The Giver by Louis Lowry Chapter 1-2 1. What did the word "frightened" mean‚ according to Jonas? The word "frightened" meaning according to Jonas was a "deep‚ sickening feeling of something terrible about to happen." 2. About what were Jonas and the other children taught to be careful? Jonas and the other children were taught to be careful about language. 3. How did Jonas decide he felt? What was causing this feeling? Jonas felt apprehensive. The Ceremony of Twelve was causing
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The Giver Why is their society‚ in The Giver so different than ours? Their society is so different because they think that they can make their world perfect. We all know that no one is perfect so what makes it so different? In Lois Lowry’s book The Giver their family unit interacts with each other on a day-to-day basis and has both similarities and differences in our family unit which is better than theirs because ours does not have a limit of children‚ do not have required time shares‚ and we
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The book I chose is Ransom by Lois Duncan. This is a story about five teenagers‚ Dexter‚ Jesse‚ Bruce‚ Glenn‚ and Marianne‚ that get kidnapped and their parents are contacted to pay a ransom to get them back. The teenagers are from very different backgrounds and have different social statuses at school. They all live in a “rich” known neighborhood called Valley Gardens which is how the kidnappers chose them. Ransom is a crime thriller and the mystery of not knowing what’s going to happen next keeps
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The utopian society described in Lois Lowry’s The Giver is very similar to the form of government described in the Republic by Plato‚ especially The Allegory of the Cave. Both are descriptions of totalitarian dystopic governments included the separation of people by professional class‚ assignment of profession and purpose by the state‚ and the absence of traditional family units‚ replaced by state-organized breeding. If Jonas‚ the leader‚ is the man released from the cave‚ then his obligations as
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Work Summary Lois Lowry’s 1989 novel Number the Stars tells the story of a ten-year-old Christian girl named Annemarie Johansen. Annemarie is living in Copenhagen‚ Denmark in 1943 when the story begins. Annemarie‚ her little sister Kirsti‚ and her best friend Ellen Rosen‚ a Jew‚ are walking home from school when the story begins. They decide to race but are stopped by two stern looking German soldiers. The soldiers question them‚ but let them go. When the girls reach their apartment home‚ they inform
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Dexter Roberts Prof. Wright MAN 314 Homework # Lois Quam Case 3 Case 3 Lois Quam 1. How does Lois Quam use emotions and moods in her speeches to covey her viewpoint? Cite examples to support your statements. What is emotion and mood? Emotions are a strong set of positive or negative feelings directed towards someone or something. Moods depict positive or negative feelings; moreover‚ a state of mind. In Lois’s quest for green economy it is quite clear that she is a buoyed‚ by a positive approach
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tearing itself apart before adapting and becoming numb to the feelings and moments from the past. This is the case for the numerous communities in Lois Lowry’s The Giver. By masterfully twisting together the idea of the the community’s lack of wisdom‚ the suffering of the Giver and his trainee‚ Jonas‚ and finally the lack of human bonds‚ Lois Lowry writes a tale of loneliness and heartache. Through words‚ she proves to the reader that memories are meant to be shared. Humans are constantly making
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Lois and Clark/Smallville Analysis One of the most well-known and successful superheroes‚ Superman‚ excelled in in comics and began stretching to different forms of media. A popular form is television‚ which created many different Superman show that presented their own unique view on Clark Kent and his story. The time between old series and modern series shows us different ways how the audience is attracted and how the hero is presented in that time. Two examples of old and modern series that
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Case #2: Lois Quam Chapter 3 Summary: This case discusses the career‚ vision‚ and life of Lois Quam‚ CEO of Tysvar. Tysvar is a “Minnesota based New Green Economy and health care reform incubator.” After a successful career in the investment banking world‚ Quam was moved by climate changes she saw while on a trip to Norway and decided to start Tysvar. Tysvar is about universal health care reform‚ as well as contributing to “a viable‚ profitable‚ and socially responsible industry of clean
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NETWORKS I Gladwell (1999). Six Degrees of Lois Weisberg Lois Weisberg has an extraordinary ability to meet people (and making new friends) and connect them each other. She is the Commissioner of Cultural Affairs for the City of Chicago and during her entire life she has hang out and built relationships with people from different backgrounds and jobs: musicians‚ doctors‚ lawyers‚ politicians‚ environmentalists and so on. Without any doubt‚ Lois is capable to reach someone outside her “world”
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