Rileigh Leighton January 26‚ 2017 Mrs. Tiernan ELA “Usually it’s just a matter of birthweight. We release the smaller of the two”(Lowry 114). In the book The Giver the people who live in the community aren’t allowed to choose what they want to do with their lives. These people live under a strict set of rules solely focused on everyone being the same. The community gives no one the freedom to choose what they want. Whenever there is a set of twins in the community
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made up of secrets and lies. When he becomes receiver of memory he is taught by The Giver (Jeff Bridges) that there is more beyond his community. Beyond his community there is a world full of colors and sounds‚ a world with more than just rude. As receiver of memory he has no choice
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"I will show you to the Baron." Guntlaf said‚ raising from the chair inside his small tent. "Thank you." The cavalryman‚ who wore the yellow and blue uniform of westergard’s hussars replied‚ following the cuirassier. He couldn’t help looking in disdain the long old-fashioned braids which shown below Guntlaf’s helmet. "The squadron seems to be in an unexpected good condition." The hussar said "My men try to put a brave face‚ but most of them are wounded." Guntlaf replied‚ silently cursing the unexpected
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1 What am I doing? Grigs thought as he made his way through the cold and gloomy castle. There had been a fog for the past three days that had sunk its way into the ancient stones and had permeated the hallways. Grigs walked through the halls on his way to what he believed was going to be his death. His heart was racing and despite the cold‚ found that his hands were sticky with sweat‚ making the torch he was holding slippery. Normally a guard would be leading him down this deep into the castle
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Once upon a time in a cramped cottage an elderly man sat alone by a dim candle regretting that he didn’t fulfil his dream. Remembering when he was young. Ever since he was young he had always dreamt of exploring the world and sailing the seas. He had big plans. The places he would visit‚ the friends he would make‚ but he had given up on those dreams because he wasn’t special‚ he was just an ordinary farm boy. The elderly man sighed‚ got out of his chair and went out to feed his horse. As the sun
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I don’t even know what I did to get here‚ but whatever it was‚ it must have been bad. One minute im at home‚ simply relaxing and BOOM‚ guards burst in‚ full armor and weapons ready‚ pointed right into my face. They started dragging me someplace that I’ve never seen before‚ this dense forest. I then probably made the assumption that I must have upset queen elizabeth in some form. And it probably would end up going bad‚ so I simply just relaxed and let what happened… well happen. We started walking
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rriving home from work one evening‚ Andrew closed the garage door and noticed Margaret in the backyard working with the flowers she had recently planted‚ and asked‚ “Is everything okay?” “Oh yes‚ they are beautiful with lots of buds‚ and soon we’ll have plenty of flowers. How was your day?” She asked. Going over where she was working‚ Andrew kissed her and said‚ “My day was great. Have you seen Officer Adams recently?” “No‚ I haven’t.” “Wonder what happened to him?” Andrew asked. Shrugging her
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INDER PLACE THAN THIS Phoenix could hear the lashing of swords outside her chamber as she hid under the covers of her bed. She had woken up to the sound of them. To the guard shouting something outside her room until she heard his cries of agony as he lay dying. It was then Phoenix threw the cover over herself- maybe it could protect her from the monsters outside her room. Phoenix knew something had happened to her father. He had been at war for a moon’s turn but even she knew soldiers
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they do in their free time. If they didn’t have memory‚ they wouldn’t have memory of themselfs. Which would mean that they would not remember their selfs. To remember their own memory‚ it takes courage because you have to be brave. In the book “The Giver” the receiver memory did not even remember when it last snowed in his community. Because people in the community have short memory loss. Jonas’s parents don’t even remember that last time they rode their bicycle when they were kids. If you have courage
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Anyone who’s read the Giver knows that Jonas’s society if different than our own. Better read people‚ however‚ understand the book enough to realize that this is because his city is a dystopian society. Causing the banishment of emotions was a colossal mistake for “the community‚” as he called it‚ because the project caused more harm than good. Deluded readers might say that they feel lesser emotions; in truth‚ they don’t even know the meaning. Even items other than emotion were taken out eventually
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