Pittman‚ Ernest Gaines Go Tell it on the Mountain‚ James Baldwin Black Boy‚ Richard Wright (memoir) Dystopian/Futuristic/Science Fiction Ender’s Game‚ Orson Scott Card Slaughterhouse 5‚ Kurt Vonnegut Catch-22‚ Joseph Heller The Giver‚ Lois Lowry Martian Chronicles‚ Ray Bradbury Realism/Naturalism/Regionalism The Call of the Wild‚ Jack London White Fang‚ Jack London O’Pioneers‚ Willa Cather My Antonia‚ Willa Cather Maggie‚ Girl of the Streets‚ Stephen Crane The Jungle‚ Upton Sinclair
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Ramsey Frederickson December 5‚ 2012 Professor: Laura Bigelow ENG 090-03 Pleasantville vs. The Giver Compare & Contrast In the movie‚ Pleasantville‚ and in the book‚ The Giver‚ there are many different similarities and differences. One similarity is that the communities are portrayed as utopias but in reality are actually dystopias. Another similarity is the weather and the fact that it’s extremely ideal. Also‚ in both the movie and in the book the communities have no understanding
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Jeremy Bentham‚ a british utilitarian reformer‚ once wrote that the object of good government was to create the greatest happiness for the greatest number. In the books Brave New World by Aldous Huxley‚ The Giver by Lois Lowry‚ and The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood‚ the government’s use all of their power to achieve this goal. They control almost every aspect of their citizens lives in order to create their perfect version of control‚ happiness and sameness. They are able to control what the
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In The Giver‚ language is often used as a tool for social control. Many of the terms distort or conceal the meaning of the words we use now‚ in order to promote the rules and conventions of the community. They affect the behavior and attitude of the people in the community. The terms release‚ Stirrings‚ and the Ceremony of Loss are all expressions that have had an impact in The Giver. The term “release” is a frightening one in the story. To be released‚ is the highest level of dishonor in Jonas’s
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The Giver I have recently read the novel The Giver‚ by Lois Lowry‚ and watched the movie Pleasantville. These works focus on making perfect societies. The Giver is about a boy named Jonas who lives in a community with many rules. He is assigned the job of the Receiver of Memory and goes through great amounts of pain
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We have all failed and to fix it we have had to change things. In the book The Giver by Lois Lowry the Giver had to change his methods after Rosemary(the receiver) applied for release and all the memories were given to the people of the community. When the memories came to the people of the community after Rosemary failed being the receiver the giver knew he had to change something. After the release of Rosemary the Giver changed his methods in hope of finally succeeding with Jonas by giving him
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Everyone’s desire is to decide if they want to become married and who they want to be married to‚ also having children of their own. In our society we are allowed to decide who we want to be married to‚ or have a family. The author of this novel‚ Lois Lowry‚ wonders how our community would be without having free
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lrondale (16 lanes)‚ Five Points South (12 lanes)‚ and Chapman Lanes‚ later to be known as LoMac Bowl (16 lanes). Chapman Lanes got its name from one of the proprietors‚ Ben Chapman - the great major league baseball player from Birmingham. Marvin Lowry (Lo) and Joe McCorvey (Mac) purchased Chapman Lanes‚ and the name was changed to LoMac Bowl. It was not long until small 6-12 lane houses gave way to the modern automated centers. In the late 1950’s and into
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Chapter 14 Outline * 14.1 The Nature of Acid and Bases * Acid-Base Theories * Arrhenius- Acid is a hydrogen producer and a base is a hydroxide producer * Bronsted-Lowry- Acid is a proton donor and a base a proton acceptor * Lewis- An acid is an electron pair acceptor‚ and I base is an electron pair donor * Conjugate base & acids * Ka= [products]/[reactants] * Acid dissociation constant * 14.2 Acid Strength * In a strong
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Zachary Robert Luedders Summer Reading Summery (Gathering Blue) July 24‚ 2013 Plot: Kira is a girl with a twisted leg who lives in a more primitive society where people who cannot work‚ die. She has been kept alive by her mother‚ and when her mother dies‚ Kira is brought before the Council of Guardians. Kira’s life is spared when she proves she can weave very well‚ and she is assigned to the task of fixing up the robe worn by the singer whose only job is to sing the story of human civilization
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