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    The book "The Giver" is about a world with people who are equal and Jonas‚ the protagonist‚ has something that other’s in the community don’t. The novel "The Giver" is a society that appears to be utopian but is revealed to be dystopia as the story goes on. As a result‚ it is clear to see that the society in the novel has many similarties and differences with our world today. The world we live in and the world they lived in both are controlled by people. In the novel "The Giver" The Cheif Of

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    characters in Lois Lowry’s “The Giver” don’t have the option of choosing. Jonas‚ the protagonist of this book‚ followed the rules of his community without questioning anything‚ just like everyone else. Progressively‚ Jonas begins to see and experience events that transformed his outlook on his community; watching the twin’s realise‚ asking his parents if they loved him and experiencing pain. Originally‚ Jonas thought when people were ‘released’‚ (a term used in “The Giver” many times)‚ they were brought

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    "The giver" takes place in a dystopian society where everything is regulated‚ no one does or says anything without the Council knowing; Their jobs‚ spouses‚ and children are all chosen for them‚ everything is on a schedule everyone is on a routine‚ get up go to work come home eat sleep repeat every single day. There is no time for recreation or anything of the sort. In some ways this is superior to our own society‚ perhaps it would be better to suppress certain emotions of the human psyche. We evolved

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    in jonas’s community have no right to choose is a dystopian characteristic. For example in The Giver it states ‚” If everything’s the same‚ then there aren’t any choices! I want to wake up in the morning and decide things.” therefore his life is controlled by what the council want not what he wants. In addition‚ withholding information from the community is also a dystopian characteristic. In The Giver it states‚” Your living arrangements

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    Between the book and the movie of the giver there are many similarities. for instance in the book color is something the people of thier town had to give up and in the movie it was mostly black and white until jones got his seeing beyond also in book and movie. in the book also jonas wanted to take gabe and run away so gabe wouldn’t end up being killed be cause he wasn’t growing fast enough Samething goes for the book. Most of the rules in the book and movie were the same also in both the book

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    Do you agree that Jonas community is a Dystopia? The Giver by Lois Lowry‚ was written in 1993 and inspired by her father who had lost all of his memory. She wondered what it would be like if there were no memories or feelings. The Giver is about a 12 year-old boy named Jonas who lives in a utopian society where everything is perfect. In the book Jonas is chosen to be the Receiver of Memory. Once Jonas was chosen as the Receiver of Memory he started to wonder whether his community is a utopia “A

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    In The Giver‚ the community places extraordinary importance on language and requires the utilization of certain words or phrases. Specific words have been chosen to distort or hide the actual meaning of the words‚ making them sound less emotional. To the people living in the community‚ these words are used every day and appear normal; however‚ to a reader‚ certain words and phrases appear awkward and disturbing. A few interesting examples of manipulated language are “telling‚” “comfort object‚”

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    The Giver Euthanasia Euthanasia refers to the practice of s deliberated intervention undertaken to produce the termination of a very sick person’s life in order to relieve them from their suffering. Euthanasia can be categorized in voluntary euthanasia‚ non-voluntary euthanasia‚ involuntary euthanasia‚ active or passive euthanasia. The voluntary euthanasia takes place when a person wants die and says so and asks for the help of somebody or something else to die. Non-voluntary euthanasia refers

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    Even though‚ the novel The Giver by Lois Lowry and society today have plenty of similarities‚ they also differ in some ways. Some of these differences are strict rules‚ age limit to when you officially became an adult and the difference between colors. Although‚ in society today we must follow many strict rules‚ we do not follow as much as what the characters in "The Giver" had to. For example‚ we have the right to marry who ever we want. However‚ in the novel ‘The Giver’ there was a rule that when

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    “Hmm”‚ I was looking at myself in the mirror‚ “this can do”. For my first workday I was contemplating what to wear and after debating between three outfits I have finally decided for one. It was important for me to make a good first impression and now I wore a white blouse with a black knee length tube skirt‚ a blazer‚ and black pumps. I tied my hair into a neat high ponytail and wore some makeup. “You can do this”‚ I gave myself a once over in the mirror‚ nodded in satisfaction‚ turned around and

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