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    In the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚ theirs a medley of literary elements that leads to many different themes. Many different elements were used throughout the novel such as irony‚ sarcasm‚ humor‚ simile‚ etc. In Mark Twain’s novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚ the strategies of irony‚ imagery‚ simile‚characterization and other literary elements are used to convey satire‚ and how they underestimate the compunction of Huckleberry Finn. Theirs many themes in the novel that’s conveyed

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    The Giver by Lois Lowry is about a boy‚ named Jonas‚ who lives in small town‚ but this town is different. They do not have memories‚ so that there is sameness in the community. By having sameness‚ they can control everything to a point where there is no pain. They govern sameness by having no color‚ no memories of the past‚ you do not choose your job‚ and you do not know who your real family is. Choosing your own book to read for the summer has many challenges involved. You will have a hard time

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    The Giver is a 1993 American children’s novel by Lois Lowry. It is set in a society which is at first presented as a utopian society and gradually appears more and more dystopian. The novel follows a boy named Jonas through the twelfth year of his life. The society has eliminated pain and strife by converting to "Sameness‚" a plan that has also eradicated emotional depth from their lives. Jonas is selected to inherit the position of Receiver of Memory‚ the person who stores all the past memories

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    Literary Elements in Poe’s Writing In the writings of great authors it is easy to pick out the literary elements used by them. Edgar Allan Poe is one of these authors. He makes use of the same literary elements in many of his stories. Three of the most used literary elements are irony‚ antagonists and foreshadowing. Irony is used very often by Poe. Irony is when something occurs that is the exact opposite of how it should be or seem. Irony varies in that it may be displayed through someone’s

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    In classical children’s novel‚ the main characters are usually unimposing individuals who are easily overlooked‚ but manage to have great and successful journeys. Such is the case in Bilbo Baggins from J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit. Mr. Baggins is a simple hobbit that is swept away into a dangerous but exciting journey. In the trip‚ he becomes a heroic symbol of the common man or child making a name for himself. In the children’s classic‚ The Hobbit‚ Tolkien uses an unusual point of view‚ fantasy world

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    have choices‚ or to love one another. In the novel‚ The Giver‚ by Lois Lowry‚ a 12-year-old boy called Jonas finds himself in a dystopia when he realizes that there is more to life outside of his sheltered community. Although the people of Jonas’ community know no different than their way of life‚ the society is a dystopia‚ rather than a utopia. " ’It wasn’t a practical thing‚ so it became obsolete when we went to the Sameness.’ " (84) The Giver‚ by Lois Lowry‚ is told from the perspective of a twelve-year-old

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    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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    Book Report - The Giver The Giver by Louis Lowry was published in 1993. I did not choose this book it was recommended to me I classify this book as an inner adventure. As in Jonas goes through an emotional metamorphosis (if you will) Jonas lives in a community where pain‚ rudeness‚ and war are non-existent. All children undergoes a ceremony in December every year until they reach twelve years of age‚ at which point they receive their Assignments‚ the jobs they will perform as adults. A committee

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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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    In the story “A Ghost Story” by Mark Twain‚ it tells the saddening story of someone who is not accepted trying to be himself again. At first‚ the story uses literary elements in order to set up fear and anxiety for the character in question. Then‚ the main character‚ who remains nameless throughout the story‚ tries to settle down the monster‚ and successfully does so and starts talking to him. He tells him that he is the ghost of the Cardiff Giant‚ and he was trying to haunt the museum across the

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