Kyle Lowry

The Hank Aaron statue is located right outside of Turner Field. This bring statue is a representation of Henry Louis and was sculpted by Ed Dwight, Jr. on September 7, 1982. The sculpture is about nine feet tall which would be about a human and a half. The piece has a variety of straight, diagonal, horizontal, and curved lines. From the positioning of his legs and arms to the creases on his clothes and even the numbers and letters on his jersey. It is also pretty smooth, you can run your hand…

by Lois Lowry, the lifestyle of the Community is affected by the restrictions set upon them but more importantly how the effects of using precise language, the various rituals, and the many grips of control on the people of the Community that determine their lifestyle. “Precision of Language” is a common term…

sunshine and did away with differences and did away with differences.” He thought for a moment. “We gained control of many things, but we had to let go of others.” This was written in the novel, The Giver, by Lois Lowry. Just one of few Newberry Award winning books she wrote. Lois Lowry had a wonderful childhood, with a lot of moving, that influence here writing. Her books also have a unique style that was also was also influenced by her past. All the award winning books she wrote gave her a…

In “The Giver” by Lois Lowry, Jonas lives in a community which was made to be perfect. Jonas is soon told about the past and the truth about his community, and he then shortly disagrees on what had taken place. For him to solve and change what is about to take place, he must hold the truth about the real world that is given by the Giver. This story made me realise how perfect their world is, and if ours will ever be as perfect as theirs. The society that Jonas lives in is a Utopian Society…

Sameness is bad Imagine a world where everyone is the same there is no holidays or change of season. Just simply everything is the same. The Giver is a dystopian novel written by Lois Lowry, everyone is the same except the protagonist (Jonas). He can see colors and everyone else can’t, there is also Gabe and the Giver they all have the same color of eyes. Jonas, Gabriel, and the Giver are unique. They all have the same houses practically everything is the same. If sameness was brought into…

Thornton Wilder’s, Our Town is no ordinary play. This play goes through a human being’s ordinary life, learning to cherish the present moment. The play begins with no scenery nor curtain, which gives the audience confusion for the stage manager setting up tables and chairs. However, Wilder displays what is given to them in the present moment. His central theme of this play is understanding and cherishing the beauty of God’s existence in the present world. Thornton Wilder clarifies the…

riding his bike and he is looking up at the trees and seeing the bright colors of green and the sky. Then his friends Asher and Fiona tag along and continue with the story. My point is that Jonas already started seeing this color but in the book, Lois Lowry had to build up her characters to allow the colors to start popping into place. Furthermore, Jonas saw Fiona's hair color in the beginning of the movie when Asher, Fiona, and Jonas were i the triangle with the waterfall. However, in the book…

place where no one has blood related family members, everyone is assured a long, safe, and peaceful life, and everyone’s futures were decided by council members. In other words, that is “the community” in which the story of The Giver written by Lois Lowry takes place. In this novel, lessons and morals concerning the real world are expressed along with the three main themes of the story -- compromise, the power of knowledge, and perspective -- through a story about a boy, in a very unrealistic…

How many freedoms would you give up for a peaceful society? In The Giver, the author fills our imaginations with a community where color, emotions, and choices of your own are nowhere to be found. The Giver is about a twelve year old boy named Jonas, who lives in the emotionless, colorless place called The Community. Twelves are given jobs on their communal birthday, but instead of receiving a job, Jonas starts his training with a man called The Giver, to become the new Receiver of Memory, which…

common man is shown as concealed from all the maltreat in the world and after viewing a petrifying occurrence, they are unaware of what the outside holds for them in reality. The story, “The Flowers” by Alice Walker and the novel The Giver by Lois Lowry are both coming of age pieces that are built around two characters learning about their world. The young character in both types of stories experience a significant event that drastically changes them to make better decisions and to grow up. “The…