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    happened when I was a Eight. As Jonas lays back he feels sadness all a sudden and he saw drops of tears coming down my eyes and he saw me cry he cried too because it was very emotional and sad. Jonas eyes got wet and it was tears. His tears fell down to the ground. He could feel pain like I did. This day was when my grandmother died for getting home at late time. “How do you feel Jonas.” I said. Jonas said “Very sad like I could sit down and bawl my eyes out.” I said “ Jonas that was the day my…

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    Allusion In The Giver

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    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. Lowry vividly illustrates…

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    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…

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    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…

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    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…

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    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…

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    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…

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    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…

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    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…

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    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,…

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