Lois Griffin

Though equality to both societies is crucially important, The Giver’s fashion of executing it differs from our modern day method. Sameness, or equality, in Jonas’s community is the effect of the government having complete control over everyone in the society. The Giver conveyed this message to Jonas, by how through Sameness, they,” gained control of many things...but [they] had to let go of others” (Lowry p.120). In Jonas’s community, the government plays a big role in keeping equality…

Avoiding Dystopia According to the American Library Association, over 11,300 books have been challenged since the origin of banned books began 33 years ago. Parents most often challenge these books rather than organizations, teachers or religious groups, and the majority of books banned are within schools and their libraries.When books are banned, it reveals a disapproval of the censors to look at the world with open eyes, to close their eyes just like they closed the banned books. Prohibiting…

Argument Rough Draft Jonas is one of the main characters in the book the giver, but is his assignment a punishment or a honor? Jonas’s assignment as the next receiver of memory is a punishment rather than an honor. Jonas’s is seperate from his friends and age group, he is lonely.The receiver of Memory and Jonas had and has gone through lots of pain. Jonas even with honor and respect is still separate from people in the community. Jonas’s is seperate from his friends and age group, he is…

Imagine for a second, that you are 12, and have just been assigned a job, you do not like your job but you can not change your job. You find yourself in similar scenarios regarding your spouse and children. Can you imagine? Well, this is exactly the kind of scenarios that people in Jonas’ community, in The Giver, experience. People should not be deprived of the right to choose their job, their spouse and the time when they are ready for one, and when they will have children as well as other…

The Giver presents us the story of Jonas, a kid who lives in a utopian society. This society is described like a community in which almost everything is controlled by rules. At first glance it looks like a perfect world; however as the story goes on this concept changes. In like manner, this community has to develop under a considerable law called sameness. Basically, it means that the whole population has to have the same and no one can has individuality. When Jonas became a Receiver of Memory…

World without Humanity In the giver by Lois Lowery, the theme of dystopia is explored and it becomes clear that perception of good and bad don’t exist. No individuality means no emotions. Everyone’s life is scripted and assembled together by the chief elder. No one is different except Jonas and the giver. Perception is everything in this world. Some people live in ignorance all the time. Everyone is de-humanized which makes it hard for everyone to understand. That’s what keeps them clam and…

Unacquainted. The feeling of only knowing what you have been told. Lois Lowry’s novel, The Giver magnifies the idea of a utopian society, and how it works but also how it can break down. It is the story of a young boy who makes life changing decisions through his magnificent, heroic journey. Lowry argues that to truly live, we must experience pain and joy because it is what defines us. One event that Jonas feels extreme pain is when he is given the memory of war. Jonas see that the Giver is…

Sameness, the Key to an Utopian Society In The Giver, Lois Lowry utilizes three aspects of Jonas’s society to illustrate Sameness. These primary aspects are control, rules, and individuality, all of which appear in the text constantly. However, all of these aspects are key factors that build upon the idea of Sameness. In the text, The Giver refers to the word “Sameness” to describe the similarities within the community in addition to the very few differences amongst the citizens inhabiting the…

The Giver: Utopia or Dystopia? “I have great honor, so will you. But you will find that is not the same as power.” - The Giver. Lois Lowry wrote a book called The Giver. It’s about a boy named Jonas who was chosen to be the new Receiver of memory at the Ceremony of Twelves. With the help of the Giver, he finds out things he didn’t know about the community. To some people, Jonas’s community would be a utopia, a place that is perfection, but to others it would be a dystopia, a place that is…

There are always more than two themes in a story. If there was just one then i would get to the point of where the author is just repeating themselves. A theme in a novel often reveals the author's opinions on life and one does not simply have one opinion on one subject, throughout their whole life.In The Giver their are many themes that give the book depth and meaning, that the book woulld be boring without. A few of these themes are more important than others. Throughout The Giver, the…