Achievement Medal

The title of The Giver is demonstrated throughout the book by The Giver transmitting memories to Jonas, giving Jonas love and wisdom, and then Jonas passing on that love to Gabriel. All these memories gave Jonas the ability to see his community as it really was, lifeless. Nobody in his community was able to perceive the true meaning of happiness or pain. This made Jonas angry because he wasn’t able to share his true feelings with anyone except The Giver. Together they devised a plan that would…

In The Giver, Jonas– a boy who lives in a community where everything is the same– makes very few choices, and because there are no choices, there is no pain, fear, war, or hatred. (cc) People do what they are told to do, so they look like they live in a predictable way doing things without questioning why they should be done. (cp) Their society is so bland, that they cannot even see colors! (cp) Jonas embarks on a journey to leave the community and end this type of “Blandness life”…

In the book, The Giver Jonas is selected to be the receiver of memories. The Giver transmits his memories before the “sameness” to Jonas. In The Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen is selected to participate in The Hunger Games, she and Gale, the other participant from her district have to fight twenty-two other tributes to win. Both stories have many differences, along with many similarities, some of which including the location of the towns, and even the main conflict. Both stories have many…

Can you imagine the world without color? The book The Giver is about a world without color, memories, pain, feeling and no weather. The Giver is about a 12-year old named Jonas who becomes the receiver of memories and then he escapes with a baby, Gabriel to go to another community. The line between public safety and personal freedoms should be drawn on the side of personal freedoms. In The Giver’s community, there is no color, babies are assigned to families and there is no love. The community…

In The Giver by Lois Lowry, the transfer of memories are significantly diverse to the way we are accustomed to. The process of how memories are transmitted between The Giver and The Receiver of Memory, Jonas, proves this polarity greatly. Some of which is evidently portrayed in the novel through a combination of genetic, spiritual, technological, and magical processes. For example, Jonas’s genetical composition plays a significant role in the transfer of memories since this can be comprehended…

I would not want to live in the society from The Giver. A Nobody gets to make many choices on their own. 1 For the earliest ceremony, the Naming, the Nurturers brought the newchildren to the stage. (Lowry 36) In fact, this quote supports my thesis and my topic sentence by stating that this dystopia does not even let parents choose their own childrens names. 2 “But to be honest, Jonas,” his father said, “for me there was not the element of suspense that there is with your ceremony. Because I was…

What elements of the illustrations make it worthy of a Caldecott award or honor? What distinguishes these illustrations? Consider the design and layout of the book, visual elements, use of space, media, perspective, and style. Elizabeth, Queen of the Sea, deserve to receive the honor of having Caldecott because of the skillful way the illustrator Brian Floca was able to add small visual details that further enhanced the quality of the story. Using pen-and-ink and water colors Brian Floca…

In The Giver, the main character Jonas changes. Over the course of the story, Jonas changes his personality, along with his whole outlook. At the beginning of the book Jonas was just like any other kid his age. He is completely unaware of the gruesome inhumane things that are happening in his community, “I’m feeling apprehensive,”...”I know there’s really nothing to worry about”(Lowry, 1993, p.12) This shows how Jonas knows that he is a normal person and he should have no reason to think…

Back in 2010 The Lion and the Mouse, by Jerry Pinkey, was awarded the Randolph Caldecott Award by the ALSC for being the most distinguished picture book of the year. When the ALSC decides what book will be the receiver of the Caldecott Award there are quite a few factors that go into their decision making process. Their website shows all of these factors, but the main ones to be focused on are that the publisher/artist must be an American citizen and that their illustrations be original. As far…

A World Can Never be Perfect Would a society that requires it citizens to be “burdened with sashweights and bags of birdshot” (Vonnegut 1) be a Utopian society? The Giver, a novel written by Lois Lowry, introduces Jonas, a Twelve, who lives in an idyllic community where everything is planned out. Jonas, as the Receiver of Memory, experiences the memories the Giver transmits to him. He discovers how wrong his community has been. The community failed when Jonas found out what the community had…