Jonas

make any choices on their own. One person, The Giver, is responsible for holding all the memories of all the pain and pressures of life. Now Jonas has been chosen to receive training to become the new Giver, and he carries an enormous burden. First, the author’s use of allusion exemplifies how knowledge of oppression leads to freedom. This is clear when Jonas realizes that something odd was going on because…

For many years the people and the government have been disputing back and forth whether the government should be in control or the people, this is also known as the “Safety or Freedom” disagreement that started in 2006 when Natan Sharansky gave a Margaret Thatcher Lecture named “Is Freedom For Everyone?”. Since then this event, debate has popped up in court and there are many times where this issue has been a spark to start arguments. Many people see this as a problem but many have also taken…

and also his daughters death. Lowry's mother on the other had remembered everything about that devastating loss. This situation made Lowry wonder ¨What would it be like to live in her father's world, where all painful memories had been erased?¨ In Jonas’ community, there is no poverty, starvation, unemployment, lack of housing, or discrimination; everything is perfectly planned to eliminate any…

able to drop Jonas in the waterfall, which is where he was thought to have died. Also, when you are assigned your jobs, you lose your childhood, and you begin doing this job that you'll be doing for the rest of your life. If Asher is assigned to one thing in the book, but assigned to something completely different in the movie, it'll catch your attention. They cause him to have two different careers and that's very noticeable.…

individual differences, as the story progresses, Gabe represents the symbols even further when Jonas decided to take him instead of going alone. The symbol of hope is represented by Gabe when Jonas took him and went to Elsewhere to attempt to restore the memories of the people in the community. For example, when Jonas and the Giver concoct a plan to save the people: “So if you escape, once you are gone-and, Jonas, you know that you can never return-”(ch.20, pg.194), and, the Giver also reminded:…

for things that are important. In our society there are lots of good memories and bad, though the good memories are so good and fun that it’s worth having some bad memories like pain. Jonas thinks everyone needs to be able to care. Our society gets to make choices for things that are important. For example jonas says in the utopia “ everything's the same, then there aren't any choices! I want to wake up in the morning and decide things!”In our society there are choices to make like when…

individuality by reading The Giver by Lois Lowry? The dystopian novel follows the life of a young teenage boy, Jonas, and his impact on the area he lives in, called the Community. In the Community, everything is perfect. Jonas’s lives, and all of his community members’, are free of choices. It is free of any memories of the human race’s past, good or bad, except for one person, the Giver. As Jonas grows older, he begins to realize the importance of diversity in life from the Giver, and how his…

the protagonist Rikki Tikki Tavi, changed a dangerous garden into a peaceful, safe place. In the other novel, the main character, Jonas, has changed himself from a weak, innocent person to a strong person full of wisdom. As each story progresses, good qualities make a positive change. In the Newberry medal- winning novel, ¨The Giver¨ by Lois Lowry, the protagonist, Jonas, has shown perseverance by enduring the Giver´ś training, has made him change from someone who figuratively and literally sees…

world designed every inch by inch, word for word,and Life for Life! Imagine - YOU CAN’T, dream-YOU WON'T, Live- YOU’LL DIE! Alex, an inspiration for matters of life and death was portrayed in The Dead And The Gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer, similarly Jonas a twelve year old life changer was viewed in The Giver by Lois Lowry. In both books two young boys who although vary in age difference, come to life to save a life, one that has the potential to last. In dystopian novels, a character's true…

memories The Giver gives him, when he sees snow, sunshine, rainbow, colors, love,… all of the things that we all are so familiar with for the first time; or what makes him realize that he needs to change his world that is filled with Sameness… I think Jonas’ feelings are one of the factors that have…