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    Louis Lowry is and American writer‚ she was born on March 20th 1937 in Honolulu Hawaii‚ her parents are Katherine Gordon and Robert E. Hammersberg. Louis was the middle child of three children. Her family lived all over the world because her father was and army dentist. She attended Brown University for two years before she married Donald Grey Lowry at age 19‚ they had four children daughters Alix and Kristin and sons Grey and Benjamin. Because of Donald’s career in the military they moved a lot

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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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    Persuasive Essay: The Giver Imagine living in a world full of lies‚ a world where there are many secrets‚ a world where what you see is not always what it is. Jonas has lived all his life in a world like this. Can you even imagine a perfect‚ uniform and fully equal life for all people? It would be a boring life‚ right? At the end of the book‚ Jonas gets tired of all the lies of the community in which he lives and decides to escape. Many people like his father‚ his foster brother‚ Gabe

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    The Giver Comparison

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    Have you ever wondered how much characters can be alike even if they are from different novels? In “The Giver” by Lois Lowry‚ a very smart and intelligent 12 year old boy named Jonas‚ gets a very high ranking job as the Receiver of Memory. Also‚ in “The Batboy” by Mike Lupica‚ a 14 year old boy gets the job everyone young boy could wish for‚ being a batboy for the Detroit Tigers. Jonas from “The Giver” and Brian from “The Batboy” have many similarities and differences. These young men have a lot in

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    Birthdays In The Giver

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    In the dystopian novel‚ The Giver‚ by Lois Lowry‚ and in the current American Society‚ birthdays are celebrated both similarly and differently. In both societies birthdays are acknowledged‚ however in unlike ways. In The Giver‚ Jonas’s society acknowledges birthdays through a mass celebration in December until they are 12 years old. Every child 12 or younger‚ celebrates their birthday on one out of two days reserved for celebration. “The Ceremony of 12‚” on the second day‚ is the final celebration;

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    Saint Leo University “Water Park” Malcome In The Middle (Assignment 2) Adrienne West Instructor John Botta TV and the American Family February 22‚ 2015 Integrity is a word that we hear quite often. I myself use it a lot as I speak on my life and my marriage. Having integrity is the key element in every situation. In my way of thinking‚ when I just see the word integrity it comes off as a strong word within it self. My definition of integrity is commitment‚ wholeness‚

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    The Giver Brainwashs

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    Most People Are Being Brainwashed In The Giver‚ just about everyone is brainwashed and in the real world‚ many people are without realizing it. The Giver‚ written by Lois Lowry is the story of a young boy named Jonas who lives in a utopian world where the people are oblivious to anything painful or hurtful in any way. Jonas is elected as the community’s new “Receiver of Memory” and discovers the scary truth about his community. He learns what pain is and he learns that all of the good‚ important

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    The Giver Symbolism

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    Stuffed toys‚ hair ribbons‚ and beginning school. What do those things have in common? They all represent childhood and getting older. In “The Giver” by Lois Lowry‚ the theme is growing up. There are three main symbols that prove that the theme is growing up. The symbols are the ceremony‚ the children getting their careers‚ and the house of the old. First‚ the ceremony where the children rise in rank. This ceremony is one of the most important in the entire community‚ as Father said “December brings

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    The Giver is about a boy named Jonas‚ who lives in a dystopian society where the citizens of the community make no choices in their lives instead the communities leaders decide for them ( The GiverLois Lowry‚ 8‚12‚15)They believe that if they let people make their own decisions‚ they would make wrong choices‚ so the leaders think for the people’s safety‚ they shouldn’t let them make them. If compared to our society‚ there would be many similarities of how they run the government but differences

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    Theme in "The Giver"

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    you can think of‚ with colors as far as the eye can see. Now imagine the same scene‚ colorless and dead‚ which one is better? The colorful one‚ right? The science fiction novel The Giver by Lois Lowry is about the protagonist‚ Jonas‚ who experiences the peaks and valleys life through the memories he receives from the Giver. He finds that even though life has its ups and downs‚ it is far more interesting than a life of black and white. Through the memories‚ Jonas come to realize that even though there

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