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    perfect, we can never all be the same even if we try it. the utopian world we’re searching for can change into a dystopian world. The Giver and Harrison Bergeron are stories of a society trying to be perfect but changed into a cruel world. The Giver by Lois Lowry is a book about a “perfect world”. The world where there is no war, no famine, no racism, no criminals, no colors, nothing. Harrison Bergeron, by Kurt Vonnegut, is a science-fiction short story. Both of these stories are very similar in…

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    What if everything in life was the same? Well, in the book The Giver by Lois Lowry, it is. This book is about someone named Jonas who gets his assignment at age 12 as the Receiver of Memories which allows him to see what is outside of the community and realize that not everywhere everything is the same. Jonas sees outside of the community and realizes that the rule of sameness is bad in some spots but also good. There are many advantages and disadvantages. However, sameness is something bad to…

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    My giving of The Giver In the book difference is eliminated by eliminating all color, choices, and emotions. To the people no one knows difference to them color is not a thing all they see is black and white also choices are taken from them. In The Giver sameness is negative thing because it stops creativity, people don't understand difference, and lastly it makes them behave like robots. Sameness is a bad thing. In The Giver sameness is a bad thing because... It stops creativity so…

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    The Giver Arguments

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    The Giver Argument Essay In The Giver by Lois Lowry, there is a 13 year old boy named Jonas living in a community without love, color, weather, and little change at all. He gets chosen to be the Receiver of Memories and receives many memories, including one of love and warmth at Christmastime. He realizes that his community lacks so much, and runs away, taking with him a baby boy named Gabe who was going to be killed because he wasn’t developing as fast as the other babies. They run away to a…

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    Dear Miss. swett This week I read section 4 of the giver by Louis Lowery Jonus was wondering what it happened when they did a release. The giver showed Jonas a video of the release. They stick a needle into their veins and inject something into them and made them go limp. Then they through the person. Jonas got really mad and then for doing that to a person. The giver explained that they don't have feelings. Then they planned Jonas would run away and all the memories come back to the community…

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    The Giver

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    What would you do if you were put in Jonas’s situation? This one of the many questions we find ourselves asking in the book the Giver, a dystopian novel by Lois Lowry. Not all books have to be non-fiction, and just because a book is realistic-fiction or a dystopian novel, does not mean it doesn’t have a point. There are so many instances in the Giver that we ask ourselves questions we might not think about while reading non-fiction. Who said that only non-fiction books can have a point?…

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    The world we live in today is fueled by memories from the past; from education to medicine, we learn from the past. In The Giver, by Lois Lowry, a young boy lives in a perfect world, or so he thought. In this dystopian novel, Jonas receives a new job, and during his training, he realizes what is missing from his and his community’s lives- memories. With other members of his community not believing they’re important, Jonas strives to gain as many memories as possible; before it’s too late. Jonas’…

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    The Giver Theme Analysis

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    There are different themes developed in different novel. There are different themes developed throughout The Giver. There is a character who is in a community who becomes a Receiver of Memories , but then runs away and the memories that he has received begin to fade away back to his old community. Jonas’ develop a theme over the course of The Giver by teaching the reader that with every action there will be a positive or negative consequence. (outcome) Although some readers believe that there…

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    everything planned out for us? Would you enjoy it, or want to rebel? Giving is much more than Christmas or a birthday. Sometimes the best gift you can give are memories. We don’t realize how important things are until we lose them. “The Giver” by Lois Lowry shows us things we may not have thought of before. They live a life of sameness, they can choose nothing for themselves. Until Jonas, the protagonist, decides to change that. He goes on a journey to find Elsewhere. In the end of “The Giver,”…

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    Image that a society was sameness, same haircut, can not see color. It's a whole different world. In modern society you can be who you are. In The giver by lois lowry there is a boy named Jonas who he was picked to be the next receiver of memory . Everyday he will go see the giver and recive memories. Then Jonas started to notice something after he receives the memories. Although the book begins with what seems to be a perfect utopia but it turns out that it's a dystopia. First, the way in…

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