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    Unlike children’s fantasy novels‚ the characters in dystopian young adult and adult novels are urged to break the expectations and multitudinous rules of their oppressive societies‚ by instead acting on their intrinsic ethical principles and moral understandings. This motivation from personal morality at an older age is consistent with Kohlberg’s post-conventional level of moral development. The post-conventional level includes the last two stages of Kohlberg’s model in which people are driven to

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    everyone else. On page 62‚ it says‚“ He remembered what the Chief Elder had said: that his training would be alone and apart.” Jonas doesn’t like that he is apart from others. He wants to be with his friends. His training would be just him and the Giver. Jonas doesn’t want to be alone because he has always been around other people. Jonas has never felt apart from others. Provided on page 63‚ it states‚ “Once again‚ there was just a moment when things weren’t quite as they had always been through the

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    The Giver Journal Entries #1 “Finally the Nines were all resettled in their seats‚ each having wheeled a bicycle outside‚ where it would be waiting for its owner at the end of the day. Everyone always chuckled and made small jokes when the Nines rode home for the first time. ”Want me to show you how to ride?” older friends would call. “I know you’ve never been on a bike before!” But invariably the grinning Nines‚ who in technical violation of the rule had been practicing secretly for weeks‚ would

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    The Giver Chapter 24

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    generously decorated fence. There were two nurturers and two pale eyed little girls on the other side of the fence. Each little girl and nurturer gave a long pause while all huddled around something vaguely familiar from the Christmas memory the giver had given Jonas. It was a Christmas tree. The Female nurturer spoke in a warm loving tone. "Now where ever did you children come from?" Struggling for the strength to speak Jonas managed to say "Well‚ I’m not quite sure anymore all I know is that

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    The Giver (Lois Lowry) How does the community look and sound like? landscape‚ architecture‚ traffic and technology »The Giver« by Lois Lowry is a novel taking place in the future. Jonas‚ the main character‚ lives in a community with other people. This community is very special and maybe it’ll be reality in a few years. The community is like an independent city or village. You can compare it with a tribe. There are dwellings where family units live in (p.9). A family unit is like a family

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    Not so perfect The Giver‚ a science fiction novel by Lois Lowry is about about a boy named Jonas who lives in a different type of community. Jonas has a family unit a father a mother and his little sister Lily. In this community ‚every December‚ there is a ceremony a where they get there jobs or they move up a year. At Twelve‚ children are assigned a job by the Elders who have been observing them for the past few years to see their interests and skills to determine the appropriate

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    First‚ he is very disrespectful‚ and inconsiderate. He knows that he is the only one with feelings‚ but still gets mad at his dad and the speaker when he learns about release. According o the book‚ he mocks the speaker and his dad‚ when the giver tells him that his parents and the speaker know nothing. He says‚ “‘I will take care of that‚ sir. I will take care of that‚ sir‚’ Jonas

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    Chapter 1 and 2 in the giver‚ we found out that Jonas lives in an equal community. Jonas community encourages sameness‚ and discourages diversity. The community is unfair for the age for someone when they receive items and their family units. On page 13 lowry writes‚ “Two children — one male‚ one female — to each family unit. It was written very clearly in the rules.” This is very unfair for everyone because people like to be different‚ and not the same‚ but with this rule the citizens can’t.

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    notice that the “free will” the utopia provides is false‚ then they will act in their own self-interest rather than on their predesignated path. The free will problem forms the basis of the plot in most fictional depictions of utopia‚ such as in The Giver.

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    The Giver By Lois Lowry

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    Freedom or security‚ which is more important? Which one fosters the most happiness? The Giver‚ by Lois Lowry‚ reveals the truth that freedom rather than security is essential to human joy. Lowry develops this theme through her excellent application of characterization‚ symbols and antithesis. Lowry’s employment of characterization lays the foundation for her pro-freedom argument. As Jonas develops‚ he gains freedom and as a result the capacity for joy. Jonas begins his journey as a product of

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