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One man’s utopia is another man’s dystopia is a great quote that goes hand in hand with the topic of Jonas’ world being superior or inferior to our world. This novel by Lois Lowry titled The Giver follows a boy named Jonas who lives in a world that has resorted to sameness. Emotional pain, war, colors, and weather are a portion of the things that have been dispensed just to name a few, they rolled out these improvements keeping in mind the end goal to dispose of differences so that everybody can…

Half way back my muscles were burning and my thoughts started to think “Michael Phelps, Michael Phelps, come on swim like Michael Phelps!” I reached and hit the wall with a time of 38 seconds! I got third which means I medaled! I took home a bronze medal that day, I had gone from sixth place to third place. I went home feeling achieved! I can relate to the poem, “ Success is counted sweetest” by Emily Dickinson. Katie Ledecky and I share one major thing in common, we both rely on our Catholic…

blends bold colors and simple shapes, with varied texture. These images paint a full picture for the reader, causing them to think back on their childhood. Works Examined The most well-known of all Keats stories, and the winner of the 1963 Caldecott medal is The Snowy Day. Inspired by a Life Magazine photograph of a small boy in rural Georgia, Keats created Peter, the main protagonist in The Snowy Day. Other than his eyes, Peter’s face does not possess any other features for most of the story.…

Memories have an impact on not only our pasts, but also our future. Our previous experiences are shaping us into young men and women for the future. When I was asked if memories play an important part of your life and who you are I answered true, because it seemed like a reasonable answer. However, I had no supporting to back it up. This essay is here as my supporting evidence, to a question that I originally thought of as meaningless. Yet, now I think of it as something worth looking into. In…

“The use of steroids should be tamed and deemed illegal. They should be removed from all professional sports with major punishments if rules are violated” (Wivel). So why do athletes use steroids? Many athletes use steroids, or PEDs (Performance Enhancing Drugs), to boost their performance on the field, but do they not worry about the repercussions later in life? Steroids cause great distress to your body, and may even cause premature death. They increase your chances of having a heart attack…

Authentic Heroism The word “hero” has become highly overused. Athletes, actors, musicians, and even reality TV stars are considered modern heros. The qualification of a hero has evolved from sacrifice and selflessness, to good-looks and the amount of points scored in a game. The actual definition of the word “hero” has not physically changed in the dictionary, however the meaning and qualification behind the famous word has been diluted and downgraded. A genuine hero qualifies someone who…

“A utopia is nothing more than a truth that the world is not yet ready to hear” – Yann Arthus-Bertrand. In The Giver by Lois Lowry, Jonas's society and ours are different and similar. The differences include the careers people choose and the personality and character differences of one another. As the similarity, both utopias have the gaining of more responsibilities. In everyday life, we aren’t able to attain a utopia because people aren’t willing to sacrifice freedom, while in Jonas’s…

Authors often use symbolism to give their writing a new level meaning. There is a self-evident, literal meaning. This one is just straight forward from the writing. Then there is the meaning, which doesn’t stand out and is hidden. This way of writing creates a interest throughout the reader, and shows the significance of the characters and objects in the book. The theme of a story is what the writing reflects as the message. Theme is also the hidden message in the writing. Symbolism helps the…

What is a world or a community with NO pain? What about a world with a future with NO color? What is a community with NO freedom? In a book only one boy changes everything and everyone. The Giver by Luis Lowry published right after World War II. Jonas shows integrity and courage. Jonas has integrity. All the children entered the auditorium all were selected to come up to receive their job. Jonas knew he was up next to be called; after waiting his name had been skipped he looked around and…

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,…