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    The Giver Ethical Issues

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    In the story The Giver by Lois Lowry‚ a utopian society emphasizes sameness in all aspects of life. Citizens obey rules that eliminate everything from their feelings to their choice of their devoted spouses whom they must spend their whole life with. These rules were created to eliminate world problems such as poverty‚ refugees‚ and world hunger. The World’s most prominent problem today however is world hunger. I believe‚ the origin of this is overpopulation. A possible ethical solution to this

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    The Giver Hero's Journey

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    A hero is a person or who‚ in the opinions of others‚ has heroic qualities or has performed a heroic act and is as a model or ideal. In Lois Lowry the book “The Giver”‚ Jonas goes on an archetypal hero’s journey through both positive and negative experience during his departure‚ initiation and return in this story I would consider Jonas as a hero because he took on many challenges such as being the receiver of memories. This is a huge job and he took the responsibilities. He rescued Gabe and went

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    The Giver. The author who wrote the famous fantasy was Lois Lowry. Everyone’s the same they see the same colors‚ make the same decisions as everyone else in community and they all have never felt pain before except for two people. Lois Lowry message he tries to get to people is that sameness in a person’s life can define who they are and would cause people to all be the same. In the book‚ The Giver written by Lois Lowry‚ everyone in the community can not see color besides Jonas and the Giver. In

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    The Giver, By Lois Lowry

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    In life every person faces challenges‚ bumps in the road‚ obstacles that they have to surmount. In the novel‚ “The Giver‚” Jonas is constantly having to overcome new challenges. In particular‚ the great journey to elsewhere. The author‚ Lois Lowry leaves the end of the book ambiguous‚ and it can be interpreted in many ways. In many ways the ending is left unclear whether Jonas dies‚ is dreaming or he actually escapes to elsewhere. In others it is quite obvious in how the story ends. In the story

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    The Giver Essay Example

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    Period 8 The Giver The Giver is told from the perspective of a eleven year old boy named Jonas. Jonas lives in a “flawless” futuristic society. The society is free of conflicts‚ pain‚ fear‚ hunger‚ and hatred. Jonas ultimately uncovers the secretes about the community‚ making him question his and his communities ignorance. Throughout the book the main character Jonas dramatically changes as do the settings of the book. In the book the main character Jonas goes from being just another

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    The Giver Book Review

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    Book Title: The Giver Author: Lois Lowry Date of Publication: 2002 Publisher: Laurel Leaf (reprint edition) ANALYSIS I. Setting: In an isolated Arcadian community at an unknown time in the future II. Characters and Commentary: A. Jonas – The eleven year old protagonist (turns twelve at a point) who has “bizarre powers” and is chosen as the Receiver of Memory. He has a wide variety of interests. For a pre-adolescent‚ he is extremely wise‚ curious‚ thoughtful‚ and has a much deeper understanding

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    Jonas‚ the main character in The Giver by Lois Lowry‚ is a very strong person‚ which allows him to go farther in life then the people that surround him. Throughout Jonas’s life he has known nothing but "sameness". He lives in a Utopian community where there are no choices and everyone in his world has their lives laid out for them. But‚ Jonas is given the job of "Receiver of Memory". He alone knows the truths of the world‚ a world with colors‚ pain‚ and choices. What he does with these truths

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    The Giver: Book Summary

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    called the “the telling of feelings”. Jonas’s dad talks about taking care for a child. Jonas explains that he is apprehensive about the Ceremony of 12- the time when he will be assigned a career and begin his adult life. Jonas lives in a very strict community. Jonas starts thinking about all the other Ceremonies he’s witnessed. Jonas’s Father explains that the Ceremony of Twelve is the last ceremony; after that‚ no one keeps track of how old they are anymore. They stop seeing their friends‚ and life

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    Chapter Summary: The Giver

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    felt a lot warmer than he did before‚ because of what he is seeing‚ and what he knew he had accomplished. Ahead of him were houses decorated with the colors red‚ green and gold. “It’s the place where I learned love”‚ Jonas thought. The thought of the Giver made him tear up a little. “I wish he would have came with me” Jonas said to Gabriel as he started walking towards the house. “He would have loved this scene”‚ Jonas whispered remembering that this was the Giver’s favorite memory. As Jonas approached

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    Epilogue To The Giver

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    sound of Gabe’s squirming that echoed in the silence of the vast field. There were no houses‚ no sounds‚ no people. “Was leaving the community a good decision?” Jonas questioned himself. He was certain that the ride drove him unconscious and his mind was driving him crazy. He suspected all the memories he had received were a mere invention created by his community just to take up time. However‚ they had always seemed so concrete. Such tiring and hard work could not have been created for recreational

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