In her book ‘The Giver’‚ Lois Lowry has created a futuristic utopian community where there are no feelings‚ no choices and Sameness prevails. Sameness‚ as the name suggests‚ is the idea that all aspects of life are almost invariably the same for all community members and life itself has no choices; everything is dictated‚ from what to wear and who to marry‚ to how one is required to act and the number of offspring. There exist no colours; the community sees in black and white and hues of grey. Because
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Could you imagine a world where everyone is the same? In Lois Lowry’s book the giver‚ everyone in Jonas’ community is mostly the same and are given numbers as identification. Individuality Definitely from a person. They are taught that everyone is the same. They make sure you are perfect‚ but if you are not perfect‚ the penalty‚ is death or what they call being released. Identity is controlled and individuality is eliminated‚ which does solve some problems but also creates them.
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homework‚ but he could only receive if someone offered something to him. Joe decided to stay late and send Gus home (showing how he had changed within the past week from a go-getter‚ to a go-giver‚ he let Gus leave instead of himself.) Typically Joe would not be at work at 6:15 on a Friday‚ but since he was a go-giver‚ he found himself there when his phone rang. The laws Joe put into place throughout the week had come back to help him complete the last law of receiving. Neil Hansen‚ a fellow who Ed
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Kin stretched out the gaming poster and slotted one end into the stand‚ he took a look at the pile of posters he had and heaved a sigh. The work was much drearier than he thought and after spending three days in Hewat and hundreds of repetitions of the same activity Kin didn’t think it could get any worse but Kin knew he would rather be efficiently slotting posters all day than having to be the waste collector that removed radioactive liquid from heating cells. He sighed in relief as the meal bell
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reader can relate to the disbelief and horror that Jonas feels when he realizes that his community is a society based on the false ideas of goodness. As Jonas comes to understand the importance of memory‚ freedom‚ individuality‚ and even color‚ he can no longer stand by and watch the people in his community continue to live under such horrible restrictions. One reason I think their society was a dystopia is because you are never connected with anyone around you. You are placed in a family unit
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you can think of‚ with colors as far as the eye can see. Now imagine the same scene‚ colorless and dead‚ which one is better? The colorful one‚ right? The science fiction novel The Giver by Lois Lowry is about the protagonist‚ Jonas‚ who experiences the peaks and valleys life through the memories he receives from the Giver. He finds that even though life has its ups and downs‚ it is far more interesting than a life of black and white. Through the memories‚ Jonas come to realize that even though there
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The Giver vs. “The Village” Text-to-Text: The Giver and “The Village” are both utopian societies pecause the government makes everything perfect for tham to be controlled. . There are many differences and similarities between them that all range in the category of fear. The Giver and “The Village” both have an unknown fear that lurks on the outside of their communities. In both “the Village” and The Giver the people live in a very gloomy and sad environment‚ The Giver there is no color at they
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Character – In the movie‚ The Giver‚ there is a character called the Receiver of memory. He receives the memory the Giver gives him‚ it is his job to keep those memories. Since a character is a living thing that take part in the action of a story‚ play or movie‚ the Receiver of memory is the perfect example because he is living and takes part in the action. Protagonist – In the movie‚ The Dark Knight Rises‚ there is Batman. He is a well-known superhero who protects the city of Gotham. He dresses
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everything their government does and as a result‚ they are oblivious to what the reality is and how terrible they are living their lives. Individuals should learn to question everything and not accept the flow of why things are happening. In the novel‚ The Giver‚ Jonas and his friends and family live in a dystopia where so many things are taken away from them such as‚ the ability to see color and the ability to feel emotions. Later in the novel‚ Jonas doubts his government and runs away from the town‚ thus
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In the book The Giver‚ there are all these different rules of the community to prevent people from doing the wrong or bad things‚ but in all the rules‚ there are always positive ones and negative ones. So comparing to the real world and to the community‚ what rules from the community should we learn from? According to the book‚ Pilots cannot fly over the community‚‚ Each person in a family must share his/her dreams in the morning‚ and in the evening‚ his/her feelings of the day‚ There can only
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