The Giver and Holes Comparative Essay
The Giver and Holes
The Giver of Lois Lowry and Holes by Louis Sachar are both based on certain societies and how the main characters on each book made decisions to solve the main problem. The two stories contain a lot of dillemas for the main characters to decide on. They both also contain great adventure and inspiring stories for the reader to enjoy. These two John Newberry Awarded books will definitely prove themselves why they deserved their award.
THEME The two books gave the importance of fate or destiny. The Giver's Jonas and Holes' Stanley both had their own fate. Jonas' community was passive. They had their fate decided by the “Elders” who practically runs the whole community. The children until the grow up can be designated as a Nurturer, Birthmother, a Laborer, Instructor, Caretaker and more but Jonas' was selected as a Receiver of Memory which was different from the rest of the other children. Jonas had no idea what he will be going through until he chose a different path thinking he would have a better life. Stanley's fate was rather harder since he had to deal with his bad luck which included hard labor until the end of the story. Stanley and Jonas both didn't accept their fate but they made their own choices and paths to walk on. They didn't care what other people say but they decided on what was the right choice.
It also showed that for every decision they would make could affect their future. Jonas from The Giver made a decision to run away because for two main reasons Firstly, Jonas wanted to run away from the pain and loneliness of their community. Secondly, he wanted to save a baby named Gabe from being killed innocently. As a result, both Gabe and Jonas suffered severely during their daring escape. On the other hand, Stanley from Holes ran away from Camp Green Lake because he wanted to save his friend Zero from dying of hunger and thirst in the desert. Stanley found Zero and they both succesfully survived the vast desert.
The Giver of Lois Lowry and Holes by Louis Sachar are both based on certain societies and how the main characters on each book made decisions to solve the main problem. The two stories contain a lot of dillemas for the main characters to decide on. They both also contain great adventure and inspiring stories for the reader to enjoy. These two John Newberry Awarded books will definitely prove themselves why they deserved their award.
THEME The two books gave the importance of fate or destiny. The Giver's Jonas and Holes' Stanley both had their own fate. Jonas' community was passive. They had their fate decided by the “Elders” who practically runs the whole community. The children until the grow up can be designated as a Nurturer, Birthmother, a Laborer, Instructor, Caretaker and more but Jonas' was selected as a Receiver of Memory which was different from the rest of the other children. Jonas had no idea what he will be going through until he chose a different path thinking he would have a better life. Stanley's fate was rather harder since he had to deal with his bad luck which included hard labor until the end of the story. Stanley and Jonas both didn't accept their fate but they made their own choices and paths to walk on. They didn't care what other people say but they decided on what was the right choice.
It also showed that for every decision they would make could affect their future. Jonas from The Giver made a decision to run away because for two main reasons Firstly, Jonas wanted to run away from the pain and loneliness of their community. Secondly, he wanted to save a baby named Gabe from being killed innocently. As a result, both Gabe and Jonas suffered severely during their daring escape. On the other hand, Stanley from Holes ran away from Camp Green Lake because he wanted to save his friend Zero from dying of hunger and thirst in the desert. Stanley found Zero and they both succesfully survived the vast desert.