Unlike children’s fantasy novels‚ the characters in dystopian young adult and adult novels are urged to break the expectations and multitudinous rules of their oppressive societies‚ by instead acting on their intrinsic ethical principles and moral understandings. This motivation from personal morality at an older age is consistent with Kohlberg’s post-conventional level of moral development. The post-conventional level includes the last two stages of Kohlberg’s model in which people are driven to
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everyone else. On page 62‚ it says‚“ He remembered what the Chief Elder had said: that his training would be alone and apart.” Jonas doesn’t like that he is apart from others. He wants to be with his friends. His training would be just him and the Giver. Jonas doesn’t want to be alone because he has always been around other people. Jonas has never felt apart from others. Provided on page 63‚ it states‚ “Once again‚ there was just a moment when things weren’t quite as they had always been through the
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The Giver Journal Entries #1 “Finally the Nines were all resettled in their seats‚ each having wheeled a bicycle outside‚ where it would be waiting for its owner at the end of the day. Everyone always chuckled and made small jokes when the Nines rode home for the first time. ”Want me to show you how to ride?” older friends would call. “I know you’ve never been on a bike before!” But invariably the grinning Nines‚ who in technical violation of the rule had been practicing secretly for weeks‚ would
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generously decorated fence. There were two nurturers and two pale eyed little girls on the other side of the fence. Each little girl and nurturer gave a long pause while all huddled around something vaguely familiar from the Christmas memory the giver had given Jonas. It was a Christmas tree. The Female nurturer spoke in a warm loving tone. "Now where ever did you children come from?" Struggling for the strength to speak Jonas managed to say "Well‚ I’m not quite sure anymore all I know is that
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The Giver (Lois Lowry) How does the community look and sound like? landscape‚ architecture‚ traffic and technology »The Giver« by Lois Lowry is a novel taking place in the future. Jonas‚ the main character‚ lives in a community with other people. This community is very special and maybe it’ll be reality in a few years. The community is like an independent city or village. You can compare it with a tribe. There are dwellings where family units live in (p.9). A family unit is like a family
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Not so perfect The Giver‚ a science fiction novel by Lois Lowry is about about a boy named Jonas who lives in a different type of community. Jonas has a family unit a father a mother and his little sister Lily. In this community ‚every December‚ there is a ceremony a where they get there jobs or they move up a year. At Twelve‚ children are assigned a job by the Elders who have been observing them for the past few years to see their interests and skills to determine the appropriate
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Erica raced into Alivias’ bedroom at 6:30 pm. Alivia shook her head as she eyed all of Ericas’ stuff. She knew that Erica was going to transform her into something she had never seen before and suddenly she felt nervous. Erica slid her iPod out of her bag and walked over to the wooden nightstand. She pushed the ‘iPod’ into the docking station and turned up the volume. She plugged in the hot Iron and placed it on the nightstand. Alivia sat on the edge of her bed‚ staring at Erica as she threw a
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She practically laughed in his face when he started to acknowledge her interrogation with answers of his own. “[i]Get away?[/i] From what? From [i]this?[/i]” She expelled a sad laugh‚ but continued. “It’s not a choice for us to make as it is out of [i]our[/i] power. No matter what you try…” She paused‚ as if she was recalling her own life‚ a soft jaded expression possessed her face. “You can’t escape. You just have to work with what you have and attempt to make the best of it.” She shook her head
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"...The moon and stars shines bright... ...Brightening the dark night..." I continued to follow the sound of the voice. At first‚ I thought it was just someone playing their mp3 player loudly but this sounded different. "...Never fading from sight... ...Telling me it’s alright..." Someone was definitely singing that song. "...I drift away in a daze... ...To where my dreams come true... ...There’s that special place... ...Where there’s nothing I can’t do..." That wasn’t just anyone singing
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First‚ he is very disrespectful‚ and inconsiderate. He knows that he is the only one with feelings‚ but still gets mad at his dad and the speaker when he learns about release. According o the book‚ he mocks the speaker and his dad‚ when the giver tells him that his parents and the speaker know nothing. He says‚ “‘I will take care of that‚ sir. I will take care of that‚ sir‚’ Jonas
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