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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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    read about A boy named Jonas who lives in a perfect communing with no color, weather, being, hurt, or hills. Also no feelings or memory about the outside world known as Elsewhere. However, a man known as the Giver gives Jonas memories… Jonas changes throughout The Giver and as a result, tries to make a change in the community. Jonas changes for the beginning of the book to the end because in the beginning of the book he is scared and at the end of the book he is courageous. Jonas is afraid in…

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    things will change between Asher and Jonas. They are going to feel uncomfortable around each other. Jonas will feel uncomfortable because now he's the receiver of memories. He is the most honorable person now while Asher isn’t. Everyone will know Jonas as The Receiver. At the end of the ceremony, the discomfort in their relationship begins with Asher being a little hesitant. The author wrote, "Sure." Asher smiled, his usual smile, friendly and familiar. But Jonas felt a moment of hesitation…

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    Jonas Salk Essay

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    world. Jonas Salk is one of those figures that can be greatly considered an American icon. Born on October 28, 1914, in New York City, Jonas Salk was the oldest of three siblings and also the first one to attend college and receive a medical degree (“Jonas Salk”). His father and…

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    Jonas Salk Vaccine

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    of Pittsburgh, the life of Jonas Edward Salk did not begin in Pittsburgh. Jonas Salk, the son of Russian-Jewish immigrants to the United States was born on October 28, 1914 in New York City. It was in New York City that he became the first member of his family to attend college by attending New York University and earning his medical degree in 1939. The next stop on Jonas Salk’s journey to Pittsburgh was at the University of Michigan. At the University of Michigan, Jonas Salk worked on a…

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    Jonas Salk Biography

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    25 October 2015 Jonas Salk The focus of this biography is to tell the life of Jonas Salk. Jonas Salk was an American bacteriologist, physician and virologist who is best known for researching on Poliomyelitis, also known popularly as polio. He is also widely known for developing the first successful vaccine for polio. The biography contains the scientist’s early life, time of his adulthood, what he has done for the society until the time when he grows old and pass away. Jonas Edward Salk…

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    cases were reported, including 3,145 deaths.” (About Jonas Salk) Polio is among the top ten epidemics in the United States history and the widespread panic created by it could have continued longer without the polio vaccine’s inventor, Jonas Salk. Although Jonas Salk’s intentions and methods were called into question by many, his Poliomyelitis vaccine ended the polio epidemic of the early-mid 20th century. Background On October 28, 1914, Jonas Salk was born in New York City, New York, to…

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    Dr. Jonas Edward Salk

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    Dr. Jonas Edward Salk was a model global citizen because of the many things he did for the world in by helping it, but he was shaped by his parents and education. Jonas Salk was the son of Polish immigrants that moved here before he was born, on October 28, 1914. His parents were strong believers that he needed a full education before he could move on with his life. Jonas was a very bright kid and at the age of 15 he graduated from Townsend Harris High School. He then moved onto City College…

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    Jonas Salk Have you ever wanted to know what it was liked making a difference in the world. “The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more” This was one of Jonas Salk's famous quotes. He was born October 28,1914 and after many years for what he did died June 23, 1995.He was famous for making a Polio Vaccine that cured many people. This man could have credit for having one of america's greatest accomplishments. That accomplishment is that he made the polio vaccine for the U.S…

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    around the world, is Jonas E. Salk, who created the world’s first successful polio vaccine. With polio being such a large problem during Salk’s prime in the 1940’s and 1950’s, the vaccination made him a huge success story. Not only have Salk and his polio vaccine improved the lives of millions of American children and adults by freeing them of paralyzation, many fever-like symptoms, and even death, but they have also had…

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