The Giver By Lois Lowry Analysis

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In both stories The Giver by Lois Lowry and The Assignment Rescue by Varian Fry they are extremely similar. On the other hand, both stories have many different things about them. Whether it is about the community or the environment both books have many similarities and difference. Here are some similarities and differences.
In the book The Assignment Rescue by Varian Fry there are many things that relate with The Giver. One similarity between the stories is that both Jonas from The Giver, and Varian Fry are trying to help out people who are stuck in a place and will likely get killed. In The Assignment Rescue Varian Fry went to another country to help sneak people out. The reason he had to help sneak the people out of France was because this
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In The Giver everything was the same nothing happened there were no changes and everyday would be the same. But, in The Assignment Rescue nothing was ever the same and anything could change causing everyone to get caught. Not only that, but the reason Varian Fry was sent out to help save the refugees was because people were uncertain about the future of France and whether they would be conquered by Germany and killed by the Nazi’s. Another difference between the stories is violence. In The Giver there was never any violence or deaths, and when there was a death it was an accidental death. Also, if there ever was violence people would get a transgression and if you got three transgressions you would get released or killed. Unfortunately, in The Assignment Rescue violence and death was an everyday occurance. Before Farian Fry arrived in France from America to help save the refugees lives the Nazi’s were in war with multiple countries and the next countries on their list was France. So, Farian fry was sent out to help save as many refugees as possible from being killed if France were to be conquered. Furthermore, Farian Fry had read many newspapers about countless amounts of Jews being killed by the

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