The Giver: Study Notes Context: She was inspired to write The Giver—which won the 1994 Newbery medal—after visiting her elderly father in a nursing home. He had lost most of his long-term memory‚ and it occurred to Lowry that without memory there is no longer any pain. She imagined a society where the past was deliberately forgotten‚ which would allow the inhabitants to live in a kind of peaceful ignorance. The flaws inherent in such a society‚ she realized‚ would show the value of individual and
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The Giver Page 1 of 182 The Giver Lois Lowry NOTICE This accessible media has been made available to people with bona fide disabilities that affect reading. This notice tells you about restrictions on the use of this accessible media‚ which could be a book‚ a periodical‚ or other content. Copyright Notice Title: The Giver Author: Lois Lowry Copyright 1993 by Lois Lowry This notice is not part of the copyrighted work‚ which begins below after the phrase "Begin Content". Bookshare distributes
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pain‚ no color‚ no real feelings‚ no weather‚ no memories‚ no love‚ and more. In the book‚ The Giver‚ by Lois Lowry‚ Jonas‚ the main character‚ lives in a Utopian society. A Utopian society is a world that is perfect‚ a world with no problems or any bad things. As Jonas’s Assignment‚ he was selected to be the Receiver‚ the most honored job in the Community‚ and receives special training from the Giver. At first‚ Jonas enjoys the way his Community functions‚ but later wants to explore all of the
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The Giver The Giver is a novel written by Lois Lowry. She is an American writer who has won numerous awards in her years‚ notably a Newbery award for the giver in 1993. The novel explores different themes of life. Freedom. Everything is supervised and controlled by what Lowry describes as ‘Elders’. The thought of having any freedom is non-existent in the community as the ‘elders’ will decide who your spouse will be‚ the job you will be doing for the community & generally the lives of people living
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The Giver “No‚ God knows well that the moment you eat of it [the apple] your eyes will be opened and you be like gods who know what is good and what is bad.” Genesis 3:5 “When he expelled the man‚ he settled him [released him] east of the Garden of Eden [Elsewhere]; and he stationed the cherubim and the fiery revolving sword‚ to guard the way to the three of life.” Genesis 3:24 A punishment is a penalty for doing something wrong. In Lois Lowry’s book‚ The Giver even though the main character
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My Implications and Learned Lessons in Business Negotiation Being a salesperson like me‚ I must admit that it is a tough marketplace out there and strong negotiating skills are fundamental to achieving and more importantly sustaining career and business success‚ particularly within a competitive sales and marketing environment. Those of us who want to achieve better results‚ both at work and in our private lives‚ need to develop effective negotiating skills. It is worth to bear in mind that if
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Gabriela Smith Independent Reading Project The Giver By: Louis Lowery The Book I read for my independent reading project was called “The Giver” by Louis Lowery. This book is multiple types including social science‚ science fiction‚ and utopian and dystopian fiction. The main character’s name in the giver is Jonas. Jonas is a twelve year old boy who lives in a utopia. Jonas goes to the what we would call retirement home frequently to bathe old people. He goes there mainly to see Fiona one of
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The Lessons Learned in My Career and My future Aspirations In last several decades‚ people can see constantly development of technology. This has affected a lot of aspects of society such as education‚ defence‚ industry and so on‚ especially in economy. The development of economy goes a long side with the development of technology that create a number of jobs for people. In other words‚ nowadays‚ people have a lot of choices to choose a job for them. Although many people want to work in financial
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The giver is written from the point of view of Jonas‚ an eleven-year-old boy living in a futuristic society that has eliminated all pain‚ fear‚ war‚ and hatred. There is no prejudice‚ since everyone looks and acts basically the same‚ and there is very little competition. Everyone is unfailingly polite. The society has also eliminated choice: at age twelve every member of the community is assigned a job based on his or her abilities and interests. Citizens can apply for and be assigned compatible
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The Giver by Lois Lowry “The Giver” was a fabulous read about a seemingly utopian society where the people in the society are spared from any discomfort‚ such as hunger‚ war‚ even pain from a scraped knee. This was an excellent book‚ but also very hard to read and very disturbing. The first half is like a science fiction novel about a utopian society. But the second half really gets into the emotional consequences of that society. “The Giver” reminds me‚ in a way‚ of the movie “Pleasantville‚” where
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