The Giver, Haddix And Lowry
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 been there, all the things he had learned to treasure. "What did you perceive?" The Giver asked. "Warmth," Jonas replied, "and happiness. And — let me think. I certainly liked the memory, though”...”Love”(Lowry 123-124).
In these quotes, Jonas receives a memory of pain and then a memory of warmth and togetherness from the Giver. When the Giver is giving the memory of pain to Jonas, he experiences what suffering felt like. The Giver has also given a memory that creates a very warm and positive atmosphere and shows Jonas’s delighted reaction to the memory.
This is an example of a character vs. self conflict, because Jonas struggles to face pain. The first part of the quote shows the pain that people would experience before the Community took away all the …show more content…
In The Giver, Lowry states, “He forced his eyes open as they went downward, downward, sliding, and all at once he could see lights, and he recognized them now. He knew they were shining through the windows of rooms, that they were the red, blue, and yellow lights that twinkled from trees in places where families created and kept memories, where they celebrated love. Downward, downward, faster and faster. Suddenly he was aware with certainty and joy that below, ahead, they were waiting for him; and that they were waiting, too, for the baby. For the first time, he heard something that he knew to be music. He heard people singing”(Lowry
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 been there, all the things he had learned to treasure. "What did you perceive?" The Giver asked. "Warmth," Jonas replied, "and happiness. And — let me think. I certainly liked the memory, though”...”Love”(Lowry 123-124).
In these quotes, Jonas receives a memory of pain and then a memory of warmth and togetherness from the Giver. When the Giver is giving the memory of pain to Jonas, he experiences what suffering felt like. The Giver has also given a memory that creates a very warm and positive atmosphere and shows Jonas’s delighted reaction to the memory.
This is an example of a character vs. self conflict, because Jonas struggles to face pain. The first part of the quote shows the pain that people would experience before the Community took away all the …show more content…
In The Giver, Lowry states, “He forced his eyes open as they went downward, downward, sliding, and all at once he could see lights, and he recognized them now. He knew they were shining through the windows of rooms, that they were the red, blue, and yellow lights that twinkled from trees in places where families created and kept memories, where they celebrated love. Downward, downward, faster and faster. Suddenly he was aware with certainty and joy that below, ahead, they were waiting for him; and that they were waiting, too, for the baby. For the first time, he heard something that he knew to be music. He heard people singing”(Lowry