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If you don’t remember your past mistakes, how can you learn to avoid them in the future? And if you don’t know about memories or the past how can you teach your society? So now that you’re thinking of this imagine a society that doesn’t remember the past. No one does. The Giver is a Utopian novel written by Lois Lowry. This book was then directed into a movie by Phillip Noyce. I think the Director’s use of lighting, framing, music, and angles to help make the movie more immersive. The director…

" The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It's the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared." In "The Giver" by Lois Lowry she explains and gives many similar and oppisite characteristics about both the utopian and the dystopian society. Even though they have a different approach but still kind of the same approach. They still convey the same message. One example of how they are different is how they get there jobs. In the book "The Giver" people don't get to pick out their…

In the book The Giver, the protagonist Jonas lives in a Utopian society on a future earth where the community has no feelings and emotions. At the ceremony of 12, Jonas is assigned as the Receiver of Memory, a task that only one person receives. He receives memories of love, joy, sadness, and pain and starts to feel these feelings. After a month of training, he watches his father release a baby, he is shocked to find releasing a baby means death for the baby. Jonas finds out that baby Gabe will…

A lot of hate, and dislike has been displayed, and spoken by the people. Many believe that ¨ The Giver¨ by Lois Lowry should not be read by twelve and thirteen year olds, because apparently they can't handle the truth. Just because adults want to protect their children, from the evil bad world, we can´t read a book. Nevertheless, choice is a major decisions of what people do, their actions. Jonas has changed significantly throughout ¨The Giver¨, because of the choices he has made. In the…

Many characters change throughout their stories and The Giver is not an exception. Throughout this story the protagonist Jonas changes with the new challenges he faces. In The Giver, Jonas changed over the course of the novel by showing fear, expressing interest over new ideas, and of ultimate understanding of the society he lives in. To begin with, Jonas shows his first emotion fear at becoming the new Receiver of Memory. In chapter 9 it states that Jonas “remembered uneasily what the Chief…

I chose this quote because it shows that the government in The Giver works hard to make the community a utopia, but there will always be some person that will do something odd or be different from the rest of the community. The scene connects with my answer because the larger group of puzzle pieces represent the community. This is because the community is very simple and they do not understand what Jonas and the Giver go through and the knowledge they have. For example, when Jonas tried to point…

If we were to live in a world where choices are already made for us, then we would live in a world similar to the community of The Giver. The Giver is a world created by Lois Lowry. She is a two time John Newbery Medal winner. The Giver is a story about Jonas, becoming the next receiver of memory and learning the truth of the world. I believe that we should be able to make our own choices. It may lead to mistakes, but if we learn from them then we will know not to do that mistake or accident…

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…

When you read The Giver certain things will make more sense after you read this. The Giver by Lois Lowry is a novel that is based on a futuristic world with strict rules and beliefs. This being said, it makes this novel a Science Fiction novel. Many people can identify themes of The Giver. Here you will be given 2 examples of themes for the novel, The Giver. One theme of The Giver is living in a perfect world isn’t so perfect. A great piece of evidence can be found on page 122 when Jonas…

Suicide and Bravery In The Things They Carried written by Tim O’Brien, the reader is educated about the horrors of war and the effects it can have on the people who return from it. Soldiers kill and watch people, ranging from close friends to the enemies they are fighting against getting killed. This leaves a lasting impact. A lot of soldiers who return from war suffer from the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder or PTSD, which is “a debilitating anxiety disorder that occurs after…