Date: February 8‚ 2013 The Giver: The Fight For Freedom The challenging attempt to successfully achieve a Utopian Society‚ while balancing the freedom of the citizens has existed since the first civilizations. Lois Lowry’s‚ The Giver (1993)‚ follows the story of a young boy named Jonas living in a supposedly utopian society as well discovering the flaws in the community’s apparent freedom and safety. The community of The Giver violates many basic human rights as set forth by the Universal Declaration
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may think that‚ the quotes means nothing to you. In reality it really does. The society we live in‚ we hold memories. In The GIverś society‚ they also hold memories but only one person does. Have you ever held a memory? Like getting your first dog? The Giver society and our society hold those memories to‚ just a little bit differently. Although‚ The Giver society is different than ours‚ they have one person that holds there memories of color‚ pain‚ and even sunshine and snow. For
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In the novel The Giver‚ one of the most interesting and deeply described character was Jonas. Jonas is a normal boy in the Community‚ and when he turns a 12‚ he is assigned one of the most honored assignments: the Receiver. The Receiver is given the outside world’s memories from the Giver and keeps them until the next Receiver comes. Jonas showed characteristics of bravery‚ selflessness‚ and determination. When assigned the Receiver‚ Jonas is told he must stay brave to meet the goals of the Receiver
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The book Giver was a awesome book and in this essay I will be telling you why I think Lois Lowry wrote this book. the giver there is a lot of information that was included from her own personal life. She said in article that her dad has memory loss so she has to remind her dad some memories that happen a while ago and that is like the giver trying pulling back memories to give to Jonas. Why I think Lois Lowry wrote this book is because she wanted to show how seeing colors for the first time was
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The book The Giver is a dystopia. It is a dystopia because you get your bike at 12 years old‚ they kill small children‚ and they can’t leave the community. Children in The Giver receive their bikes when they are twelve. I think that is too old.I think you need to get your bike it eight years old.Because if you get your bike at 8 you can practice. So when you get twelve you will know how to ride your bike to where you need to go. So you need to get your bike taller than twelve. In the b community
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In The Giver – Lois Lowry has tried to portray a utopian society and some people believe it is possible. The reality world is becoming worse day by day‚ so they have fundamental to agree with the idea that utopian society does exist. Maybe in the future and by some ways‚ human will be control by a group of people and that group can be called Committee‚ same way in the book. Although one assume the utopia is possible and that is a perfect world to live‚ but others believe that live the world we live
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and vigor than The Giver’s perfect utopian society with unnerving truths. The two novels have a conflict that includes survival. Lowry‚ author of The Giver‚ uses action‚ ideas‚ and adjectives to describe her main characters’ appearance and personalities in the community. Collins also describes her characters in the same way. The plot in The Giver was straightforward. Lowry gives an indication as to what might happen next. She uses adjectives to describe different situations in the plot. The Hunger
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take away colours? (p. 124 in the book). Jonas is possible to see things beyond what other people in the community can’t see because they don’t have the memories and abilities to see it. For example‚ Jonas realizes the colour red in Fiona’s hair. As Giver said that the community decided to choose sameness‚ so they gave up colours. 7. How would you describe what colour is to someone who has never experienced it? It is very tough to describe. However‚ translate feeling into colour might help. For example
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There are many similarities about the "Giver" in the movie and book. These are some of them. One similarity about "Giver" was both in the movie and book Jonas had learned about love and he liked it. Another one is‚ Jonas lied to his parents when they asked Jonas if he understood why the word love wasn’t used anymore. In the book Jonas and Giver come up with a plan on how Jonas can escape from the community the same thing happened in the movie. In both the movie and book a the same tragic event
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“. Jonas said his name and the little girl opened the door and said “Hi‚ My name is Rosemary. “ Jonas looked at her with a surprised face and asked her “ Are you The Givers‚ I mean Receivers daughter? “ Rosemary replied “ Yes Jonas I am “ Jonas explained to her that he became the new receiver and that her father had became the giver. She asked “Jonas why did you knock on my door crying ? “ Jonas answered her question‚ “ My family had been watching this little boy named Gabriel and my father decided
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