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    Bread Givers

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    man has a woman an existence‚” he proclaims. He was raised to believe that woman can only go to heaven if they marry a man or a man of the Torah. Also in his beliefs‚ the man was supposed to read and study the Torah as the woman were the “bread givers.” In this case the Smolinsky women were his slaves. The wife and three daughters of Reb Smolinsky would work hard every day to pay rent and to put food on the table. Every day at dinner Mr. Smolinsky would get the best part of the meal‚ the fat

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    Chapter 1 and 2 in the giver‚ we found out that Jonas lives in an equal community. Jonas community encourages sameness‚ and discourages diversity. The community is unfair for the age for someone when they receive items and their family units. On page 13 lowry writes‚ “Two children — one male‚ one female — to each family unit. It was written very clearly in the rules.” This is very unfair for everyone because people like to be different‚ and not the same‚ but with this rule the citizens can’t.

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    Case #2: Lois Quam

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    Case #2: Lois Quam Chapter 3 Summary: This case discusses the career‚ vision‚ and life of Lois Quam‚ CEO of Tysvar. Tysvar is a “Minnesota based New Green Economy and health care reform incubator.” After a successful career in the investment banking world‚ Quam was moved by climate changes she saw while on a trip to Norway and decided to start Tysvar. Tysvar is about universal health care reform‚ as well as contributing to “a viable‚ profitable‚ and socially responsible industry of clean

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    Jonas In The Giver

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    Jonas. The main character in the book. He has a nice personality and is twelve years old. Jonas has different colored eyes compared to everyone else as mentioned on page 20. In chapter 8 it is revealed the Jonas has been selected as the new Receiver. As a part of being Receiver Jonas is allowed to lie and ask anyone questions‚ which he too to his advantage. Throughout his training‚ he learned about many things like color‚ war‚ and the meaning of release. With the knowledge of the bad things the community

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    Chapter 1 Quotes After Twelve‚ age isn’t important. Most of us even lose track of how old we are as time passes. –Jonas’s father Chapter 3 Quotes The apple had changed. Just for an instant. It had changed in mid-air. No one mentioned such things; it was not a rule‚ but was considered rude to call attention to things that were unsettling or different about individuals. Chapter 4 Quotes It was against the rules for children or adults to look at another’s nakedness; but the rule did not apply

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    In Anzia Yezierska ’s novel entitled Bread Givers‚ there is an apparent conflict between Reb Smolinsky‚ a devout Orthodox rabbi of the Old World‚ and his daughter Sara who yearns to associate and belong to the New World. Throughout the story‚ one learns about the hardships of living in poverty‚ the unjust treatment of women‚ and the growth of a very strong willed and determined young woman—Sara Smolinsky. After leaving Poland to venture out into the New World of America‚ the Smolinsky family endured

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    The Giver Monologue

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    For the first time‚ he heard something that he knew to be music. He heard people singing. Jonas and Gabe headed towards the very familiar sound through the heavy‚ thick‚ white snow. Jonas looked at Gabe still wrapped comfortably around his tunic. He then started to see a variety of bright color arranging from red‚ green and so on from a distance. After walking through the snow while carrying Gabe in his cold arms. He finally came across a couple of buildings. Unlike the community they all looked

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    imagine a world without color‚ personal freedoms‚ and love‚ but in this book‚ the society is exactly this. Being able to make your own choices is really important‚ most of us don’t realize it right now but it’s important to appreciate freedom. In the Giver‚ what may seem like a perfect society is actually a dystopia is because theres no individuality‚ you are assigned a family‚ and jobs were assigned as well. To begin with‚ individuality didn’t even exist in this community. Everything is conform‚

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    Difference is great‚ but can too much of it be unappealing? The Giver by Lois Lowry is a book that was made into a movie about a different and strange community. Jonas‚ the main character‚ is struggling because he finds out he is very different than most people after being selected for a very special job. The book and movie follow the same story line‚ but they are both different in a lot of ways. The differences between the movie and the book is Jonas and Fiona’s relations‚ the whole assignment situation

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    NETWORKS I Gladwell (1999). Six Degrees of Lois Weisberg Lois Weisberg has an extraordinary ability to meet people (and making new friends) and connect them each other. She is the Commissioner of Cultural Affairs for the City of Chicago and during her entire life she has hang out and built relationships with people from different backgrounds and jobs: musicians‚ doctors‚ lawyers‚ politicians‚ environmentalists and so on. Without any doubt‚ Lois is capable to reach someone outside her “world”

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