The Giver INTRODUCTION The book was great! This book and its story are unique. The Giver is a deftly crafted work‚ both stunningly beautiful and deeply disturbing. Finding myself being imperceptibly lulled by the peace‚ order‚ safety and serenity of Jonas’s world; being awakened by the sickening thud of reality’s steel-toed boot in the gut‚ leaving both him and me breathless and disoriented in the aftermath. This story is haunting and powerful. It’s a raw portrayal of the presumed moral sacrifices
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There are many strange things in The Giver. The Giver‚ by Lois Lowry‚ has many good traits‚but even more bad ones. This book is a dystopia. A dystopia means world that looks perfect but is really not; utopia means a perfect world. The community is a dystopia because of lack of knowledge‚ sameness‚ and complete control. The Giver takes place in sameness. In sameness they have a lack of knowledge. The receiver of memory only knows the past.Each of the families have only two books. Every
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The Giver is about a utopian society--where the world is black and white‚ and people are “structured”. There were rules in this society‚ always have proper manners‚ share your feelings with your family everyday‚ and never lie‚ etc. People who disobey these rules would be “released to elsewhere”‚ meaning‚ a sentence to death through a drug procedure‚ which they do not understand. The antagonist of the book is the “Chief Elder”‚ she believes that emotions is a means to an end in society‚ while the
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The Giver Society has changed over the years. For better and for worse. With love and hate. Each society has something unique‚ something different. Some with high expectations and some with low expectations. We all have heard about The Giver. A very plain and boring community. Now what does this community and our society have to offer when it comes to family‚ education‚ and careers? Which one is right and which one is wrong? One of our most important thing in our life
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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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Throughout history‚ people had made numerous futile attempts to create an Utopian society. The term "Utopia" depicts on an imaginary ideal state. Such a state is describe in The Giver. In The Giver‚ Jonas’s community believes in the renunciation of personal properties‚ rights‚ one’s unique characteristics and of binding personal relationships (such as marriage). This society is believed to be perfect‚ free of pain and sorrow; everything is under control and "same". This serene society greatly contradict
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in the evenings when the wind is gentle and the owls sing in the hills. I shall be with you—Page 255.Compared to Jonas in The Giver‚ once Jonas was being trained with the Giver he had to adapt to perceptual powers and just as Antonio had to be trained by Ultima to have his own perceptual faith. Antonio is just like Jonas in The Giver‚ once Jonas was being exposed to the Giver he had to adapt to perceptual powers. Just as Antonio had to be trained by Ultima to have his own perceptual faith.
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The development of Jonas throughout The Giver gives Jonas the opportunities to learn from his mistakes‚ so that we have the ability to learn and grow with what we are taught. The development of Jonas is viewed in many different ways‚ for example whenever Jonas was selected to to be the receiver of memory‚ he started to realize that there is more than his city. Whenever he started to receive his training he experienced snow‚ warmth‚ and many other things that his community didn’t have‚ because
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The Giver - Essay The novel ‘The Giver’ was written by Lois Lowry. It’s about a boy‚ Jonas‚ who lives in a highly controlled world. The Elders of the community try to make the community a utopia but in fact they take away human privacy and freedom of choice. They kill people without the individual knowing what is happening to them. The Elders take away life and what it means to be human. The Elders spy on the community constantly. Surveillance is on every corner and in every home. Part of being
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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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