebel against your people. What if you discover that your whole world is nothing but a horrible lie? This
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