Joe Jonas

In the book “The Giver”, by Lois Lowry, the main character Jonas lives in a perfect world. Few people in the community have the authority to make large choices. Although the villagers have the ability to chose some things, to us it would seem like they had no freedom. The Village Elders make decisions for the villagers. Without choices, people cannot make erroneous decisions, leading to a safer and much more efficient community. In December, all the villagers gather at a ceremony when they are…

It’s the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared.” In “The Giver” Jonas becomes assigned to being the new receiver, which is the highest honored and most important job in the community. The receiver has the ability to receive memories, good or bad, and also to give memories. While being the receiver in training he learned that with leadership comes responsibility and that he has to commit to being the new receiver. Jonas has…

that may not be making the best choices for them. However, maybe this is an idea that may keep society safer. In the giver the following exchange takes place between Jonas and the Giver. "Oh. Jonas was silent for a minute...we don 't dare to let people make choices of their own. Not safe? The Giver suggested. Definitely not safe, Jonas said with certainty. "What if they were allowed to choose their own mate? And they chose wrong? (Lowry 98) Making wrong choices can seem catastrophic to someone…

the film the scenes adjust to what Jonas (Brandon Thwaites), the main character, has or has not seen, felt, or heard through the Giver (Jeff Bridges). Jonas is assigned his job at the age of eighteen, and is deemed to have all the qualities to be the next Receiver, the only person in the entire community to be able to receive memories of the past, before this utopian society was created. The giver, who is the current Receiver of Memory, is starting to train Jonas, the main character who is to…

Do you ever forget something? Imagine forgetting your whole life, That’s exactly what happened to Jean Daragane in So You Don’t Get Lost In The Neighbourhood by Patrick Modiano. Like many books, So You Don’t Get Lost In The Neighbourhood the should be turned into a movie. Theres many reasons for a book to turn into a movie, three of which will be briefly discussed. The first argument is about the genre, and how this movie will have parents and teens hooked to this movie with all the mystery and…

having to worry about everything; but because of the all the positive things that they wanted they had to make it successful the caused it to be a dystopian soicety because of its lack of feelings, choices, and individuality. In the book The Giver Jonas the main protagonist has his job chosen as the Receiver and is chosen out of all the citizens to get all pain and happy thoughts from the past. From this he finds out his society isn't as great as he thought and goes decides to leave. Although…

“unmentionable times”. They couldn’t know any of the simplest things that we know today like electricity. This supports knowledge was limited in Anthem because it shows how their society took knowledge in even the everyday things, away. In The Giver Jonas said his societys’ knowledge would go on only if they became a scholar or leader so that they may be able to lead and further advance…

Utopia, an imagined place and state of being in which everything is perfect. Jonas’s society is a utopia unlike modern day society. In The Giver they have celabrate birthdays, create families, and establish laws and rules somewhat like modern day society, yet both societies practice these things differently. A birthday is a celebration of age, This is shown in both the Giver and modern day society we celebrate birthdays. However we celebrate it very different. In The Giver all of the…

enjoyed the book much more than the movie. “The Giver” is about a dystopian community where there are no decisions or pain. A boy named Jonas learns about the emotions and pain and suffering that no one experiences, and then he decides to try and bring everything back to the community. I enjoyed the book version of “The Giver” more than the movie because in the movie Jonas is able to show his friends everything that he knows, there is a difference between the ages in the book versus the movie,…

NO! Fact, quote, hypothetical situation, or story for attention getter -Ender Wiggin, a 12 year old boy saved all humanity from the dangerous creatures, buggers, through a game ,No other human was able to do what this 12 year old has done. Ender was six year old when separated from his family and taken away to battle school where the adults controlled his life.he was manipulated, lied to and was tricked into killing the enemy species, the buggers. He was hurting people but did not want to. He…