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    The Giver is a novel written by Lois Lowry; first published in 1993. This story takes place in a society that comes off as a utopia‚ but as you read‚ you begin to realize the story takes place in a dystopia‚ a society that is undesired or frightening. In this community‚ there is no suffering‚ war‚ love‚ or color. Everything is controlled by the Elders. The Elders determine who you marry‚ your kids‚ and your profession. Some main characters in this novel include; Jonas‚ an intelligent‚ eleven

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    Individual vs. Society In ‘The Giver’‚ a young boy evolves in a perfect society becoming an individual. In my choice of a theme‚ I will be identifying examples from the novel‚ and contrasting the differences being an individual against society. Accordingly‚ the society states being an individual in their community is overwhelming to the people and elders of the city. In other words‚ the idea of being different from being the same is the awareness of unpredictability of others‚ and can do

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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 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 By Lois Lowry

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    and not every time people agree. A utopian society will never be accomplished. In the novel The Giver by Lois Lowry the people live in a utopian society and everyone lives with like emotions. The people of The Givers community feel no pain‚ no happiness‚

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    The Giver Ending Analysis

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    The Giver seems to end unclear. Many people have different opinions and ideas on what happened to Jonas and Gabriel when they left the community. However‚ there is an end.           Jonas followed the echoing‚ and that was when he suddenly saw it: the Elsewhere he had been looking for.  Suddenly‚ all the memories began flooding into his mind‚ good and bad‚ all from the Giver.  He felt that this was where he and Gabriel were summoned to. He didn’t know why‚ but it seemed right. He felt like this

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    The Giver By Lois Lowry

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    English F Block Manana Mgeladze 26/02/2014 Essay It is an uninteresting book teacher! It was phrase which I told‚ when I started reading of The Giver‚ but after a few chapters I understood‚ that it was good and ideally book with deep thought. The Author of this book is Lois Lowry. The main character is Jonas 12 years old boy‚ who lives in community in where everything is calculated and there are no feelings. People move with bicycle and every year they celebrate their birthday with teaching something

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    The Giver by Lois Lowry

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    The Giver is a highly influential book written bu Lois Lowry. It is science fiction‚ with a theme of the past and connection. In a world where there are no feelings‚ no choice and no pain‚ the main character Jonas who is twelve struggles to find his place in the small community. He was "assigned" the job as Receiver of Memory. (yes‚ jobs were chosen) Unaware of what dark secrets lie beneath his perfect utopia of a world‚ he is suddenly plunged into the past‚ exposed to all the memories‚ back and

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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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    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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