It is embedded in human nature to love; in fact‚ many scientific studies have proven that mankind can’t live without love. However‚ in the critically-acclaimed‚ dystopian novel The Giver‚ love‚ along with any true emotions‚ is ostracized. All inhabitants of the Community are identical‚ with no one truly loving each other‚ just “enjoying one another’s presence”. The protagonist‚ Jonas‚ must learn for himself what the true meaning of love is‚ how it affects humans‚ and whether expressing it is worth
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The Giver is about a boy named Jonas‚ who lives in a dystopian society where the citizens of the community make no choices in their lives instead the communities leaders decide for them ( The Giver‚Lois Lowry‚ 8‚12‚15)They believe that if they let people make their own decisions‚ they would make wrong choices‚ so the leaders think for the people’s safety‚ they shouldn’t let them make them. If compared to our society‚ there would be many similarities of how they run the government but differences
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The Giver: A Life with No Freedom Is Not a Life at All Living a life without color‚ weather‚ true emotions‚ or virtually any other aspect that makes life vibrant is a truly depressing way to imagine life. Imagine the concepts of love and happiness being eliminated from life. Weather is no longer something that exists‚ and being able to choose your spouse and choose how many children you want is not even a right that is known to have existed at some point. This sort of life hardly sounds ideal;
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In the texts Among the Hidden and The Giver‚ Haddix and Lowry use imagery‚ conflict‚ and resolution to establish a common theme; the world will never be "perfect". Evidence 1:“Then‚ the first wave of pain... as if a hatchet lay lodged in his leg‚ slicing through each nerve with a hot blade... vomited onto the frozen snow. Blood dripped from his face into the vomit” (Lowry 109). “Jonas opened his eyes and lay contentedly on the bed‚ still luxuriating in the warm and comforting memory. It had all
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can overwhelm you. Jonas and The Giver feel this way. In Jonas and the Giver’s society‚ one person must be responsible for carrying the burden that is all of the memories‚ not including their own. The leaders of their society have given a burden to that person‚ made them lonely‚ and denied the rest of the citizens the gifts of true emotions and true happiness. These decisions made by the leaders should have changed a long time ago. In The Giver‚ Jonas and The Giver had been selected by the Committee
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versus Totalitarianism In Animal Farm. Old Major‚ in Animal Farm‚ wanted the animals to be free of man’s rule over them but also govern themselves. He discusses a rebellion to rise against man. He wanted them to revolt against man because they believe man doesn’t know how to treat them‚ however other animals know how to treat one another. In Orwell’s‚ Animal Farm‚ the rebellion was supposed to make the animals free; however with Napoleon’s abuse of power it became the rule of totalitarianism instead
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community nothing like our‚ but has no right to anything at all. Yet‚ he is chosen to be the giver. The giver transmits memories in Jonas of things he never knew before and not experience‚ he then finds out the real truth about his community and decides to change it. Emotions express ourselves about how we feel towards events that happen through our lives‚ but when memories turn unpleasent‚ Lowry shows in The Giver‚ emotions can feel painful. The memory is about war which gives an euphemism to Jonas and
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Instability of Totalitarianism in George Orwell’s 1984 A government enforces procedures in which a society must follow. Governments contrast by deciding to either be stringent‚ lenient or even moderate. The protagonist‚ Winston realizes that the government which he resides in maintains absolute control. Revolution results in extreme punishment that eventually leads to death. With the rest of the society brainwashed Winston tries to successfully find a way to revolt. Throughout the novel‚ 1984
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The giver What is a utopia? Is it a place where pain war and hunger does not exist? How do you describe a dystopia? In Jonas’ community‚ in the ‘Giver’ written by Lois Lowry ‚ he is living in the community where everything is the same‚ organised and pain free‚ basically he is living in a ‘Utopia’. For him everything is perfect the way it is but when he was chosen as the receiver of memory for the community he discovered dark secrets that lie ahead. In the giver book by Lois Lowry‚ Jonas is living
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A new ending for The Giver-Vanellope When Jonas opened his eyes. He just found that he lost his consciousness when he slid down the hill. Free and relaxed with his arm and leg‚ “what happened to my body?” ‚Jonas thought. Everything around him was white‚ the snow stopped‚ that kind of white is different than the snow. white ground‚ white sky‚ white house‚ just like the same as the house in the community. “Hello?” Jonas said. Nobody answered him‚ nobody was around him. Jonas felt confused‚ where
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