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    Brave New World Dystopia

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    promiscuity‚ and the elimination of religion and family. Utopias are societies that possess highly desirable or perfect qualities. However‚ the society in Brave New World does not possess these desirable or perfect qualities and is therefore a dystopia. Throughout the entire novel Huxley demonstrates that this society is missing all the key characteristics of a utopia. The World State eliminates the word family. Family units do not exist anymore‚ which means that there are no parents or siblings

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    black and white clone world. 3. The giver sometimes sends Jonas away without a training session because the Giver was in pain from the memory and if he transfers memories‚ he will re-experience the pain. 4. When Jonas offers the Giver to take some of his pain he receives the memory of a broken leg. 5. Jonas used his experience to advise

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    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 opposites‚ one perfect and one flawed‚ the Party and Community are

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    The Giver By Lois Lowry

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    Summary‚ The Giver Assignment #3 The Giver‚ By Lois Lowry is a great story about utopias and sameness. Jonas lives in a utopia and does the same tasks as everyone else in his community. This is until they turn 12 and get their jobs/assignments. There are fish hatchery workers‚ nurturers‚ birthmothers‚ road cleaners‚ and food preparers. In a utopia‚ you don’t get paid in money. There is no currency whatsoever. If you fail to do your jobs or tasks‚ you get released from the community to elsewhere

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    Jazz Kunatirojana Mr. Patton English period 4 December 12‚ 2016 The Utopian of The Giver The Giver‚ by Lois Lowry‚ started from twelve years old boy named Jonas growing up in a Utopian. On his ceremony of twelve years old. Jonas has been chosen to be the Receiver of Memory‚ by the elders. Jonas gets all the memories of joy‚ pain‚ feeling‚ love‚ climate‚ and color because he is a receiver. He has been trapped for a long period of time‚ which make he wants to be free. This book proves that being

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    The Giver By Lois Lowry

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    The Giver is a fiction book written by Lois Lowry. Jonas‚ an eleven year old boy‚ seems to be living in a utopia; no diseases‚ wars‚ hunger‚ poverty‚ or hatred and everyone basically dresses and looks the same. At Jonas’s ceremony of 12‚ he is assigned the Receiver of Memory and meets the Giver‚ who teaches him about color‚ love‚ war‚ and pain. Jonas soon realizes how bland his community is and takes action by stealing a child that will die soon because he did not pass the “test”. The two end up

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    The Giver By Lois Lowry

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    “The Giver by Lois Lowry‚ was published in 1993‚ and won a Newberry medal in 1994. The book takes place in a narrative third person‚ using a limited omniscient person. The overall plot is that in a communist community‚ Jonas is a kid like the citizens that do not know what else is out there instead of themselves. Jonas learns memories that bring him to the point where he wants to share the memories of the world. The family units have rules such as dream telling and feeling telling. In chapter one

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    The Giver Life Is Unfair

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    Well in The Giver they are all the same and they don’t even get to have feelings‚ or memories‚ in fact they can’t even see in color. After knowing this I would think harder before saying life is unfair. Three things that I can compare to society know to the society in The Giver is number one we get to go outside of our house after dark with no punishment but not in The Giver‚ number two we don’t get killed for being to old‚ breaking a few rules‚ or for wanting out of the community‚ the last thing

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    The Giver Theme Essay

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    decision. However‚ in 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

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    learning I have left the community. However‚ I have written to you to explain why I did so. As you both know‚ I have been training along the Giver to become the new Receiver of Memory. Over time‚ I have received many memories‚ and experienced pain like no other‚ you are unable to grasp the concept of some things I have learned‚ but I will try my best to explain them to you so you can understand why I have chosen to leave. I have been taught and experienced color‚ and how our community leaders had destroyed

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