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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Everyone wants to live in a perfect utopia‚ where nothing bad happens and everyone is equal and the same. The only problem with trying to obtain a utopia is that you usually get a dystopia‚ and the people don’t even know it‚ because they are being censored so much. The people are no longer unique‚ diverse‚ or individuals when they are being controlled‚ “controlled”‚ and censored. In Fahrenheit 451 Faber says a healthy society needs three things. The first thing is quality of information. The second
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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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In The Hunger Games‚ Suzanne Collins depicts a dystopian world‚ in which a totalitarian government tries to control the people through a mixture of force and surveillance. Does it succeed with the protagonist‚ Katniss? Is she able to choose to be‚ behave‚ and do‚ as she wants? The text begins by introducing the protagonist Katniss Everdeen‚ who was a hunter living in the country of Panem in District 12. Their government works in a central city called The Capitol who are an overpowering government
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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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The Giver and Self-Sacrifice The Oxford English Dictionary defines sacrifices as “an act of giving up something valued for the sake of something else regarded as more important of worthy.” One way to make a proper sacrifice is to put others before yourself whether it’s keeping something from someone else or having to make an important decisions. Nonetheless sacrifices are a part of one’s everyday life‚ but in the book The Giver by Lois Lowry‚ the opposite happens. Living in a community of Sameness
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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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Introduction: The word Panem comes from the Latin expression “Panem et Circenses” which translates into “bread and circuses.” Bread and circuses is term use by ancient romans for describing an act of distracting the population of the real problem through entertainment. The most recognisable is gladiators. Doesn’t this sound familiar? yes‚ you’re right. The film‚ ‘The Hunger Games’ is based on the expression “bread and circuses” Today‚ I’m going to prove that Panem‚ is a dystopian society. First
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The Giver "The giver" is a novel which was written in 1993 by Lois Lowry. Lois Lowry has written over 20 books and received two awards‚ one being the Newbery medal for "The giver". The novel was partly inspired by Larry’s relationship with her father who was at the time in a nursing home having lost most of his long-term memory. "The giver" is her attempt to criticize reality by creating an ideal society‚ but we will quickly realize that this idealistic is false. The genre of the giver is science
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A new ending for The Giver-Vanellope When Jonas opened his eyes. He just found that he lost his consciousness when he slid down the hill. Free and relaxed with his arm and leg‚ “what happened to my body?” ‚Jonas thought. Everything around him was white‚ the snow stopped‚ that kind of white is different than the snow. white ground‚ white sky‚ white house‚ just like the same as the house in the community. “Hello?” Jonas said. Nobody answered him‚ nobody was around him. Jonas felt confused‚ where
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