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    Fiona is a character in The Giver. Fiona is patient‚ cheery and polite. Fiona is known as the person who always smiles. Question 1: Some similarities between Fiona in the book and the film is that her personality is the same she is caring and … We can see she is caring in both the book and the film because she cares for the old in the book but also cares for the babies in the film. Some differences between the book and the film is that in the book Fiona was assigned the job of Caretaker in the House

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    The Giver In the quiet night‚ four policemen pursue a fleeing suspect. Suddenly he jumps into the abyss. In the book the giver‚ I thought the book was more interesting because because even though the book had less action. In the movie‚ asher was a drone pilot‚ but in the book he was a recreations director. I both the book and the movie jonas can see red which is gradual. I personally think the movie is less interesting than the movie. Asher was a drone pilot but in the book he was a recreation

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    human. You have to experience another emotion such as sadness to know what happiness feels like‚ this restricts us from having human experiences. In the giver Lois Lowey utilises colour to represent diversity‚ knowledge and wisdom that comes with colour‚ but colour not just red and green but skin colours this can create racial discrimination. In the Giver their world is grey so no one stands out but when confronted with something different they all freak out and start to judge‚ the more colour there is

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    paper compares two stories ‚Shirley Jackson’s ’The Lottery’ and Kate Chopin’s ’The Story of an Hour’‚ which both demonstrate change‚ but in two very different ways. The paper notes that both stories show how change is necessary for life to be constructive and without which life becomes static and boring. The paper compares the way the characters in both stories handle change and how it affects their lives. From the Paper: "In Jackson’s "The Lottery‚" the townspeople face a unique opportunity to change

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    Movies and books are always different; in a movie you can show multiple characters‚ and in most books you’re stuck in one character’s narrative. For instance in the book The Giver the character Fiona doesn’t care about Jonas as deeply as she does in the movie. In the movie she stops her injections‚ and she starts to love Jonas. However in the book she only “enjoys having Jonas’s company”. In the movie she also helps Jonas steal Gabe before he is killed‚ and she is put in the community jail for helping

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    injustice within‚" means that even when a civilization is viewed as good or peaceful‚ many people in the society are treated unfairly. This theme is often expressed in works of literature. In The Crucible by Arthur Miller and Shirley Jackson’s‚ "The Lottery" both show how the quote is true. The Crucible supports the lens through setting‚ characterization‚ and conflict. The play has to do with the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. During this time in American history‚ there were nineteen people who hanged

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    The Lottery‚ by Shirley Jackson‚ and The Yellow Wallpaper‚ by Charlotte Perkins Gilman‚ are two very different stories told in very different ways. While both very well written‚ and enjoyable reads‚ both of these dark pieces leave a person thinking once they are done. In The Lottery‚ the narrator is a third party‚ objective‚ nigh robotic presence. This seems to work well for the piece‚ as a first person narrator may not have been able to give as much of the story. The Yellow Wallpaper has an

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    we read they all showed a point where they had Perception vs. Reality. In The Giver both Jonas and The Giver have a change in perception and in “ Sorry‚ Wrong Number” Mrs. Stevenson does. The story The Giver shows how Jonas and The Giver have a change in perception‚ By: Lois Lowry. The drama “Sorry‚ Wrong Number” shows how Mrs. Stevenson has change in perception‚ By: Lucille Fletcher. In my opinion I think that The Giver and “Sorry‚ Wrong Number” are both great stories and the change in perception

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    For this assignment I watched the movie The Giver because although I had read the book before I didn’t actually remember much about it. Even though the book is better than the movie‚ I actually really enjoyed the movie and found it extremely interesting. It all begins with the memories from the past were being erased and a boundary being set to keep the memories away. Everyday everyone would mandatorily have to get injected even though they didn’t know why‚ they would happen because they found to

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    societies are severely oppressed because of how the government is in control. Dystopian literature shows how the government is in control of the people‚ while the citizens appear to be equal. This paper will include examples from "The Giver”‚ “The Hunger Games”‚ and “The Lottery”. There are a lot of examples of severe oppression in literature. In “The Hunger Games” district 12‚ along with each of the other districts‚ is very oppressed by the controlling government. They are

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