Lois Lowry

In The Giver by Lois Lowry, Jonas, in his quest to find Elsewhere, perishes in an act of heroism from hypothermia and starvation. Firstly, on page 178, the author states that “Jonas felt himself losing consciousness and with his whole being willed himself to stay upright atop the sled…” This shows the reader that he is sick and on his way to death. In addition, he is in the middle of nowhere, and Jonas’ ability to persevere cannot save him. He has no prior experiences with danger, and he is…

about. When analyzing young adult novels, the covers of the books appear to be targeted to a certain age group. More often than not books issue new covers after a movie based off that novel is released. An example of that is the book The Giver by Lois Lowry, which is taught in schools across America. Comparing the original book cover A with the new cover B illustrates the…

Imagine a world without religion, without deep emotion, without color. Imagine living in a house with assigned parents with no love or affection. The Giver by Lois Lowry is a novel about a controlled environment. It has gotten rid of war but also many other things. The giver explains to us that the community is very controlling, but made sacrifices to have it their own way.“We gained control of many things. But we had to let go of others.” (120). In this, the giver tells us that with what the…

“A utopia is nothing more than a truth that the world is not yet ready to hear” – Yann Arthus-Bertrand. In The Giver by Lois Lowry, Jonas's society and ours are different and similar. The differences include the careers people choose and the personality and character differences of one another. As the similarity, both utopias have the gaining of more responsibilities. In everyday life, we aren’t able to attain a utopia because people aren’t willing to sacrifice freedom, while in Jonas’s…

The world we live in today is fueled by memories from the past; from education to medicine, we learn from the past. In The Giver, by Lois Lowry, a young boy lives in a perfect world, or so he thought. In this dystopian novel, Jonas receives a new job, and during his training, he realizes what is missing from his and his community’s lives- memories. With other members of his community not believing they’re important, Jonas strives to gain as many memories as possible; before it’s too late. Jonas’…

I have selected the book: The Giver, by Lois Lowry. The book is about a boy named Jonas who is just like everybody else. Or so he thinks. Jonas unlike everyone else, has lighter eyes, and is more intelligent and athletic. In this paper I will discuss the properties of this book. The book is about a perfect society which is completely controlled by four to five people, if you count the receiver of memory. Jonas was chosen to the receiver of memory, not assigned to his job like the rest of his…

like if you lived in a world free of war, fear, or pain? Where everything is perfect and under control? What if you did not have the freedom to make your own choices? What can we learn about the importance of individuality by reading The Giver by Lois Lowry? The dystopian novel follows the life of a young teenage boy, Jonas, and his impact on the area he lives in, called the Community. In the Community, everything is perfect. Jonas’s lives, and all of his community members’, are free of choices.…

is the receiver of the community's memories, Jonas finds out about the dangerous truths about his community's secret past. Now that he has the knowledge, Jonas realizes that he must escape from their world to protect himself and those he loves. Lois Lowry wrote The Giver because she wanted her audience to think about how much different it would be compared to our world and she wanted us to be drawn to all the emotions that Jonas and The Giver went through knowing everything that they did. In…

Breaking all of the laws that Jonas did, and doing things that he didn’t want to do to reach his destiny, he was a true hero for saving someone whom he loved. One example of why I think that Jonas, from The Giver by Lois Lowry is a hero, is that he saved Gabe from a release, which is when the community will kill him intentionally because he didn’t meet the standards of life. When Jonas’s father said at dinner the night before, that Gabe would be released the next day, Jonas got upset and took…

The Giver was written by Lois Lowry and was originally published in 1993. The book follows the story of a twelve year old boy named Jonas who lives in a dystopian world, in a place called ‘The Community’. I enjoyed reading this because there was a strong hidden message that carried on throughout the book. As a whole it was intriguing, but I found it slightly confusing because some details didn’t seem to have much of a connection to the overall story. The story takes place in ‘The Community”,…