Kyle Lowry

first, but when you taking a deeper look, you soon realize this isn’t as good as it may sound. For example, there would be no such thing as differences between people, no colors, no feelings, no religions, etc. In the dystopian novel The Giver by Lois Lowry explains just this, the idea of complete equality throughout a community. Displaying many examples of social commentary. In the novel The Giver, everyone is similar. Being unique or different is unheard of. People who failed to fit in with…

characters and objects in the book. The theme of a story is what the writing reflects as the message. Theme is also the hidden message in the writing. Symbolism helps the reader understand what is the theme of the story and supports it. The author, Lois Lowry, incorporated a way of meaning and significance to objects and characters, and supported the theme, in her novel The Giver. In the book the themes were the importance of memories, feelings and individualism, These aspects of the book were…

What is a world or a community with NO pain? What about a world with a future with NO color? What is a community with NO freedom? In a book only one boy changes everything and everyone. The Giver by Luis Lowry published right after World War II. Jonas shows integrity and courage. Jonas has integrity. All the children entered the auditorium all were selected to come up to receive their job. Jonas knew he was up next to be called; after waiting his name had been skipped he looked around and…

Many works can share conveyed messages and story elements that help build the plot. Two of these works are The Giver by Lois Lowry, a fictional book written about an ideal community; a utopia, and The Village, a movie directed by M. Night Shyamalan, in which presents the idea of having an ideal society kept away from what is known as the “modern world”. The blind following of traditions and the idea of difference or individuality in a character is common in both of these works. In The Giver,…

The Giver, written by Lowis Lowry, is a book about a boy named Jonas, whose community chooses him to take the position of the Receiver. The Receiver is the most important person in the community since the job of the Receiver is to ultimately learn to be the Giver and become a judge for the community. Indeed the Giver must eventually make important decisions for the future of the community like parental planning. The Receiver must obtain some important memories from the current Giver about the…

How would you like to live in a community where there is no colors, sameness, and not much freedom? You probably would not like it. Well, I do not like the community in The Giver because they do not have much freedom, they cannot get things until they are a certain age at the ceremonies. The people in the community get released if they are not good enough, if there are twins that are born the bigger one is kept and the smaller one is released, and if they break to many rules they get released.…

This essay discusses Jonas’s decisions and why people should support it. In Lois Lowry’s book, The Giver, Jonas decides to leave the safety of the community to allow Gabriel to live, to allow the memories to return to the community, for Jonas to live a meaningful life and for the Giver to have a second chance at helping the community at a time of distress when Jonas’s memories return to the people. Jonas’s decision was the preferred one. How and why is releasing Jonas’s memories to the community…

In the book The Giver, the Elders created a utopian society. The citizens of the community had to give up many personal freedoms. Everyone was the same and nobody was different… except some people. First, the citizens could not say what they wanted to each other so they gave up their freedom of speech. There were a couple of reasons why the elders would give up that personal freedom. Lies could be told to other citizens which was a huge rule in the community. People could brag about what they…

had the same looking house, read the same books, et cetera. Nobody would be different, individuality would be frowned upon, and you could get killed for breaking one of the hundreds of rules. This is the society in the book The Giver written by Lois Lowry. Symbols such as mirrors and eyes, sunshine, and color help demonstrate the theme of Sameness in The Giver. In The Giver, mirrors and eyes help prove the theme of Sameness. For the most part, mirrors show the character thinking about a…

didn't have any memories of emotions, color, and more. The receiver was the only person who knew what had happened in the past. Jonas was chosen to become the new receiver and had the honor to knowing what the past held. In the book, The Giver, by Lois Lowry, by having the knowledge of the memories, Jonas was able to form opinions, fears, and dreams. Knowing the memories and having the power, can change your opinions. “It's choosing that's important, isn't it?” (123). By having the power to…