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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this book report‚ I read The Maze Runner. This book was written by James Dashner and published on October 6‚ 2009. The genre of this story is Post-Apocalyptic Fiction‚ and takes place in a mysterious setting. This book report includes four main literary elements. The setting‚ characters‚ theme‚ and symbolism in the story gives it a very interesting tone. There are many different themes in this book including testing the characters memory‚ confusion‚ struggles‚ and fear. The main theme of this story however
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In the novel The Giver by Lois Lowry‚ there are many different symbols and come to together to help form the theme. Symbolism and themes are difficult to infer in a text‚ but understanding these literary elements makes the book more interesting and entertaining for the reader. Symbolism is defined using a concrete word‚ object‚ color‚ picture‚ name and so forth to strand for a name‚ abstract idea‚ image‚ or event. For example a heart could stand for love and an American flag as freedom or patriotism
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garden in the transition of seasons to set a tone of sadness. He illustrates a garden with rotting flowers‚ a graveyard’s last flowers blossoming and their smell being carried to where Brother is‚ reminding him of the dead. Hurst uses the natural elements in the setting to paint a gloomy and dismal setting‚ he could have expressed what he saw and smelled from his garden in many ways‚ yet he chose to depict this garden dying. Furthermore‚ this was done to indicate the tone in this memory‚ which is
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In this passage of Amy Tan’s story‚ Rules of the Game‚ the author uses many literary features to develop the climax of Waverly’s career as a young chess champion. As Waverly faces her first opponent of the chess tournament‚ she continusouly reminds herself of the art of invisble strength. She reptitively gets advised by the "wind"‚ as she carefully makes her moves towards victory‚ where her talent is recognized once again. However‚ a friction between Waverly and her mother arises as more trophies
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The main theme shown in The Giver is the idea that good cannot exist without evil‚ and evil cannot exist without good‚ thus making reaching a perfect society impossible. It does not matter how amazing an experience is‚ unless you have something bad to compare it with you can never taste the true meaning of that moment. The members of Jonas’s community cannot appreciate the joys in their lives because they have never felt sadness. Correspondingly‚ they also do not feel grief because they have never
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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge: Evaluation of Literary Elements Swinging from a noose off a railroad trellis‚ many thoughts race through a condemned man’s mind. In “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge‚” Ambrose Bierce effectively uses literary elements to allow the reader to look through the keyhole of the mind of a dying man in his last moments of life. Elements such as realism‚ flashback‚ metaphor/simile‚ setting‚ point of view‚ and character allow the reader to become
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Free Will‚ A Source of Strength: An Analysis of Choice in The Giver Free will is crucial to an individual’s life‚ a source of strength for all humans. Lois Lowry’s The Giver (1993) is about sacrifice‚ rules and order‚ the consequences of peace‚ and ultimately‚ the significance of free will. Jonas‚ the protagonist‚ lives in an intended “Utopian society”. It is a society without passion nor apathy‚ independence nor enslavement‚ created in attempt to produce an orderly community where pain is nonexistent
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the cell phone.” This is shown through The Giver by Lois Lowry‚ and through “The Pedestrian” by Ray Bradbury. The Giver takes place in a utopian society where there are no feelings and there are many rules to follow to make it so “perfect”. Authors use futuristic plots and incorporate the overuse of technology to show how‚ when used too much‚ technology can be negative. Authors use futuristic plots‚ events that do
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There are millions of books out in the world today‚ all different genres and all different stories. Author Kurt Vonnegut is known to for his satirical literary style of writing while also using science-fiction. As with many of his novels‚ he continued this type of writing through his book‚ Galápagos written in 1985. Vonnegut had a very specific way of writing; He kept things simple and straight forward‚ not having long runoff sentences and keeping things short. This lead to things being simply understood
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