The society in The Giver comes down to being a Utopia or a Dystopia. Seeing things from both sides‚ I conclude that Jonas’s community is a Dystopian society. Not being able to have choices‚ having citizens unhappy‚ and keeping people from being independent would not be considered part of a Utopian society. To begin with‚ Jonas’s community has no say in making their choices or decisions. Based on chapter 13‚ Jonas says‚ “‘But i want them!’ Jonas said angrily. “ It isn’t fair that nothing has color
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shared.” - Lois Lowry. The Giver by Lois Lowry is a novel about a boy named Jonas who begins to see his community differently. The book begins with what seems to be a perfect place; it turns out that the people in the Community are living shallow and superficial lives. As Jonas begins his work as the Receiver of Memories‚ he gains wisdom and through that wisdom‚ he begins to learn the history of the place we call planet Earth. Many may believe that the society in The Giver is inferior to ours‚ but
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At the end of the novel‚ the Giver‚ Lois Lowry left a vague ending which did not fully state whether or not Jonas and Gabriel made it to Elsewhere. Giving an unstated ending allow the reader to decide what happens next. Based off of the ending‚ Jonas and Gabriel lived to make it to Elsewhere. After Jonas and Gabriel leave the community‚ they overcome barriers‚ including the starvation possibilities and freezing to death. Despite being cold and wet‚ Jonas carried Gabriel up the snowy hill. As he walked
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“The Giver”‚ by Lois Lowry‚ has a plotline that is a straight line classic aristotelian pattern‚ which follows the journey of a young pre-teen boy named Jonas through a very crucial time in his life‚ where he is assigned the job he will have until he is old. The reader is introduced to a community that is very representational of an idealized community/society with the “elders” being in full control of the citizens. For example‚ the elders choose their job‚ their spouses and even the children they
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This summer I read the book “The Giver” and I picked three rules that organize the society. The elders created this system to have control over everything and everyone. Some alternative ways of coping with these issues is not being so controlling over peoples basic rights but have a more serious way of dealing with these issues. In the book The Giver there are many outrageous rules in their Community like "Two children--one male‚ one female--to each family unit." (p. 8) A year or so after the
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The Giver “I am going to transmit the memory of snow the old man said and placed his hands on Jonas’s bareback” In the first place‚ In The Giver by Lois Lowry‚ she writes about Jonas an adolescent who lives in a community long beyond the thing we call emotions. After‚ the child reaches adulthood their parents are a long forgotten thus eliminating attachments. Notably‚ the emotion we call love is forgotten in this community. In addition‚ the only people who can experience emotions are
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comparison to reality. (SIP-A)This meme focuses on how the community made the decision to remove color and shows an unrealistic representation of why they made their decision‚ and how their decision affected the people in their society. (STEWE-1) The Giver explains to Jonas how the community altered the people’s genetics from birth to make them color blind eliminating their choices and opinions. “We’ve never completely mastered Sameness. I suppose the genetic scientists are still hard at work trying
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Memories are what make us who we are. The good‚ the bad‚ and everything inbetween shape us into who we are and will be. We learn from our mistakes and reminisce the good times. A life without memories would not be interesting. In Lois Lowry’s novel‚ The Giver‚ most people have no memories at all. Things we use everyday become obsolete and the people of the community do not know how exhilarating their lives would be with memories. When the community first went into “Sameness” it was decided one person would
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over. He also remembered his community and wondered what had happened to his family‚ friends‚ The Giver‚ and everything in life that surrounded him. Back in the Community‚ the air smelled to truth. The memories returned to the people when Jonas left the Community. The happy memories
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Taking away children’s privilege to read due to a specific book’s controversial content basically informs them that their right to press is void as compared to their parents’ values. This is the exact concept that is presented within The Giver‚ where Lois Lowry uses intricately detailed imagery and mentally stimulating word choice to appeal to a child’s inner diplomat. Within the book‚ Lowry teaches children the purpose of their rights and how damaging and unjust it would be if their memories‚ emotions
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