Jonas

with no differences. All type of self-expression is frowned upon in this civilization. In The Giver, no one is able to see in color and all emotions are suppressed, due to injections the government enforces everyone to take. When the main character, Jonas, becomes enlightened he realizes that the people of his community have no freedom to think or feel as individuals. In, The Giver, all language that is correlated with emotion is…

their dreams, Jonas feeling uneasy about his says, “... it was not only right but necessary to tell all of a dream”(Lowry 45). The daily rituals, just activities that you participate in with your family right, well I believe it’s more than that, how or why you ask, well it’s simple, the daily rituals are just an excuse to check in with the members of the Community about how they’re feeling. A good example of this is this literally every morning and evening especially with this one Jonas wants to…

Eva's cooking and Isak's setting the table? What song is playing while Eva and Jonas making out at school until Noora comes to talk to her? What song is playing when Jonas is skating and Eva's watching him? What song is playing when Iben punches Eva and a fight breaks out? What song is playing when Eva and Jonas break up? What song is playing in the opening shots of Oslo and teenagers? What song is playing when Jonas walks across the schoolyard as all the girls watch? What song is playing…

theme of genuine emotions. I believe that in the novel, the main theme is the power of knowledge, but in the film, it is the power of emotions and love. In the book, the accumulation of knowledge triggers Jonas’ rebellious feelings and thoughts toward the community. In the movie however, Jonas’ feelings of affection towards others also play a large role in making him want to leave the community. Specifically, his feelings…

have been given and play their role faithfully. As mentioned in the book “The community was so meticulously ordered, the choices so carefully made." (48) Inhabitants in this society are more like small parts of a big machine instead of human beings. Jonas was one of them before, but he was changed completely after receiving those memories. These memories gave him wisdom to think and to develop his own opinions…

Dystopian novels are a growing popularity in the world. The amount of dystopian novels published has increased dramatically since George Orwell’s 1984 hit the shelves. Two other famous dystopian novels are Lois Lowry’s The Giver and Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games. The Giver was written in 1993 by Lois Lowry and The Hunger Games was written in 2008 by Suzanne Collins. The reason dystopian novels are becoming so popular is because of the appeal to teenagers. Dystopian novels appeal to teenagers…

seen in Plato’s Allegory of the Cave as well as other theories he examines. The similarities between the context of The Giver and the philosophical standpoints that Pluto stands by is astounding. The Giver follows the life of a 16-year-old boy named Jonas, who lives in a society which is greatly controlled by their community elders. This control ranges from choosing who lives, who dies, the colors people are able to see, their careers and the memories people carry with them. The society…

where everything looks perfect but is the opposite of what a person may think . Also a dystopia is very strict or strong about their rules. This community is a dystopia because the lack of freedom,all of the rules, and the constant surveillance. In Jonas community there is very little freedom. Not many choices at all are made by the citizens of this community. In this community they are not even allowed to have their own biological kids, they have to “adopt” a family unit. Also you have to ask…

disease, it's “perfect.” Knowing what caused the other world to end in a dystopia, is how the elders managed to never do that again, But is it okay to erase all those memories counting the good ones? This is when Jonas the main character takes place, he is the receiver of memory. Jonas is in charge of knowing the past. “But why can’t everyone have the memories? I think it would seem a little easier if the memories were shared. You and I wouldn’t have to…

ideal community. One person stores all the memories of the past. Eventually he has to pass those memories on to someone else: Jonas. When Jonas starts to receive emotions, he wants everyone to have them. The lack of emotions kept control of the community, but no one —not even the elders— had experienced any love. Once Jonas knew what love was like he wanted it to be shared. Jonas chose love over fear of what the elders would do to him and over their ultimate power of the whole community.…