“The Giver”‚ by Lois Lowry‚ has a plotline that is a straight line classic aristotelian pattern‚ which follows the journey of a young pre-teen boy named Jonas through a very crucial time in his life‚ where he is assigned the job he will have until he is old. The reader is introduced to a community that is very representational of an idealized community/society with the “elders” being in full control of the citizens. For example‚ the elders choose their job‚ their spouses and even the children they
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Date: February 8‚ 2013 The Giver: The Fight For Freedom The challenging attempt to successfully achieve a Utopian Society‚ while balancing the freedom of the citizens has existed since the first civilizations. Lois Lowry’s‚ The Giver (1993)‚ follows the story of a young boy named Jonas living in a supposedly utopian society as well discovering the flaws in the community’s apparent freedom and safety. The community of The Giver violates many basic human rights as set forth by the Universal Declaration
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Memories are what make us who we are. The good‚ the bad‚ and everything inbetween shape us into who we are and will be. We learn from our mistakes and reminisce the good times. A life without memories would not be interesting. In Lois Lowry’s novel‚ The Giver‚ most people have no memories at all. Things we use everyday become obsolete and the people of the community do not know how exhilarating their lives would be with memories. When the community first went into “Sameness” it was decided one person would
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“. Jonas said his name and the little girl opened the door and said “Hi‚ My name is Rosemary. “ Jonas looked at her with a surprised face and asked her “ Are you The Givers‚ I mean Receivers daughter? “ Rosemary replied “ Yes Jonas I am “ Jonas explained to her that he became the new receiver and that her father had became the giver. She asked “Jonas why did you knock on my door crying ? “ Jonas answered her question‚ “ My family had been watching this little boy named Gabriel and my father decided
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Memories are considered a practical part of existence‚ and many don’t think of the consequences without them. Feelings would be felt but not known‚ memories made but not kept. This world is interpreted in The Giver where the citizens that populate the community only know simple concepts like their name‚ their age‚ their family. As they grow up to become twelve‚ a life-long job is assigned to them. Jonas is a citizen chosen to have the most important job in the community; the Receiver of Memory.
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The Giver‚ the community which the main character‚ Jonas‚ lives in is exactly like this. The society which is portrayed in the story is an illusion of what a utopia is. Through the relationships that we are able to see in the story‚ such as interactions with the opposite sex‚ Jonas’s relationship with the Giver‚ and relationships between family members‚ we can clearly see that the idea of a utopia has clearly been misunderstood by the society and its leaders. In the society of The Giver‚ interaction
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In the book “The Giver” Jonas has realized that living in his Utopian society has been all dandy until he learned what really goes on. He has had to live with out feelings and emotions for all his life. Jonas’s decisions may have affected the community but what he did what was right. Him leaving was the right thing to do. The decisions and emotions that Jonas and the other characters had during the book I chose a detail to go along with the emotion to match with the archetypal step. The first
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Jiwan Tib Block Two Wagner Giver Essay Imagine‚ living in a utopia. Life would be perfect...or would it? Everyone else thinks that this world that you live in is one of the worlds that you see in TV commercials. With the happy family‚ big family home‚ comfy sofas‚ and a big red SUV outside. Is life really like that? Is there life with no conflicts‚ no war? Is life on Mars perfect for aliens‚ where nobody gets hurt‚ where nobody fails? The answer is no. Life is a rocky‚ steep road. It isn’t flat
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sees black and white? Why couldn’t the community make its own choices? Why have memories been taken away? Could there be another dimension out of the world that relates to the society in the novel‚ The Giver? “Needless to say‚ He will be released the voice has said‚ followed by silence- The Giver. This choice is important because it explains the idea that somebody will be released. The community believes that “release” means someone being sentenced to elsewhere. They do not know the true meaning
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they get what they want? In The Giver‚ by Lois Lowry ignorance overtakes truth‚ and it is up to Jonas to fix it. It is better to be aware and upset rather than ignorant and happy The argument that will be made in this essay is that it is better to be aware and upset rather than ignorant and happy. This statement is true because one cannot create change if they are not aware of the problem they wish to fix. The giver said "After we eat‚ we make a plan" (154) The giver was solving the problem with
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