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    character Jonas and Truman are in communities very far away and isolated. The setting in The Giver and the Truman Show. In The Giver’s community is very small it is clean far away Isolated and very controlled. The Truman show’s community is very far away almost like on an island the houses are all the houses are alike the people are all fake and it being controlled by a man named Kristoff. Both are basically the same because both are isolated and being controlled. The main characters Jonas…

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    people, but Jonas is no ordinary person. In The Giver by Lois Lowry, Jonas can’t deal with this community where people are limited and the same, so he leaves. Jonas made the right decision by taking Gabriel, because living alone can lead to depression, a person must protect the things they love when they are in danger, when someone has the opportunity to give someone you love a better life, that person should always do so. Sometimes living without someone can lead to depression. In Jonas’ case…

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    The Giver Book Vs Movie

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    everyone must follow a set of rules that create sameness across the whole community. A boy named Jonas is given the job of receiver of memory. His job is to keep the memories of the past to himself so the community can be protected from all those bad things that might cause chaos. Jonas makes a plan with a man he calls the Giver. The plan is to cross a border that keeps all the memories from the community. Jonas ends up making it past the border releasing all the memories of emotions, color, and…

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    the book, The Giver, the community didn't have any memories of emotions, color, and more. The receiver was the only person who knew what had happened in the past. Jonas was chosen to become the new receiver and had the honor to knowing what the past held. In the book, The Giver, by Lois Lowry, by having the knowledge of the memories, Jonas was able to form opinions, fears, and dreams. Knowing the memories and having the power, can change your opinions. “It's choosing that's important, isn't it?”…

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    I have selected the book: The Giver, by Lois Lowry. The book is about a boy named Jonas who is just like everybody else. Or so he thinks. Jonas unlike everyone else, has lighter eyes, and is more intelligent and athletic. In this paper I will discuss the properties of this book. The book is about a perfect society which is completely controlled by four to five people, if you count the receiver of memory. Jonas was chosen to the receiver of memory, not assigned to his job like the rest of his…

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    Harrison Bergeron

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    young man named Jonas. In this dystopian society every year 12s go to the ceremony where they receive jobs. This society had always seemed normal to Jonas until that day. He had been chosen to be the receiver, one who receives memories from the past in order to make decisions to better the society. Once his job was selected for him, he went to his job and received some memories from the giver, the old receiver who has to pass down the memories. This is when everything changed. Jonas realized…

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    The main idea is that people in the community can’t feel pain and the have a lot of different rules and the they have a receiver that is the only person that can feel pain and know what love is. The old receiver will give Jonas a memory and when the old receiver will lose that memory and never remember that memory. I think that not being able to feel pain is weird cause you not experience the pain or the way you hurt peoples feeling but not knowing you did. “Don’t play it anymore” “I’m the one…

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    This essay discusses Jonas’s decisions and why people should support it. In Lois Lowry’s book, The Giver, Jonas decides to leave the safety of the community to allow Gabriel to live, to allow the memories to return to the community, for Jonas to live a meaningful life and for the Giver to have a second chance at helping the community at a time of distress when Jonas’s memories return to the people. Jonas’s decision was the preferred one. How and why is releasing Jonas’s memories to the community…

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    In the giver, Jonas the main character risked his life so many times to escape the community with no choices, feelings and uniqueness. I support Jonas’s decision to escape because of these three points. They don't see cool and beautiful things like colours, sleds and more. The second reason is, they never got to experience love. Finally, citizens in the community never had choices. The First reason I supported Jonas when he escaped is, they don't get to experience the fun and exhilarating…

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    The world people live in today is better. This world experiences more and learns valuable life lessons. Life here is very vivid, lively, and colorful. Nothing in this world is perfect, but people’s lives are at the best they can be This world experiences much more than Jonas’s community, and learns substantial life lessons. Everyone has differences. They are able to experience emotions such as sorrow or joy that cause them to be who they are and their differences bring them together as a…

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