The Giver, written by Lois Lowry, is about a boy named Jonas who lives in a community happily following the rules of the community. Everything changes when Jonas is chosen as Receiver of memory in which he will be experiencing learning things that are kept well away from the citizens of the community. Lowry’s characterization of Jonas reveals the importance of freedom through her development of the rules of the community, Jonas’s time with the Giver, and Jonas’s decision to leave the community.…
debated for centuries. Are we truly virtuous? Or does the wicked nature overtake us? Harvey, from the story “The Half-Husky” by Margaret Laurence, demonstrates how living in a poor environment affects how you are mentally and physically. “The Giver” by Lois Lowry shows a utopian world where both morality exists and iniquity lurks as well. Furthermore, the two perspectives shown in “The Pencilsword: On a Plate” clearly show the effect that our personal experience has on us. Neither good…
their assignments, ended in December, differences are celebrated in the community. Jonas is a person who got his assignment. However, when Jonas’ training begins, he learns that there is more than what is in the community. In the book The Giver by Lois Lowry, Jonas learns that without memories, knowledge is useless, to never give up, and that those who never take risks never grow. The first theme Jonas learns is that without memories, knowledge is useless. For example, when Jonas and the Giver…
“You get, you give”(97), from The King of Mulberry Street by Donna Jo Napoli, means that you share your fortune with others to spread hope and kindness, so that allies and friends are made wherever one goes; the main character, Dom Napoli, shares his money and food generously and often, meeting friends at the same time. When Dom first arrives in Manhattan, he meets a “tough guy” in a alleyway that he tries to sleep in, and sees the boy chased away by the police later that evening. The next day,…
The Giver, a story about Jonas, a boy given the the career of Receiver of Memory, but will he want it? In the community he was raised in, there was no freedom, no happiness, and they feel nothing. They live in a life not even knowing what love is, what religion is, what color is. I disagree with the fact they are living without love, religion, and color. They are treated like dolls in a dollhouse, trapped and most never will leave. Love is something everyone has. It might not be forever…
The Giver is about an imaginary perfect society, as the book continues on it seems to be more of a dystopia with a controlling government. For people life is a routine activity that rarely changes, like a story mode in a video game. In the United States you can do almost anything as long as it is not harmful. In some ways The Giver society and different but they also have similarities. We both have rules and leaders, but the United States has fewer and less strict rules. Here are…
Imagine a world without religion, without deep emotion, without color. Imagine living in a house with assigned parents with no love or affection. The Giver by Lois Lowry is a novel about a controlled environment. It has gotten rid of war but also many other things. The giver explains to us that the community is very controlling, but made sacrifices to have it their own way.“We gained control of many things. But we had to let go of others.” (120). In this, the giver tells us that with what the…
In the book, The Giver, language is often used as a tool for social control. For example the terms release, Ceremony of the Loss, and comfort object have deeper meanings to them than what is displayed to the people community. These terms are used to make pain, grief, suffering and even comfort go away, or at least dull their emotions. The people of the community when kids start to have Stirrings, also known as feelings as a result of puberty. They want everyone to be and feel the same, so that…
In the book, The Giver by Lois Lowry, many controversial utopian ideologies are brought up that can prevent many modern day issues. Specifically, the Community’s regulations on ensuring everything is exactly the same can prevent many problems that arise in our society. The quote, “Almost every citizen in the community had dark eyes,” (20) demonstrates the likeness in the features of everyone. In our society, the immense diversity in race and culture ensures no two people look or act the same.…
Making choices is very important for people on Earth today, however, Jonas’ community never had that luxury. In Lois Lowry’s novel The Giver, the creators of the community eliminated diversity and the ability to make choices. In addition to removing the options people have on Earth today, the Elders created a world where their authority could not be questioned and the rules would not be challenged. Jonas and the Giver are the only members of the community that have ever questioned the Elders’…