Book Report English Title: The Giver Author: Lois Lowry Setting: A controlled‚ utopian community Sometime in the future Protagonist(s): Jonas Antagonist(s): The Community Relationship between the Protagonist and Antagonist Jonas‚ the protagonist of the story‚ is a twelve-year-old boy who lives in a place called The Community‚ which is the antagonist of the story. In the Community‚ led by a Committee of Elders‚ almost all aspects of every citizen’s lives are controlled and planned
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In the story The Giver it talks about how the Giver’s memories are transferred to Jonas which begins to make him see things in a new light. According research‚ “the transference of memory is the point at which Lowry’s novel moves from science fiction into fantasy (53)‚ and in fact‚ almost nothing related to memory in The Giver can be explained scientifically‚ from the Giver’s loss of a memory once he has given it to Jonas
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There are many words to describe the community in "The Giver." Everything they did in that story had to pretty much be done in unison‚ as everything had to be perfect‚ feelings were not a real option and responsibility was the biggest Factor in the community. Although its very difficult to describe‚ the people in this community had to all follow certain rules and regulations. Responsibilty was a big part of everyones life. From the time each person turned 12‚ or became a 12 as the story states
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For my independent reading project I chose to read The Giver written by Lois Lowry. This story takes place in a “perfect” society. A society with no color. A society with no feelings. A society with no individuality. A society with no freedom. This book is set in a dystopian society‚ where everyone is the same and everything is chosen for you The main character in this story is a twelve year old boy named Jonas. He got placed into a job as reviver of energy. In the beginning of the book he is very
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The Giver I have recently read the novel The Giver‚ by Lois Lowry‚ and watched the movie Pleasantville. These works focus on making perfect societies. The Giver is about a boy named Jonas who lives in a community with many rules. He is assigned the job of the Receiver of Memory and goes through great amounts of pain and happiness
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ENG 133 COMMUNICATION ENGLISH ORAL PRESENTATION & WRITE-UP MMD51 SYDNEY HONG LAI KOK KIT MMD52 MARRA VIN KUMAR ID CHRISTA FLORENCE UNTORO REFLECTIVE WRITING We used English to communicate with our lecturer n fellow friends so we don’t see any problem while communicate. During our first class of English communication‚ Mr Jeremy was our lecturer but after a few classes they switch our lecturer into Mr Darren. This issue make us uneasy for a few classes
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S - 1st friend O - 2nd friend L - 3rd friend S: Hey? Guys! How are you? O: Oh‚ hi! I’m fine‚ thank you. L: Me too. What about you? S: I’m in the green! You know I’ve changed my life in some ways according to an article. Oh‚ have you read this article? O: Which one do you mean? L: Oh‚ probably I’ve understood what Sveta is talking about. You mean the article in our university newspaper about a healthy lifestyle. Am I right? S: Absolutely. So have you read it? O: Yes‚ I saw something
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Narrator: Ah‚ Goo Lagoon. A stinky mud puddle to you and me. But to the inhabitants of Bikini Bottom‚ a wonderful stinky mud puddle. SpongeBob: What a great day. (SpongeBob rushes off scene for a bit) Hey‚ Sandy! Look! I’m Sandy! (SpongeBob looks like a sand castle. Next he dresses up like Squidward) Hey‚ Sandy? Who am I? (Sandy laughs as SpongeBob picks up a sandy phone and imitates Squidward) Hello‚ SpongeBob. Could you try and keep it down. I’m trying to be boring. Sandy: (laughs) SpongeBob
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Literary Essay- Saurabh Gadre In stories‚ the true capacity of characters are measured when they go up against an evil that e Giver‚ she writes‚ “But I want them!” Jonas said they cannot defeat. In The Giver by Lois Lowry‚ a twelve year old boy named Jonas gets selected to receive special training from the Giver‚ where he learns about the past of his society and what life was like before his era. Harrison‚ from Kurt Vonnegut’s‚ Harrison Bergeron ‚ is forced to suffer because he is much smarter than
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