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    The Giver Response

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    imagine a world without color‚ personal freedoms‚ and love‚ but in this book‚ the society is exactly this. Being able to make your own choices is really important‚ most of us don’t realize it right now but it’s important to appreciate freedom. In the Giver‚ what may seem like a perfect society is actually a dystopia is because theres no individuality‚ you are assigned a family‚ and jobs were assigned as well. To begin with‚ individuality didn’t even exist in this community. Everything is conform‚

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    Choices In The Giver

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    missing from our human lives. Having a perfect world would eliminate a true family unit‚ a graduation‚ and a job. I don’t think living in a perfect world is worth giving up choices because you would have to give up your true family and parents. In The Giver‚ everyone has an assigned family unit. “Like the Matching of Spouses and the Naming and Placement of newchildren‚ the Assignments were scrupulously thought

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    The Giver Essay

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    The Community that Lois Lowry creates in The Giver appears to be a utopia‚ but is in fact a dystopia. To get rid of the extremes‚ such as pain and hunger‚ you have to get rid of things like true friendship and happiness. Jonas is constructed to convey ideas about society by his speech‚ thoughts‚ actions‚ appearance‚ interaction with others and his name. We first see this when his sister‚ Lily says to him‚ “He has funny eyes just like you Jonas!” Most people in the community have dark eyes but

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    The Giver Rules

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    In the book The Giver‚ there are all these different rules of the community to prevent people from doing the wrong or bad things‚ but in all the rules‚ there are always positive ones and negative ones. So comparing to the real world and to the community‚ what rules from the community should we learn from? According to the book‚ Pilots cannot fly over the community‚‚ Each person in a family must share his/her dreams in the morning‚ and in the evening‚ his/her feelings of the day‚ There can only

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    The Giver Monologue

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    “This place is just astonishing. Can we please settle here?” “It is a necessity to‚” I said‚ “We can’t go back to our former community. We chose to leave and now we can’t change our minds‚” I sobbed a little at the end. I would miss my family‚ the Giver‚ and everyone else. I knew I was doing this for a

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    Perseverance In The Giver

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    Lillian Jean and her dad to walk in the streets‚ but later in the story beat her up. By doing these things‚ both Jonas and Cassie showed perseverance and courage by taking a painful memory to standing up for what you think is right! In the novel‚ The Giver‚ by Lois Lowry‚ Jonas (a 12 year old boy) becomes the Receiver of Memories through having these 5 qualities. The first qualities are intelligence‚ integrity‚ and courage. The

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    The Giver-a Dystopia

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    Jonas’ community appears to be a utopia‚ but‚ in reality‚ it is a dystopia. The people seem perfectly content to live in an isolated wreck—in a government run by a select few—in which a group of Elders enforces the rules. In Jonas’ community‚ there is no poverty‚ starvation‚ unemployment‚ lack of housing‚ or discrimination; everything is perfectly planned to eliminate any problems. However‚ as the book progresses and Jonas gains insight into what the people have willingly given up—their freedoms

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    Indian Givers

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    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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    English - the Giver

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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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    The Giver Society refers to people who interact in a defined territory and share culture. In Lois Lowry’s The Giver "1993‚" Jonas grows up only knowing the existence of his society. The society in which The Giver takes place is known as sameness. Everything is done the same‚ and nobody knows different. It is considered rude to ask a question that makes another citizen look different. In the book Jonas has lighter eyes compared to everyone else. It would be wrong to bring his eye shade up in conversation

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