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    John Michael A. Espino Asst. Prof. Nerisa Del Carmen Guevara LIT 201 - Young Adult Literature 17 August 2012 Cutting The Strings Set in a world where everything is plain and pre-determined‚ the Giver puts its readers in a series of unlikely events that we don’t encounter in our everyday lives. A society that is perfect‚ yet disturbing where everything follows its own cycle so as to the lives of every individual. Everything is monitored; everything has its respective rules and must be obeyed

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    At the end of the novel‚ the Giver‚ Lois Lowry left a vague ending which did not fully state whether or not Jonas and Gabriel made it to Elsewhere. Giving an unstated ending allow the reader to decide what happens next. Based off of the ending‚ Jonas and Gabriel lived to make it to Elsewhere. After Jonas and Gabriel leave the community‚ they overcome barriers‚ including the starvation possibilities and freezing to death. Despite being cold and wet‚ Jonas carried Gabriel up the snowy hill. As he walked

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    This summer I read the book “The Giver” and I picked three rules that organize the society. The elders created this system to have control over everything and everyone. Some alternative ways of coping with these issues is not being so controlling over peoples basic rights but have a more serious way of dealing with these issues. In the book The Giver there are many outrageous rules in their Community like "Two children--one male‚ one female--to each family unit." (p. 8) A year or so after the

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    Lois Lowry’s The Giver is a book about a twelve year boy named Jonas who lives in a futuristic society. In Jonas’s society there is little choice. Everything is controlled‚ from what they wear to their job. People are all the same and lack individuality. Lois Lowry warns her readers that too much conformity is not a good thing. Differences are what make people unique and what makes life interesting. First‚ in Jonas’s society family units are all the same: one son‚ one daughter‚ a mother and a father

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    The society in The Giver comes down to being a Utopia or a Dystopia. Seeing things from both sides‚ I conclude that Jonas’s community is a Dystopian society. Not being able to have choices‚ having citizens unhappy‚ and keeping people from being independent would not be considered part of a Utopian society. To begin with‚ Jonas’s community has no say in making their choices or decisions. Based on chapter 13‚ Jonas says‚ “‘But i want them!’ Jonas said angrily. “ It isn’t fair that nothing has color

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    shared.” - Lois Lowry. The Giver by Lois Lowry is a novel about a boy named Jonas who begins to see his community differently. The book begins with what seems to be a perfect place; it turns out that the people in the Community are living shallow and superficial lives. As Jonas begins his work as the Receiver of Memories‚ he gains wisdom and through that wisdom‚ he begins to learn the history of the place we call planet Earth. Many may believe that the society in The Giver is inferior to ours‚ but

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    Jonas closed his eyes and waited for the impact of the snow‚ but none came. His eyes fluttered with the tiny snowflakes on his lashes. Jonas held Gabe tightly‚ letting the heat from his body soak into the baby’s. As the sled slid to a stop‚ Jonas stiffly climbed out‚ clutching Gabe to his chest. He squinted through the thick snow swirling in the air. As Jonas peered through the snow‚ he became aware of the silence. There was no noise‚ no singing‚ no music. Had he only imagined the warm‚ friendly

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    It had been a cruel winter‚ with the crops withered into dust and any money dwindled‚ Aleksandr’s family had cowered into itself with chill and gnawing hunger. One grey day as his mother laid shivering in her bed‚ Aleksandr knelt by her side‚ her grey hand clasped in his. “Mother‚ we are all dying. There is something I must do.” The woman’s sallow face frowned. “There is nothing out in this storm to help us anymore‚ my son.” Aleksandr shook his head firmly‚ “There has to be a way. I shall

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    Piper checked her bag on a flight from Chicago to Paris‚ then switched planes to reach Brussels. Upon arrival‚ she discovered her bag was placed on the wrong connecting flight and would not be arriving until later. She sweated out several hours in the Belgium airport‚ frantically speaking to attendants until her bag appeared in the carousel‚ much to her excitement. She proceeded to evade customs and meet Alex downstairs‚ successfully completing her assignment. The Purpose When she is forced to detail

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    The Giver “I am going to transmit the memory of snow the old man said and placed his hands on Jonas’s bareback” In the first place‚ In The Giver by Lois Lowry‚ she writes about Jonas an adolescent who lives in a community long beyond the thing we call emotions. After‚ the child reaches adulthood their parents are a long forgotten thus eliminating attachments. Notably‚ the emotion we call love is forgotten in this community. In addition‚ the only people who can experience emotions are

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