version of a "Utopia". It was a fantasy oriented book‚ that was suppose to make you think about the possibilities for the future. The setting is a supposedly perfect society where everyone is taken care of and no one is different. The author Lois Lowry does a fine job portraying this supposedly "ideal" society. This book began with a description of sameness and release the two general principles the society functions on. It then continues while Jonas (the main character) waits to receive his
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Have you ever recalled the best or worst memory that made you extremely happy or sad? In The Giver‚ the citizens of the main society are unable to do this. TheOur main character ‚Jonas‚ has lived in this society for his whole life. He enjoys life there and hangs out with his friend Asher. Once children reach the age of twelve‚ they are given a profession that they have for the rest of their lives. Jonas doesn’t have a specific job he really desires‚ but is worried due to his well rounded abilities
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Essay Most often in literature‚ common themes are an aspect that different works tend to share. As a matter of fact‚ the short stories “Charles” by Shirley Jackson‚ “A Mother in Mannville” by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings‚ and the novel The Giver by Lois Lowry‚ all discuss the message of deception. In each story‚ the protagonist dealt with the deception‚ and the motivation behind the deception was controversial as well. In the same way‚ the theme of deception was expressed to the readers. In “Charles”
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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; however‚ in Lois Lowry’s novel The Giver‚ society over time evolved to eliminate all these aspects of life‚ and they did so to improve their lives. Over time‚ it was decided that the downsides of various types of weather outweighed being able to
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protagonist is given the responsibility of inheriting all of society’s memories from before the world became colorless‚ emotionless‚ and seemingly utopian. It is reportedly the first well-known piece of dystopian literature to have such a focus‚ and Lois Lowry herself is said to be honored to have started the fad that would encompass many of the other well-known contemporary series in the twenty-first century (Artifice). Many dystopian novels have developed common thematic elements‚ such as apparent or
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Could you ever imagine living in a community where there are no feelings‚ memories of the past‚ or color. In the book The Giver by Lois Lowry‚ the main character Jonas is singled out to become the new Receiver of Memory for his community that strives to be perfect by stopping emotions‚ taking away color‚ memories of the past‚ and many other things‚ except for the Receiver. He learns about Elsewhere‚ the real truth about life‚ through memories he is given‚ both good and bad. He is not allowed to tell
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In many dystopian literatures‚ the characters show some type of emotion to their peers‚ weather it is questioning them or it is having some sort paranoia about them. In The Giver by Lois Lowry‚ Jonas‚ the receiver of memory chooses to return all the memories back to his communities so that they could have a life with emotions‚ color‚ and diversity. In The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street by Rod Serling‚ members of the street were being very paranoid because some aliens came to their community
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Example Literary Essay: The Giver by Lois Lowry Example Introduction Paragraph: “The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes‚ but in having new eyes.” This quote by Marcel Proust speaks of discovering what‟s right in front of you by seeing it differently‚ with “new eyes.” The main character‚ Jonas‚ in Lois Lowry‟s The Giver goes through a similar experience when he discovers his “Capacity to See Beyond.” Jonas begins to see his Community differently‚ with an awareness or
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I am writing a paper on the similarities of the setting between two books‚ The Giver and Gathering Blue both by the same author Lois Lowry. To start off‚ in both of the books they have annual gatherings each year that start in the morning‚ are multiple hours long‚ have lunch and resting breaks and continue into the afternoon. During these gatherings or celebrations the celebrate their past and their maturity and age. Another likeness is that they both have a committee of elders or the people that
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leaders had destroyed it in the time much before us. They have taken away what makes us different and diverse‚ emerging the community into a world of black and white and sameness. While I was in training‚ I came across a book called The Giver by Lois Lowry. It tells of a society where the leaders control everything and everyone. It sounded a lot like our community‚ there is release‚ sameness‚ job assignments‚ food deliverers‚ and so much more. At first‚ when I started reading‚ I thought it was a book
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