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    Phillip Noyce’s 2014 social science fiction film‚ ’The Giver’‚ explores the contrasting societal structures of utopia and dystopia. The story‚ based on the 1993 novel of the same name‚ centres around Jonas‚ a young man‚ who lives in a ’seemingly idyllic’ community free from suffering and difference. When Jonas is assigned the position of ’Receiver of Memory’ he begins to discover the true pain and pleasure of life that he has been sheltered from. To show the differences between utopian and dystopian

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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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    believe everyone in the community will not be able to learn efficiently if everything is the same. The Giver states that everything is as close to same as anyone can get. If everything is the same‚ how can one learn about true life? If life doesn’t have mistakes‚ how can one learn efficiently I believe this is to hide the outside world‚ not to protect the people. Also‚ The community in The Giver s a dystopia. This community is a dystopia because in the text it states it states‚”Dystopia‚ which is

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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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    For my quarterly book assignment‚ I have chosen the selection‚ The Giver by Lois Lowry. The Reason I have chosen this wonderful selection is because I had read it once before as a child and really enjoyed it. I enjoyed this book because of its uniqueness. The Giver has such a different plot than any other book I have read before. I would definitely read it again and recommend it. The Giver is a book about a young boy named Jonas‚ who lives in a futuristic community. In his community they have eliminated

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    The Giver – Theme Essay Imagine never feeling anything at all. No happiness‚ no excitement‚ no nervousness nor anxiousness. You feel absolutely nothing. That’s what your life would be like without having feelings. Emotions give people’s life depth and meaning. The Giver teaches us that having emotions is important to not just living‚ but to feeling alive. Being able to feel love and joy adds more value to one’s life. The people who lived in Jonas’s community were unable to express any type

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    The Giver Why is their society‚ in The Giver so different than ours? Their society is so different because they think that they can make their world perfect. We all know that no one is perfect so what makes it so different? In Lois Lowry’s book The Giver their family unit interacts with each other on a day-to-day basis and has both similarities and differences in our family unit which is better than theirs because ours does not have a limit of children‚ do not have required time shares‚ and we

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    What is more valued - personal rights or the common good of the community? In The Giver‚ written by Lois Lowry‚ a boy perfectly adapted to his unique community named Jonas begins to open his eyes‚ sees the reality of his world‚ and searches for the true values in life. In this community‚ the citizens want to live a simple‚ predetermined life and also strongly believe that they are living in a “perfect” society through the system of sameness which eliminates risks. However‚ they do not have any knowledge

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    The book "The Giver" is about a world with people who are equal and Jonas‚ the protagonist‚ has something that other’s in the community don’t. The novel "The Giver" is a society that appears to be utopian but is revealed to be dystopia as the story goes on. As a result‚ it is clear to see that the society in the novel has many similarties and differences with our world today. The world we live in and the world they lived in both are controlled by people. In the novel "The Giver" The Cheif Of

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    characters in Lois Lowry’s “The Giver” don’t have the option of choosing. Jonas‚ the protagonist of this book‚ followed the rules of his community without questioning anything‚ just like everyone else. Progressively‚ Jonas begins to see and experience events that transformed his outlook on his community; watching the twin’s realise‚ asking his parents if they loved him and experiencing pain. Originally‚ Jonas thought when people were ‘released’‚ (a term used in “The Giver” many times)‚ they were brought

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