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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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    of tension or uncertainty. One type of suspense is when the action is “slowed to a crawl.” Another type is when the writer continues to add complications to an event or situation. Both of these types of suspense are displayed in Lois Lowry’s‚ “The Giver.” “Jonas felt more and more certain that the destination lay ahead of him‚ very near now in the night that was approaching. None of his senses confirmed it. He saw nothing ahead except the endless ribbon of road unfolding in twisting narrow curves

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    controlled character’s reaction prevents incorrect things because… If their reaction is being controlled they could react differently to the way‚ the way you react to something different to someone else’s reaction to it like getting tackled . In the Giver everybody said “I’m sorry” to the person when they did something wrong‚ and that caused people to react differently “Then she seemed to notice his discomfort and to realize its origin. well first of all of their reactions are being controlled by

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    In the novel The Giver by Lois Lowry‚ Jonas lives in an imperfect world. His community is a dystopia. According to the text‚ utopias and dystopias is a term used to describe a utopian society in which things have gone wrong. Jonas’ community is a dystopia because of the lack of knowledge‚ sameness‚ and complete control. Jonas’ community has a lack of knowledge. The Receiver of Memory only knows the past. Families can only have 2 books‚ while The Giver and the Receiver of Memory have a whole library

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    To explore the concepts of Utopian theory‚ both political and social‚ one must first engender a concrete definition of what Utopia means. Sir Thomas More‚ the original creator of the term Utopia‚ signifies it as “no place”. However‚ More’s clever play on words seems ultimately to suggest that ”no place” is just no place right now. That is to say that Utopia is “an ideal place that does not exist in reality” yet (Murfin and Ray 529). The theoretical and literary genres of Utopianism which came in

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    Discuss the importance of courage (sacrifice) Books: The Giver and The Outsiders People make many choices for society’s sake. In the book‚ the Giver and the Outsiders‚ one sees the importance of courage through the development of the characters in the book. The number of sacrifices Jonas and multiple characters from the Outsiders make for the benefit of the society is great. Through this story‚ the reader sees the powerful effect of bravery. First of all‚ there are moments in the novel when

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    family as much as he loves the giver. The book “The Giver” is about jonas growing up and getting new memories from the Giver as he was selected as the Receiver of Memory. The community would be better if they allowed you to be more connected with your family. Jonas has different relationships with different people‚ for example‚ his relationships with The Giver‚ his family‚ and his friends‚ Fiona and Asher‚ are all very different. Jonas has a better relationship with the giver than anyone else in the book

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    The Giver Journal Entries 1st Journal Entry: 1) Describe your idea of a perfect world. include all important information. My idea of a perfect place would be perfect in my mind. You would have endless money and do mostly whatever you want. The government would not be generally strict but it would be very law-enforcing. Although the laws would not be very strict the laws would be very serious. Some of them would be like no killing and no smoking and other things that are problems in our regular

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    The Giver by Lois Lowry was written in 1933 about a dystopian society‚ in which the memories of pain‚ war‚ hatred‚ hunger‚ conflict‚ and sadness have been eliminated from society‚ and placed onto a single man‚ called “The Giver.” The protagonist‚ Jonas‚ has the ability to receive these memories and is charged with the task of taking all of the memories from the current Giver‚ because he is getting old. During this process‚ Jonas realizes that the society he grew up in is far from perfect‚ and that

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