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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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    This is shown when Jonas goes beyond the edge and Asher, being a pilot, is asked by the Chief Elder to find him, and when he does, to “lose” him; however, when Asher does find him, he lets him go because he trusted him. He only said “I trust you, Jonas”(or at least I think so), but I think he meant that he trusted that what he was doing was the right thing. I think this is the main point…

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    Compare and Contrast Essay What if you lived in a society where everything was “perfect” and everyone was the same? In the book The Giver, the main character Jonas lives in a so-called “perfect” community. There are specific rules so that everything is not chaotic and out of order. The concepts of the the rules kids can only start riding bikes at the age of 9, when Stirrings started then you had to take the pills, and kids got their lifetime jobs at the age of 12 and were considered adults are…

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    Jonas In 'The Giver'

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    understanding, which will aid the author in part 3. FINISH? Jonas is the main character in The Giver movie as well as the book. Because of this he changes very little. His main change is having love or feeling towards Fiona. His second big change is that he is older. The movie changes Asher from a minor to major character to do this they made him a drone pilot and had him chase Jonas. Fiona had the biggest character change in that she was caring for Jonas and realized that there was more to…

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    Epilogue To The Giver

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    But perhaps it was just an echo. Dozing off Jonas slaps himself back into consciousness. Not knowing the soft snow became into rough ice. Jonas remembered the memory of pain when he went down rough ice. He lost control of the sled and received the same pain as in the memory. He sat there with a broken arm pleading for help. Gabe speaks faintly “look, look, Jonas look,” Jonas looked in the direction Gabe was pointing 2 men in fur coats riding on a 2 legged creature ran to us the men got off the…

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    The differences between our world and Jonas world is that, Jonas world is a controlled environment while are world has freedom of choice. Jonas world revolve with no feelings and assigned families and in our world we have the freedom to choose who we love, and show feeling while Jonas has to take some kind of medicine to prevent that happening so. So he won’t feel won’t have hormones but the only similar part about Jonas world. And our world is the United States is also controlled our world is…

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    How Does The Giver Change

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    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 Elder had said about the pain that would…

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    Jonas is a dynamic protagonist in The Giver. Jonas is an average 11 year old boy with dark, short hair, pale eyes, and he is relatively fit. In the novel, Lowry describes Jonas’ physical traits directly. However, she describes his personality indirectly through how other people view him and how he acts. Jonas has two main friends, but there is no true social hierarchy. Compared to the others his age in the story Jonas has stronger, more confusing emotions. Jonas’ purpose in The Giver is to show…

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    you haven't heard of “Jonas”. In this essay I will be consulting to you about how Lois Lowry, the author of “The Giver”, uses a variety of means to characterize “Jonas” in this book. For instance, Lois Lowry makes Jonas appear happy , curious, and different. Now that you know a little bit about of what jonas is like in “The Giver” you will also know some of the things Jonas feels and experiences, as well as some memories. Later on in this essay I will be going deeper into Jonas characteristics…

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    Imagine what it is like to live in a community with no color, no feeling, and no music. Lois Lowry’s novel, The Giver, shows the life of a boy, Jonas who lives in a place where color, feeling, and music do not exist. In his whole life, Jonas has no idea what it is like to feel something. However, Jonas soon learns about the community’s deep secret as he spends time with the Giver. He has experienced the real world, the one with true color, feeling, and music. This novel reveals that the memory…

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