Reflective Essay: The Giver by Lois Lowry The Giver by Lois Lowry is a directive novel about how structured lifestyle could lead to absence of being a true human. In a lifestyle of freedom‚ people are not mainly subjected to how they should feel and also what to have feelings for. For instance‚ in a country like United States‚ as a citizen you have the right to freedom which is stated in its Constitution. In such‚ there is little to no infringement as to what you choose to believe in or have feelings
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Betsy K. 5-23-13 4th Period LA The Giver In your opinion‚ is the community in The Giver a utopia or a dystopia? Like many countries such as North Korea or Cuba‚ the community appears to be a dystopia. The environment of the community may seem impractical‚ however‚ there are many places like this in the real world. The community in The Giver is very similar to the country of North Korea. For example‚ both of the governments in these regions are controlling and predominant. In these
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pain‚ no color‚ no real feelings‚ no weather‚ no memories‚ no love‚ and more. In the book‚ The Giver‚ by Lois Lowry‚ Jonas‚ the main character‚ lives in a Utopian society. A Utopian society is a world that is perfect‚ a world with no problems or any bad things. As Jonas’s Assignment‚ he was selected to be the Receiver‚ the most honored job in the Community‚ and receives special training from the Giver. At first‚ Jonas enjoys the way his Community functions‚ but later wants to explore all of the
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The Giver You: “Mom‚ Dad; do you love me?” Mom and Dad: “Are you kidding me!?” In the novel “The Giver” by Lois Lowry‚ the main character‚ Jonas changes and reveals a very important theme. Jonas in the beginning of the story was a very clueless character‚ and throughout the story he changes little by little and reveals a theme. Jonas in the beginning of the story was a absolutely oblivious to the real world happening around him. “I felt the wanting...” This shows that Jonas doesn’t even
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The Giver “No‚ God knows well that the moment you eat of it [the apple] your eyes will be opened and you be like gods who know what is good and what is bad.” Genesis 3:5 “When he expelled the man‚ he settled him [released him] east of the Garden of Eden [Elsewhere]; and he stationed the cherubim and the fiery revolving sword‚ to guard the way to the three of life.” Genesis 3:24 A punishment is a penalty for doing something wrong. In Lois Lowry’s book‚ The Giver even though the main character
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Chapter 1-2 Summary We are introduced to Jonas‚ the eleven-year-old protagonist of the story‚ as he struggles to find the right word to describe his feelings as he approaches an important milestone. He rejects “frightened” as too strong a word‚ recalling a time when he had really been frightened: a year ago‚ an unidentified aircraft flew over his community—it was a strange and unprecedented event‚ since Pilots were not allowed to fly over the community. As Jonas remembers the community reaction
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The Giver‚ by Lois Lowry‚ Jonas was making a new beginning by making an end. Jonas was making an end by leaving the community. He left with Gabriel because he wanted to experience things outside his community. He was very hurt by the community because he couldn’t openly share his feelings. He wanted to share and experience his feelings with other people. He felt the community did plenty of things wrong. Jonas did not seem to like what happened to people when they were released. He wanted to change
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done and that is what u are supposed to do. That is not a visionary system of political and social perfection. A job is one of the most important parts of a person’s life. If it’s so important shouldn’t enjoy it. In this "utopia‚" created in The Giver you don’t get to do that. Other people choose the activity you are going to do for the rest of your life. Fiona was assigned Caretaker of The Old‚ a job she really wanted‚ but what happens if she starts that job and decides that she really doesn’t
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The Giver I chose Chapter 5 of this book because I thought it was very interesting‚ how it relates to teenagers in real life since they get those same sort of feelings called “Stirrings” as said in the book. As children reach a certain age they start to develop feelings for each other and in this book it shows certain kids that they’re not the only ones that feel this way. The book relates a lot to kids their age. Though the book gives a simple way to solve the problem‚ many wish it could be
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Party’s Ending In a piece of literature‚ the writing style is consistent throughout the entire paper. When a person is asked to write an ending to someone else’s work‚ it can prove to be a difficult task. He must take the writer’s style into consideration in order to write a proper ending. In the short story “Birthday Party‚” two paragraphs were provided for the reader. On a separate sheet‚ seven possible ending were given. Immediately‚ some of the choices can be ruled out. The first ending does
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