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    The Effect of the Rules and Punishments In Lois Lowry’s book “The Giver” ‚there are many rules and punishments that effect the community massively. The rules and punishments seem to be the foundation of their society. Many rules and punishments can benefit and drawback any society. In Lois Lowry’s book “The Giver”‚ the rules and punishments are both beneficial and disadvantageous to the community. There are many different rules in Jonas’ society. At breakfast you must tell your dreams to the family

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    comparison to reality. (SIP-A)This meme focuses on how the community made the decision to remove color and shows an unrealistic representation of why they made their decision‚ and how their decision affected the people in their society. (STEWE-1) The Giver explains to Jonas how the community altered the people’s genetics from birth to make them color blind eliminating their choices and opinions. “We’ve never completely mastered Sameness. I suppose the genetic scientists are still hard at work trying

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    Memories are what make us who we are. The good‚ the bad‚ and everything inbetween shape us into who we are and will be. We learn from our mistakes and reminisce the good times. A life without memories would not be interesting. In Lois Lowry’s novel‚ The Giver‚ most people have no memories at all. Things we use everyday become obsolete and the people of the community do not know how exhilarating their lives would be with memories. When the community first went into “Sameness” it was decided one person would

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    over. He also remembered his community and wondered what had happened to his family‚ friends‚ The Giver‚ and everything in life that surrounded him. Back in the Community‚ the air smelled to truth. The memories returned to the people when Jonas left the Community. The happy memories

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    “The Giver”‚ by Lois Lowry‚ has a plotline that is a straight line classic aristotelian pattern‚ which follows the journey of a young pre-teen boy named Jonas through a very crucial time in his life‚ where he is assigned the job he will have until he is old. The reader is introduced to a community that is very representational of an idealized community/society with the “elders” being in full control of the citizens. For example‚ the elders choose their job‚ their spouses and even the children they

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    The Giver – ‘About a Book’ What would you do if you were forced to obey strict rules? Living safely inside a group described as ’the Community’‚ a place where there is no war‚ pain or hunger; a place almost perfect. But what if it all changed when you are selected as the new Receiver of Memory and you start to discover dark secrets that could lead you to undertake an incredible journey and rebel against your people. What if you discover that your whole world is nothing but a horrible lie? This

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    “The Gift of the Giver” and “A Rich Man’s Son” were both very inspiring. Both fables taught me the importance of giving to others and showing gratitude for the gift received. “ The Gift and the Giver” is a folktale about a poor farmer who found a perfect apple‚ many people admired its beauty‚ but they didn’t know what to do with it. The poor farmer thought that this type of perfectection is only worthy for the king‚ so the poor farmer gave it to the king and just wanted a smile from the king in

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    Taking away children’s privilege to read due to a specific book’s controversial content basically informs them that their right to press is void as compared to their parents’ values. This is the exact concept that is presented within The Giver‚ where Lois Lowry uses intricately detailed imagery and mentally stimulating word choice to appeal to a child’s inner diplomat. Within the book‚ Lowry teaches children the purpose of their rights and how damaging and unjust it would be if their memories‚ emotions

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    In the novel The Giver by Lois Lowry‚ twelve year old Jonas states that a community with love would be a "dangerous way to live." Well to think about this‚ you must first answer the question‚ What would be a secure place to live? When we think of invulnerability‚ many of us consider our families‚ friends‚ and loved ones. There is that word again; love. Love is kind‚ warm‚ and healthy‚ but sometimes it can be considered dangerous. For example‚ if you are in love with someone who does not have feelings

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    Issues facing parties and the United States after World War II included the Cold War and the Civil Rights Movement. Republicans attracted conservatives and white Southerners from the Democratic coalition with their resistance to New Deal and Great Society liberalism and the Republicans’ use of the Southern strategy. African Americans‚ who traditionally supported the Republican Party‚ began supporting Democrats following the ascent of the Franklin Roosevelt administration‚ the New Deal‚ and the Civil

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