The Effect of the Rules and Punishments In Lois Lowry’s book “The Giver” ‚there are many rules and punishments that effect the community massively. The rules and punishments seem to be the foundation of their society. Many rules and punishments can benefit and drawback any society. In Lois Lowry’s book “The Giver”‚ the rules and punishments are both beneficial and disadvantageous to the community. There are many different rules in Jonas’ society. At breakfast you must tell your dreams to the family
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Issues facing parties and the United States after World War II included the Cold War and the Civil Rights Movement. Republicans attracted conservatives and white Southerners from the Democratic coalition with their resistance to New Deal and Great Society liberalism and the Republicans’ use of the Southern strategy. African Americans‚ who traditionally supported the Republican Party‚ began supporting Democrats following the ascent of the Franklin Roosevelt administration‚ the New Deal‚ and the Civil
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December is coming around the corner. Jonas is trying to find the right word to describe his feelings. He thinks he is frightened‚ and then decides that frightened is the wrong word to describe his feelings. Frightened is when an unidentified aircraft flies over his community and orders everyone to keep their bikes aside and go into the nearest building. He is very wary about his language‚ unlike his best friend‚ Asher. Asher always mixes up words and phrases. Jonas remembers the time when Asher
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The story is told in Jonas’ point of view‚ Jonas’ society varies from my own society‚ in many different ways. Jonas’ society is very strict on rules‚ there is a rule for everything they do. Their society is also very scheduled‚ the whole day is planned out for every person. They also get their meals delivered to them‚ they don’t buy food or anything in that matter. Everything they need is supplied to them. Being released from the community is what it sounds like‚ you are let go. You are no longer
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Memory Transmission: Jonas felt anxious. Normally‚ the light‚ soft touch of The Giver’s hands on his back was calming‚ but this time‚ it felt different. Jonas started to take deeper breaths‚ trying to relax in the silence of the Annex. He took another deep breath‚ this time the air was warm and humid. The touch of the Giver’s hands had been replaced by a new touch‚ below his feet. It was warm‚ grainy‚ and soft‚ unlike anything he had felt before. Sand‚ Jonas thought as he stared down at it. Around
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In the novel The Giver by Lois Lowry‚ twelve year old Jonas states that a community with love would be a "dangerous way to live." Well to think about this‚ you must first answer the question‚ What would be a secure place to live? When we think of invulnerability‚ many of us consider our families‚ friends‚ and loved ones. There is that word again; love. Love is kind‚ warm‚ and healthy‚ but sometimes it can be considered dangerous. For example‚ if you are in love with someone who does not have feelings
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Difference is great‚ but can too much of it be unappealing? The Giver by Lois Lowry is a book that was made into a movie about a different and strange community. Jonas‚ the main character‚ is struggling because he finds out he is very different than most people after being selected for a very special job. The book and movie follow the same story line‚ but they are both different in a lot of ways. The differences between the movie and the book is Jonas and Fiona’s relations‚ the whole assignment situation
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besides the point when The Indian Givers: How the Indians of the Americas Transformed the World written by the the anthropologist‚ Jack Weatherford goes in depth about the huge effect Indians have put on our cultural‚ societal‚ political practices as well as many agricultural products may not have been produced without the knowledge that Indians put forth into the world. This book also touches on the Indian Givers‚ who they were and what they did. An Indian Giver is commonly used as an American expression
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“cute as hell”. Why does Holden buy his little sister a record that sounds so provocative‚ especially when he is mostly concerned with children being corrupted by adults and what he deems inappropriate behavior‚ such as “sex stuff”? Because this is symbolic of Holden’s attempt at trying to avoid being phony. The record’s cover is described as featuring a little girl who’s embarrassed that she has lost her front teeth; obviously meant to be a record for children. Holden believes that most singers would
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The Giver – ‘About a Book’ What would you do if you were forced to obey strict rules? Living safely inside a group described as ’the Community’‚ a place where there is no war‚ pain or hunger; a place almost perfect. But what if it all changed when you are selected as the new Receiver of Memory and you start to discover dark secrets that could lead you to undertake an incredible journey and rebel against your people. What if you discover that your whole world is nothing but a horrible lie? This
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