The Giver by Lois Lowry is about a young boy named Jonas and about the perfect community he lives in. Their life-style is a lot difference from ours because they don’t get to choose what they want‚ they are just told to do it. They also do things differently‚ an example would be the way they celebrate there birthday. Every children from 12 and under celebrate there birthday on December as a community. Another difference is the way they create their family unit. They are only allowed to have a certain
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Imagine a world that no one can see color‚ can’t feel feelings‚ or doesn’t know what snow is. In the "Giver" made by Lois Lowry‚ this is true. For the elders‚ they think that the memories are bad because memories can cause war‚ famine‚ sadness‚ and more. But they are wrong. Memories also contain love‚ friendship‚ happiness‚ courage‚ and knowledge. When the Elders locked all of the memories into one person everyone lost color except for that one person. They wanted everything to be predictable so
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What do "the stirrings" in The Giver represent in our community and what is the reason for a pill needing to be taken to stop them? The giver‚ by Lois Lowry‚ is a book set in a dystopian future where there are communities and a strict set of rules. Throughout the story‚ the main protagonist Jonas‚ has to deal with his newly given job as the receiver of memory. By being given this job‚ Jonas is given memories by the pervious receiver of member‚ who is now the giver. Through each memory‚ Jonas comes
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I will be giving my interpretation of the book “The Giver” by Lois Lowry. This book is set in a society that at first seems to be a utopian society but the further you read on it gradually appears to be more and more dystopian. So this book is about a boy named Jonas going through his twelfth year of his life. Jonas is soon selected to be the “Receiver of Memory” he is to be given the past memories of the time before sameness‚ or before the society became a utopia. As the story progresses Jonas soon
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The book Giver was a awesome book and in this essay I will be telling you why I think Lois Lowry wrote this book. the giver there is a lot of information that was included from her own personal life. She said in article that her dad has memory loss so she has to remind her dad some memories that happen a while ago and that is like the giver trying pulling back memories to give to Jonas. Why I think Lois Lowry wrote this book is because she wanted to show how seeing colors for the first time was very
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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
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Louis Lowry is and American writer‚ she was born on March 20th 1937 in Honolulu Hawaii‚ her parents are Katherine Gordon and Robert E. Hammersberg. Louis was the middle child of three children. Her family lived all over the world because her father was and army dentist. She attended Brown University for two years before she married Donald Grey Lowry at age 19‚ they had four children daughters Alix and Kristin and sons Grey and Benjamin. Because of Donald’s career in the military they moved a lot
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youth for the ability to continue her journey to find him. She will only be able to live if Gabe kills Trademaster‚ evil in human form. When Gabe confronted Trademaster‚ Gabe described him as: “He was the force of evil‚ of all evil for all time” (Lowry‚ 387).
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inhumane‚ and that essentially the community is taking away their individuality Lois Lowry in the book‚ The Giver‚ used the point of view Jonas to demonstrate that a perfect world‚ where everyone is
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The Giver by Lowry‚ Lois Jonas’s Departure In The Giver by Lowry‚ the beginning of jonass journey was Lois Jonas began his adventure at the ceremony of Twelve. All the twelve’s lined up and each was assigned a job. When she got to Jonas she skipped him. At the end she announced to the crowed “Jonas has been selected” (60). She explained that Jonas has been selected to be the next Receiver. The chief elder told him that he had courage‚ wisdom‚ integrity‚ and intelligence‚ all the traits that
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