In the text “A Long Walk to Water”‚ by Linda Sue Park‚ there are many themes that are developing as we read. Some of these themes are abandonment‚ poverty‚ loneliness‚ etc. we will explore how these themes have developed thus far in the novel. When reading the text we can see the theme of poverty through Nya’s story. As stated on page 8‚ chapter 2‚ the narrators says‚ “…she looked at the bottom of her foot. There it was‚ a big thorn that had broken off right in the middle of her heel. If Nya had
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Jonas the New Receiver Can you imagine a world where everything is under control‚ there is no war‚ pain‚ or fear but nobody has a right to choose yet it is perfect? Well‚ Lois Lowry did. She created a world where everyone were supposed to be happy in her futuristic novel‚ the Giver. Jonas‚ the protagonist of the story‚ was selected to be the new Receiver of Memory. It turns out Jonas was singled out with all the differences he had since he started to feel unlike his friends. Not many people were
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Aayush Shah 8-C The Giver(Speech) FREEDOM OF THOUGHT… FREEDOM OF SPEECH… FREEDOM OF ACTION… All these necessities for the mental freedom of a human being were manipulated in the society in the book ‘the Giver’. Lowry narrates The Giver in third person using a limited omniscient viewpoint in which only Jonas’ thoughts and feelings are revealed. Through Jonas’ eyes‚ his community appears to be a utopia — a perfect place — that is self-contained and isolated from Elsewhere‚ every other place
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I will be giving my interpretation of the book “The Giver” by Lois Lowry. This book is set in a society that at first seems to be a utopian society but the further you read on it gradually appears to be more and more dystopian. So this book is about a boy named Jonas going through his twelfth year of his life. Jonas is soon selected to be the “Receiver of Memory” he is to be given the past memories of the time before sameness‚ or before the society became a utopia. As the story progresses Jonas soon
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Nancy Chen 8.9.11 Everything You Live Through Helps Make the Person You Are Now “I’ve never tried to block out the memories of the past‚ even though some are painful. I don’t understand people who hide from their past. Everything you live helps to make the person you are now.” by Sophia Loren. Everyone has memories of pain and ecstasy of the past‚ but we should keep them so it
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Personal Response: I read the book‚ The Westing Game‚ by Ellen Raskin. It was a very interesting book and I enjoyed reading it. The book was a mystery and I do not usually read those types of books. It was cool to always be thinking about who the killer could be. Plot: The book‚ The Westing Game‚ is about a game to figure out who murdered Mr. Westing. He was the owner of Westing Paper Products. When he died‚ he left clues to this game and whoever figures out the murderer gets Mr. Westing’s $220
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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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Imagine sand in your eyes and glaring heat taking you down one second at a time‚ all while digging a 5 foot wide by 5 foot deep hole. That’s the life of Stanley Yelnats IV in the book “Holes” by Louis Sachar. The book “Holes” is a mystery comedy novel released on August 20th‚ 1989. The book “Holes” Starts off with a teenager named Stanley Yelnats IV. Stanley and his family have had bad luck ever since his no good dirty rotten pig-stealing great great grandfather Elya Yelnats made a promise he did
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Freedom is a right we are born with‚ that cannot be taken away. We fought for our freedom so we could make our own decisions and the choices we have the right to make. In a “perfect” community though‚ that is not an option. Life is not about the people there‚ it’s about sameness and safeness; and they have no freedom. In The Giver by Lois Lowry‚ Jonas lives in a community just like this where everything is assigned for them‚ and they have no freedom of choice. When Jonas turns 12‚ he gets assigned
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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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