What would it be like to live in a community where there is no individuality? In the novel The Giver by Lois Lowry the protagonist, Jonas in the story live in a community like with no individuality. Jonas changes over the book by questioning the community and breaking the rules in his community.…
Euphemism is shown many times throughout the book, but I think that these two example’s really represented euphemism in the book,The Giver. When Jonas asked his parents if they loved him his mother said “ Jonas Precision of language” p. . It represent euphemism because when mother said “Precision of language” to Jonas it made him feel embarrassed. In The Giver, release can be another meaning of the word euphemism.…
In the novel The Giver, memories are the source of wisdom and pain. The society created by the elders, which lived in the old world, where there was chaos and agony. It's a supposed utopia. Everything is fair, everyone has the same education, family members, same life. There is no chaos or disease, it's “perfect.”…
Imagine wanting to learn something, but not being able to. Imagine wanting to share something, while being incapable of doing so. Imagine knowing the truth, while others are dying to find it. In a world of complete equality, traits that create human life are removed in order to create a better society. These are your feelings.…
Ikam Grewal Mr. Grabham ENG2D-01 4 June 2015 The Individual Struggle of Motherhood in Secret Daughter Ever since the start of mankind mothers have provided for their children since the day they were born. Motherhood is an event in women’s lives, which results from the birth of a child and upholds many levels of responsibility. Being a mother can differ between individuals depending on the vast array of life experiences the mother goes through, in order to sufficiently nurture her child.…
The Giver, by Lois Lowry, is a science fiction story about a young boy named Jonas who learns about the world that has been hidden from his whole community. He is given an assignment to have the memories of the last world to be transferred to him from an old man called the Giver. When Jonas gets the memories he is horrified by what he sees. But, he more terrified by what he learns about his community. He wants to change the people and show them what they do is wrong.…
Many works can share conveyed messages and story elements that help build the plot. Two of these works are The Giver by Lois Lowry, a fictional book written about an ideal community; a utopia, and The Village, a movie directed by M. Night Shyamalan, in which presents the idea of having an ideal society kept away from what is known as the “modern world”. The blind following of traditions and the idea of difference or individuality in a character is common in both of these works. In The Giver, the theme of individuality is portrayed in Jonas as a character.…
9)adj. Utopian- A perfect world. “The Giver” is about a utopian society where everyone and everything looks the same and there’s nothing more outstanding than other things.…
The Giver by Lois Lowry is a fine piece of literature, and the beginning of the up-and-rising popularity of dystopian books. It turns out that many songs, no matter to genre and age, match up to many moments that happen in The Giver. These songs carry the tone and message that Lowry delivers through the story, but by using sweet melodies. The song that I think matches The Giver the best is “When the Children Cry” by White Lion, which was recorded in 1987. As strange as it seems, a song that was written six years before The Giver dives into many of the ideas that the story presents.…
This quotation utilizes the literary device of rhetorical question. The rhetorical question in this quote is “have you ever wondered what a human life is worth?” This question is posed to the reader, who obviously can’t actually respond to Lina. Instead of being answerable, the question serves to get the reader to consider how much value is actually placed on the lives of the Lithuanian deportees in the novel. The blunt statement of Jonas’s worth being equal to that of a pocket watch sets the standard for the treatment the characters will receive as they embark on their journey.…
The fight for racial equality is an ongoing battle. Seventh grade readers learn a condensed and sanitized version of slavery, the emancipation, and the civil rights movement. Many students, especially Black children, learn the full truth outside of the classroom from literature like Brown Girl Dreaming by Jaqueline Woodson, where she writes from a child’s perspective of the influences of slavery and racism. Woodson incorporates aspects of the civil rights movement that a child can relate to and understand. In Woodson’s poem “Greenville, South Carolina, 1963” (30-31), she discusses the more subtle effects of the civil rights movement.…
The Giver is about a boy who experiences real emotion for the first time. The author, Lois Lowry, created a world where euphemisms were used in place of stating things exactly like they are. In the book, euphemisms are used constantly so that the characters can distance themselves from feelings. Today's society uses euphemisms just like the people of Jonas's community. There are both advantages and disadvantages to using euphemisms.…
In The Giver, the community places great importance on language and requires the use of certain words or phrases. Many specific words are used to distort or hide the actual meaning of the words, making them sound less emotional. To the people living in the community, these words are used every day and appear normal; however, to a reader certain words and phrases appear awkward and disturbing. Some interesting examples of manipulated language are “telling,” “comfort object,” and “Naming list.” The members of the community must follow rules about precision of language or face punishment.…
The Giver, a novel by Lois Lowry, is about a boy named Jonas who lives in a world of Sameness. Jonas´s world has no color or emotions. Their is no weather and the climate is controlled. Nobody can make their own choices. They all get assigned to everything.…
The different types of language that people use in everyday life is related to their culture and even maybe their religion. The language that Lois Lowry used for the book “The Giver” is different. A weird kind of different, but different. The Language of Utopia. The one’s that are probably the most important to the book are “stirrings” because it tells you that, that person is growing up.…