Kyle Lowry

Imagine a world with an absence of individuality, war, and awareness of history managed by a committee called the Elders.This is an accurate depiction of the novel The Giver by Lois Lowry. Which when compared to our society the novel’s society appears very different, however there are many similarities as well. For instance both societies use history as a way to learn and as an example. In our society, history has taught us many things, including to give all individuals equal rights than…

release memories, showing the citizens what they were missing. On page 166-167, it said, "He knew he had the remaining hours of the night before they would be aware of his escape... Together the fugitives slept through the first dangerous day." By Lois Lowry using the word fugitive, it enforces the fact that Jonas broke a rule. In the movie by adding a chase, it emphasized he was being tracked down for his illegal activities. Jonas broke the rules in both the book and the movie, but it was…

88% of the people feel threatened when other drivers use cell phones yet 67% of people continue to use cell phones. In Anthem there is no high technology like now days and they do not have any family. In Harrison Bergeron everyone is “ Equal ’’. They do have technology and family. There handicaps keep them from unfair advantage of their brains. Anthem and Harrison Bergeron can be very different societies but both try to make people equal.…

the next Receiver of Memory because it instantly changed my views about the community. I had thought the community was a safe and fun environment but it actually holds dark secrets (Lowry 151). I am very thankful for memories and being able to see colors! Lois Lowry makes it very clear that she thinks the same (Lowry…

Memories in “The Giver” Imagine being in a world where everything is the same. There is no color, and you are barely allowed any free thought. Then, at twelve, you get chosen to receive all of the memories in the past. This is what is is like for Jonas in “The Giver.” He is chosen to receive all the memories of the past. Knowing the past gives you lots of power, but with great power comes greater responsibilities, which makes the Theme all about memories. The author was trying to convey a…

dictatorship or fascist government today. Jonas realizes that things need to be changed and that his community is certainly not perfect. His world is really just an illusion of a utopian society to keep people happy. In the book The Giver by Lois Lowry, the community has a dystopian setting because the people that live in the community are…

What do you think a perfect society is like? People across the world have spent ages trying to build a utopian society. The Giver, written by Lois Lowry is a story about a boy named Jonas who found out he had a special role in his society. At the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas gets selected to be the Receiver of Memory, which is the most important job. Jonas meets the previous Receiver Of Memory, now called Giver, who provides Jonas with memories of all sort; pain, happiness, sorrow, and death. As he…

One man’s utopia is another man’s dystopia is a great quote that goes hand in hand with the topic of Jonas’ world being superior or inferior to our world. This novel by Lois Lowry titled The Giver follows a boy named Jonas who lives in a world that has resorted to sameness. Emotional pain, war, colors, and weather are a portion of the things that have been dispensed just to name a few, they rolled out these improvements keeping in mind the end goal to dispose of differences so that everybody can…

perfect society. When Asher and his friends are playing the game of good guys and bad guys, Jonas recalls back to his memory of warfare. “In his mind, Jonas saw again the face of the boy who had lain dying on a field and had begged him for water.” (Lois Lowry 168) Jonas remembers the terrible face of the boy and remembers how abhorrent war is. In our world, veterans of war recall their memory of being in combat and protest the idea of military action. It is like Jonas is the veteran protesting…

“A utopia is nothing more than a truth that the world is not yet ready to hear” – Yann Arthus-Bertrand. In The Giver by Lois Lowry, Jonas's society and ours are different and similar. The differences include the careers people choose and the personality and character differences of one another. As the similarity, both utopias have the gaining of more responsibilities. In everyday life, we aren’t able to attain a utopia because people aren’t willing to sacrifice freedom, while in Jonas’s…