Most of the characters in this book show a respect for some of God’s rules although they do it unintentionally. The Giver takes place in a society where there are really no emotions and the people don’t understand death. Because the Giver takes place in this kind of society where everything is the same there are no churches or religion. Because the characters in the book don’t understand death a lot of time they will kill people unintentionally. Such as when Jonas’s father has to release babies what
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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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a familiar voice yelling around the corner. When they walked over to the people‚ he saw the Giver being tortured and the Giver yelling at them. Jonas needed a closer look to make sure it was him‚ so when Jonas and Gabe checked to make sure‚ they noticed that it was the Giver. The men hurting the poor Giver ran away because they didn’t want anyone to rat them out. When Jonas finally went to the Giver‚ Jonas suddenly passed
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to Mars instead of the boys? Were the girls somehow superior compared to the boys? Boys should not be compared to girls nor should girls be compared to boys. This subject relates to the theme that is present throughout the short story “X” written by Lois Gould. “X” is based on the innocent childhood of a kid in which their gender is never truly revealed. Throughout the story‚ we witness how this unique child changes most gender based stereotypes that are created throughout young children’s lives. X
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afraid because they are not treated fairly. In class we read The Giver and The Hunger Games. In the book The Giver they tried to create a utopia which means modeled on or aiming for a state in which everything is perfect; idealistic. There are three main similarities or differences that stood out in these books. In The Giver and The Hunger Games they were in a “dome” or a closed in area. Both of the main characters were chosen. Last‚ The Giver community was just living their lives and in The Hunger Games
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Utopian Society? “Every utopian society faces the same problem: what do you do with the people who don’t fit in.”(Margaret Atwood). In the Giver they attempt to create a utopian society. In order to do that they gave up their freedom. A perfect society takes away more than it gives. A perfect society is a place where everyone is the same and there is no diversity or hate or love or pain. It takes away the most painful amazing of feelings‚ and doesn’t allow people to think for themselves so they
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controlling whole populations is very bad. Although the two books Divergent and The Giver are very different‚ they also have a few similarities‚ which I will point out. In Divergent and The Giver‚ there is a lot of control exerted by the different governments. In both books‚ there is not much freedom of choice. While there is a little more freedom of choice in Divergent‚ individuals have to follow the faction rules. In The Giver‚ there is pretty much zero‚ zilch (A.K.A 0) choice. Both governments control
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people of these 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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The Giver is the best book I have ever read. The Giver is amazing because there is sacrifice‚ courage‚ and love. Those are all thing that I think make a story fantastic. There is sacrifice an example of it; is when he left so that the community would have the memories which benefits them and puts him in danger.Jonas left the community so that he could be free from the control of the community. He had to leave all of his friend‚ his family‚ and the giver behind which would be hard. Jonas also shared
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or the way they’re acting. The difference between “The Giver” society and our society is that everyone gets controlled by people in “The Giver” society and everyone can do what they want but by law in our society everyone remembers stuff and is happy but the giver people can’t remember things if they know to much they kill them. The difference between “The Giver”society and our society is that everyone gets controlled by people in “The Giver”society. and everyone can do what they want but by law
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