ponder the possibility of an extreme‚ futuristic society. In particular‚ The Giver‚ by Louis Lowry relates a great deal to the themes found in 1984. Unlike 1984‚ Lowry’s novel focuses on the idea of a utopia as opposed to Orwell’s distopia. What is the most interesting is how though the fundamental idea of the novels are opposites‚ the methods by which each society is maintained are surprisingly similar. When one analyses The Giver versus 1984‚ it becomes clear that while the societies are meant to be
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I. Choices: Look at three biggest points in each lecture for the final! WHY DO WE MAKE THE CHOICES WE DO? -If we all did these 15 things we would have a mortality rate that is half of what it is now -What is choice? Free Will Fate? Fun Hedonism (Hedonist choose pleasure) Control- people will want to exercise more if they feel a sense of control in the type of exercise they do Ex. HIV- if taken care of properly with medications aids patients can live a normal life span -Mother believed she didn’t
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There is a hotly debated issue of that whether it is more important to work quickly and risk making mistakes than to work slowly and make sure that everything is correct‚ and the topic of people’s view on the correlation between speed and accuracy can be approached from several different angles due to its complexity. Some people tend to prefer to work quickly‚ while others seem to prefer work cautiously. After deeply deliberating over this issue‚ I also develop my own point of view. I favor the latter
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The Giver Society refers to people who interact in a defined territory and share culture. In Lois Lowry’s The Giver "1993‚" Jonas grows up only knowing the existence of his society. The society in which The Giver takes place is known as sameness. Everything is done the same‚ and nobody knows different. It is considered rude to ask a question that makes another citizen look different. In the book Jonas has lighter eyes compared to everyone else. It would be wrong to bring his eye shade up in conversation
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It is embedded in human nature to love; in fact‚ many scientific studies have proven that mankind can’t live without love. However‚ in the critically-acclaimed‚ dystopian novel The Giver‚ love‚ along with any true emotions‚ is ostracized. All inhabitants of the Community are identical‚ with no one truly loving each other‚ just “enjoying one another’s presence”. The protagonist‚ Jonas‚ must learn for himself what the true meaning of love is‚ how it affects humans‚ and whether expressing it is worth
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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 Giver‚Lois 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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Value of rational thought and restraint In Anzia Yezierska’s Bread Givers of 1952‚ a family of immigrant parents living in poverty in the ghetto of New York City struggles to survive. Sara sacrifices her family relationship and leaves home to get the education and life she wants. Meanwhile‚ in the process‚ she learns that losing control over her anger will take her nowhere but backward. Previous to attending college‚ Sara did not have impulse control which is what got herself into trouble from crashing
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The Giver: A Life with No Freedom Is Not a Life at All Living a life without color‚ weather‚ true emotions‚ or virtually any other aspect that makes life vibrant is a truly depressing way to imagine life. Imagine the concepts of love and happiness being eliminated from life. Weather is no longer something that exists‚ and being able to choose your spouse and choose how many children you want is not even a right that is known to have existed at some point. This sort of life hardly sounds ideal;
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In the texts Among the Hidden and The Giver‚ Haddix and Lowry use imagery‚ conflict‚ and resolution to establish a common theme; the world will never be "perfect". Evidence 1:“Then‚ the first wave of pain... as if a hatchet lay lodged in his leg‚ slicing through each nerve with a hot blade... vomited onto the frozen snow. Blood dripped from his face into the vomit” (Lowry 109). “Jonas opened his eyes and lay contentedly on the bed‚ still luxuriating in the warm and comforting memory. It had all
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can overwhelm you. Jonas and The Giver feel this way. In Jonas and the Giver’s society‚ one person must be responsible for carrying the burden that is all of the memories‚ not including their own. The leaders of their society have given a burden to that person‚ made them lonely‚ and denied the rest of the citizens the gifts of true emotions and true happiness. These decisions made by the leaders should have changed a long time ago. In The Giver‚ Jonas and The Giver had been selected by the Committee
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