Indians made a huge contribution to our modern culture and life‚ including economic‚ social‚ political‚ and environmental fields. Jack Weatherford in his book Indian Givers stated‚ that Indians who lived on the lands of Americas were very wise men‚ and they have taught the people from all over the world many useful things in many fields like industry and agriculture‚ food and culinary‚ economy and medicine. It is very important for people who live now to understand this and to be grateful for everything
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Book Title: The Giver Author: Lois Lowry Date of Publication: 2002 Publisher: Laurel Leaf (reprint edition) ANALYSIS I. Setting: In an isolated Arcadian community at an unknown time in the future II. Characters and Commentary: A. Jonas – The eleven year old protagonist (turns twelve at a point) who has “bizarre powers” and is chosen as the Receiver of Memory. He has a wide variety of interests. For a pre-adolescent‚ he is extremely wise‚ curious‚ thoughtful‚ and has a much deeper understanding
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A job is‚ for many people‚ one of the most important parts of their life. If it’s so important‚ you have to enjoy it‚ and to enjoy it‚ you have to choose it yourself. In this "utopia‚" created in The Giver you don’t get to do that. Other people choose the activity you are going to do for the rest of your life. Fiona was assigned Caretaker of The Old‚ a job she really wanted‚ but what happens if she starts that job and decides that she really doesn’t like it‚ She can’t change jobs because she lives
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Elements of Drama 1. script: the written dialogue‚ description‚ and directions provided by the playwright. 2. plot: the events of a play or arrangement of action‚ as opposed to the theme. 3. exposition: the part of a play that introduces the theme‚ chief characters‚ and current circumstances. 4. rising action: a series of events following the initial incident and leading up to the dramatic climax. 5. climax: the point of greatest intensity in a series or progression of events in a play‚ often
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Caring for the Care Giver Sharon Woods Northeast State Community College Abstract In a world that went through a stage of “baby boomers” we now find ourselves in a situation of caring for mom and dad or grandparents while raising a family and working. All of us feel that we are superman or wonder women at the time we take on the task of caregiving. After evaluating and working directly with the elderly‚ mentally challenged‚ and profound mentally retarded population I have spent many hours with
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The Giver by: Lois Lowry Chapters 11 to 15 Reading - Read Chapters 11 to 15. Please do not read ahead. A. Vocabulary (You may do the vocabulary before reading the story.) Look up each word in a DICTIONARY. Write a definition for each. Then use the vocabulary word in a sentence. admonition‚ assimilated‚ phenomenon‚ skeptically‚ assuage‚ vibrancy‚ chaos‚ ‚ daub‚ excruciating‚ sinuous B. Questions (You must read the chapters before doing the questions) 1. Why was the transmittal of the
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The Giver Wikipedia describes themes as “the fundamental and often universal ideas explored in a Literary work”. The Giver is a haunting story that centers on Jonas‚ a young man who lives in a Ideal‚ colorless‚ world. As Jonas begins to spend time with The Giver‚ who is the sole Keeper of all the community’s memories‚ Jonas quickly begins to discover the dark and Deadly truths of his community’s secret past. There are many themes repeated through This story. The three themes this essay will
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The Influence of Altruism Against the Evil of the World A civil rights activist named Martin Luther King Jr. once declared “He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it.” King contemplates the issue of those who choose to condone the evil and injustice they see in the world‚ stating that those who grow complacent with the evil are comparable to those who cause the evil themselves
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world of the Giver all the people wear graym with the same haircut and no colors. Although some people may claim the world in the fiction novel The Giver by Lois Lowry is a utopia‚ it is a dystopia because sameness means there is no diversity which takes away from being human. Although sameness solves many of this world’s problems‚ it is not worth giving up diversity. In the story‚ as Jonas continues with his training he starts a conversation with The Giver about sameness. The Giver says “It wasn’t
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read a book‚ so I chose to read the novel “The Giver”. The novel was written by Lois Lowry an American writer who has written forty-five other books. Lowry was born on March 20‚ 1937 in Honolulu Hawaii. Lowry studied and attended Curtis High School‚ Berkeley Carroll School‚ University of Southern Maine‚ and Brown University. She has won two John Newbery Medals‚ they are literary awards given by the Association for Library Service to Children. The Giver was originally published on 1993 and was released
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