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    surroundings brought upon much hardship and suffering for hopeful European families who were trying to create new and successful lives in America. The novel Bread Givers by Anzia Yezierska is a moving story about the lives of the Smolinsky family hoping to leave their suffering in Europe behind them and build life in America. The novel‚ Bread Givers is labeled as a pure fictional story of a Jewish family’s migration into a new world. Sara Smolensk’s story‚ and the story of her sisters is not unusual for

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    a familiar voice yelling around the corner. When they walked over to the people‚ he saw the Giver being tortured and the Giver yelling at them. Jonas needed a closer look to make sure it was him‚ so when Jonas and Gabe checked to make sure‚ they noticed that it was the Giver. The men hurting the poor Giver ran away because they didn’t want anyone to rat them out. When Jonas finally went to the Giver‚ Jonas suddenly passed

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    How Did The Giver Change

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    We have all failed and to fix it we have had to change things. In the book The Giver by Lois Lowry the Giver had to change his methods after Rosemary(the receiver) applied for release and all the memories were given to the people of the community. When the memories came to the people of the community after Rosemary failed being the receiver the giver knew he had to change something. After the release of Rosemary the Giver changed his methods in hope of finally succeeding with Jonas by giving him pain

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    Despite the lack of choice and freedom in their life‚ the characters in ‘The Giver’ should be happy that they live in a safe and predictable society. To what extent do you agree? INTRO: Lois Lowry’s novel‚ ‘The Giver’‚ is about a society’s attempt at a perfect community‚ everyone has a place and is guaranteed order and peace. It is shown as this novel progresses‚ that this security has eliminated the citizens freedom and choice. A community should have boundaries‚ limitations and rules‚ to regulate

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    controlling whole populations is very bad. Although the two books Divergent and The Giver are very different‚ they also have a few similarities‚ which I will point out. In Divergent and The Giver‚ there is a lot of control exerted by the different governments. In both books‚ there is not much freedom of choice. While there is a little more freedom of choice in Divergent‚ individuals have to follow the faction rules. In The Giver‚ there is pretty much zero‚ zilch (A.K.A 0) choice. Both governments control

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    “We gained control of many things. But we had to let go of others.” (Lowry 95). The Giver is about a boy named Jonas‚ who is selected to hold memories for the public. This is because of the pain and chaos that would ensue if the people had memories. This “Utopian” society may not be that different from our own. In "The Giver" the society is set up to ignore and reject individuality. Each person is assigned a job and purpose and they are taught not to question anything. Though it seems like our society

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    Most of the characters in this book show a respect for some of God’s rules although they do it unintentionally. The Giver takes place in a society where there are really no emotions and the people don’t understand death. Because the Giver takes place in this kind of society where everything is the same there are no churches or religion. Because the characters in the book don’t understand death a lot of time they will kill people unintentionally. Such as when Jonas’s father has to release babies what

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    texts often write about topics we don’t usually think of- such as rebellion and human interaction. In The Giver‚ Lois Lowry shows how Jonas’ selection as Receiver of Memory reveals his seclusion with the Giver. However‚ as Jonas spends more time with him‚ he begins to learn more about the past. He also learns about things like conflict‚ death‚ and love from the memories that he receives from the Giver. From these memories‚ Jonas gains lots of knowledge. On the other hand‚ in Fahrenheit 451‚ Ray Bradbury

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    afraid because they are not treated fairly. In class we read The Giver and The Hunger Games. In the book The Giver they tried to create a utopia which means modeled on or aiming for a state in which everything is perfect; idealistic. There are three main similarities or differences that stood out in these books. In The Giver and The Hunger Games they were in a “dome” or a closed in area. Both of the main characters were chosen. Last‚ The Giver community was just living their lives and in The Hunger Games

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    The Giver is the best book I have ever read. The Giver is amazing because there is sacrifice‚ courage‚ and love. Those are all thing that I think make a story fantastic. There is sacrifice an example of it; is when he left so that the community would have the memories which benefits them and puts him in danger.Jonas left the community so that he could be free from the control of the community. He had to leave all of his friend‚ his family‚ and the giver behind which would be hard. Jonas also shared

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