Think of your character as a jewel that has about a thousand different facets. If you keep turning them over and exploring new sides, you’ll keep discovering new information about their personality and motivations. And there’s always another way to turn things. There’s always another side to explore. — Lauren Sapala The Giver is a dystopian novel that follows the boy Jonas throughout his journey to find the truth. He comes to find that the community has taken away anything that would make it special or unique. They had remained in “sameness” until Jonas started receiving memories that the community leaders had stored away in one person, The Giver. By the end of the story Jonas has released all colors, emotions, and control back to the
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Jonas from The Giver and Laurie from “Charles” help develop the theme that lying always has consequences in the end. The short story “Charles” is about a kindergartener named Laurie who comes home and tells his parents about a boy named Charles who misbehaves often at school, but this isn’t the truth. Laurie’s mom goes to the PTA meeting and tries to confront the mother of Charles, shocked by the result. The reader comes to learn that Laurie has been making up these stories and the child named Charles is actually Laurie.
Jonas in The Giver helps depict the theme that lying always has consequences in the end. Jonas finds out that his father is giving the babies in the nursery a lethal injection and sending them down the garbage shoot. Since the community has taken away feelings and the idea of death they say that the babies are going to “elsewhere”. “He killed it! He father killed it! Jonas said to himself, stunned at at what he was realizing.” Jonas was stunned that the concept of “elsewhere” didn’t exist and that his father had been brainwashed into believing he has been sending the babies off to …show more content…
In the beginning of the story Laurie comes home and tells his parents what happened at school that day, the parents couldn’t believe what he tells them. “It was Charles,” he said. “He was fresh. The teacher spanked him and made him stand in a corner. He was awfully fresh.” Laurie lies to his parents about what happened in school that day, there is no Charles in his class. The author leaves it to the reader to make a guess about why he lies. For example, some people believe Laurie wants to talk about his actions but not get in trouble or Charles is a creature that no one else can see. Although, by lying to his parents Laurie will face huge consequences in the end. His parents may never look at him the same or trust him. Towards the end of the story Laurie’s mom goes to a PTA meeting looking for Charles’ mom, instead finding out something worse. “Charles?” she said. “We don’t have any Charles in the kindergarten.” This is the moment when Laurie’s mom finds out she has been lied to the whole time. The reader can infer that her head his spinning and it shocked by what the teacher has told her. Laurie creates develop the theme that lying always has consequences in the end because he most likely assumed that his parents wouldn’t find out and instead they found out a shocking lie in a uncomfortable situation, this will change his life. Characters develop themes in stories
Jonas from The Giver and Laurie from “Charles” help develop the theme that lying always has consequences in the end. The short story “Charles” is about a kindergartener named Laurie who comes home and tells his parents about a boy named Charles who misbehaves often at school, but this isn’t the truth. Laurie’s mom goes to the PTA meeting and tries to confront the mother of Charles, shocked by the result. The reader comes to learn that Laurie has been making up these stories and the child named Charles is actually Laurie.
Jonas in The Giver helps depict the theme that lying always has consequences in the end. Jonas finds out that his father is giving the babies in the nursery a lethal injection and sending them down the garbage shoot. Since the community has taken away feelings and the idea of death they say that the babies are going to “elsewhere”. “He killed it! He father killed it! Jonas said to himself, stunned at at what he was realizing.” Jonas was stunned that the concept of “elsewhere” didn’t exist and that his father had been brainwashed into believing he has been sending the babies off to …show more content…
In the beginning of the story Laurie comes home and tells his parents what happened at school that day, the parents couldn’t believe what he tells them. “It was Charles,” he said. “He was fresh. The teacher spanked him and made him stand in a corner. He was awfully fresh.” Laurie lies to his parents about what happened in school that day, there is no Charles in his class. The author leaves it to the reader to make a guess about why he lies. For example, some people believe Laurie wants to talk about his actions but not get in trouble or Charles is a creature that no one else can see. Although, by lying to his parents Laurie will face huge consequences in the end. His parents may never look at him the same or trust him. Towards the end of the story Laurie’s mom goes to a PTA meeting looking for Charles’ mom, instead finding out something worse. “Charles?” she said. “We don’t have any Charles in the kindergarten.” This is the moment when Laurie’s mom finds out she has been lied to the whole time. The reader can infer that her head his spinning and it shocked by what the teacher has told her. Laurie creates develop the theme that lying always has consequences in the end because he most likely assumed that his parents wouldn’t find out and instead they found out a shocking lie in a uncomfortable situation, this will change his life. Characters develop themes in stories