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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Lois Lowry Key Autobiographical Details Lois Lowry was born March 20‚ 1937 in Hawaii to Robert and Katharine Hammersberg. Her father was an Army dentist and the family lived all over the world. She attended Brown University‚ but left after her sophomore year to get married and raise a family of four children. They settled in Maine‚ where she returned to college and received her degree from the University of Southern Maine. Lois Lowry fulfilled a childhood dream when she began writing in the mid-1970’s
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In The Giver‚ the newchild Gabriel symbolizes love. The symbol of the newchild Gabriel occurs in the story when Jonas’ father brought him to his house at night for extra care. As time passed‚ Jonas found himself attached to Gabriel and loved him. For example‚ Lois Lowry writes‚ “But the moment passed and was followed by an urge‚ a need‚ a passionate yearning to share the warmth with one person left for him to love” (221). By looking at this quotation‚ we can see that Gabriel is very special to him
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there is only one way to escape from crashing into the forest. And the choice is to jump off the sled‚ but the memory of breaking a leg stung Jonas. However‚ this is a choice of now or never‚ with no turning around. For Gabe‚ and his promise to The Giver. With a decision in mind‚ Jonas wrapped his arms tightly around the baby Gabriel‚ pretending his body had become a force field. Closing his eyes to embrace him‚ he leaned back with all his weight. The sled flipped upside down over Jonas‚ catapulting
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year into the town hall and is very sentimental to us but if you guys want‚ you may come inside and get a cup of coffee" Jonas agreed to the thoughtful gesture and began to feel warmer and he commenced to apprehend the music and understood why the giver would keep this recollection of memory to himself because it was so soothing and relaxing which calmed him and gave laughter to
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In ‘ The Giver’ we see that adults are assigned to be a birth giver. In real life‚ we have a choice‚ and that choice comes with a lot of preparation. A way to prepare yourself is to be knowledged in what to expect. You need to do that in not just birth-giving‚ but also all the things you
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In the book the giver do not think that Jonas and Gabriel die? What do you think. I think that they do die because in the book in the book it says " He was aware of certainty and joy that below‚ ahead‚ they were waiting for him; and that they were waiting too for the baby". So that tells me that Jonas and Gabriel are still alive. It also said that they were freezing and that jonas grew weak and could not give memories. So that also tells me that they are dieing. The second option is a bit more
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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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way to go? In the book The Giver by Lois Lowry‚ the protagonist Jonas soon realized after becoming The Receiver that the Elders in his community have been hiding the truth of what could have been. There is more feeling and technology in the movie compared to the book The Giver. The movie and the book The Giver have similarities‚ such as‚ the characters are all the same. Jonas is strong‚ courageous‚ and wants things to be back how they were generations back. The Giver is wise and also wants everything
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Jonas’s community‚ the number is reduced to 0 because‚ they do not think of any complex choices. I shared this with you because one of the themes in Lois Lowry’s science fiction novel The Giver is “Choices cannot be made without wisdom and knowledge of the past”. This is displayed in many times in the book. Three examples are; the elders asking the Giver for advice on important tasks‚ Jonas’s father releasing a baby‚ and Jonas’s choice to leave community. The first examples of the theme take place
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