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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…

The Giver written by Lois Lowry is a piece that had no limits when it comes to imagination and creativity. Lowry made sure not to make an boundaries that kept him from doing what he destined. Unlike many of the books, this book’s plot was so original. It makes one build up a burden of thoughts that may possibly be never answered. The theme itself aligns itself far away from cliche and one has to admire Lowry’s triumph as it is quite difficult to catch a theme that is so original. It also tells…

Imagine never being discriminated for the color of your skin, being viewed totally equal to your neighbor. But what if it came with a price, not so enticing anymore. In The Giver, future life claims to be a utopian society. When digging deeper we come to find out this society is a wolf in sheep's clothing. The Society shown in The Giver is a deterioration from ours in 2015. First of all, not being able to love is against human nature yet that is something not welcomed in order to achieve…

In The Giver, a boy named Jonas lived in a community where everything was planned out for you. At 12 years old, the kids get their jobs that they train for and have to do. What if you wanted to make a change? I do not support the community because you can not be different, there are few rights or freedoms, and people are released. Every body is alike in so many different ways. You probably could not even tell one person from another. Same intelligence, and same family unit. One mother, one…

Giver gives him memories both happy and painful of their past world to keep for the community. Eventually Jonas realizes that the community members need to feel pain in order to be truly happy and understand the true meaning of life. The Giver, by Lois Lowry, is a clear example of a dystopian society because the society is an illusion of a perfect world, citizens conform to uniform expectations and a figurehead is worshipped by the citizens of the community. The first reason why The Giver…

“The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It’s the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared.” This is a quote from the book The Giver a story by Lois Lowry. The Giver takes place in a distant future where people have given up things like color and memories. Memories are given to the Receiver of Memory Jonas so that he may hold all the pain of things like war and wounds of all kinds so the rest of his society does not have to. In the end of the Giver while Jonas and Gabriel are…

Breaking all of the laws that Jonas did, and doing things that he didn’t want to do to reach his destiny, he was a true hero for saving someone whom he loved. One example of why I think that Jonas, from The Giver by Lois Lowry is a hero, is that he saved Gabe from a release, which is when the community will kill him intentionally because he didn’t meet the standards of life. When Jonas’s father said at dinner the night before, that Gabe would be released the next day, Jonas got upset and took…