Lois Lowry

giving them symbolic meanings that are different from their literal sense” (Symbolism - Examples and Definition of Symbolism). If people pay close attention they can find that a detail that seems insignificant can have a valuable representation. Lois Lowry implements elements of symbolism throughout The Giver series, some elements more obvious than others. The red sled, the color blue and the Forest all consist of a deeper meaning in The Giver, Gathering Blue and Messenger, respectively. All…

riding his bike and he is looking up at the trees and seeing the bright colors of green and the sky. Then his friends Asher and Fiona tag along and continue with the story. My point is that Jonas already started seeing this color but in the book, Lois Lowry had to build up her characters to allow the colors to start popping into place. Furthermore, Jonas saw Fiona's hair color in the beginning of the movie when Asher, Fiona, and Jonas were i the triangle with the waterfall. However, in the book…

Rationale My Written Assignment is based on the novel The Giver by Lois Lowry, which deals with the main character’s desire and struggle for freedom in his life that he is not able to have in the dystopian society he lives in. Life in the community where Jonas lives is idyllic. Designated birthmothers produce new children, who are assigned to appropriate family units. Citizens are assigned their partners and their jobs in which everyone obeys. The community is a preciously choreographed world…

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…

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?…

was ever unexpected, or inconvenient. or unusual; the life without color, pain, or past”. In The Giver, Jonas, an Eleven, is living in a community with no comprehension of love and is eager to find what is behind the scenes of his inhumane life. Lois Lowry brings to her readers a character with an intense curiosity for truth and a sharp mind to help himself lead his way into reality. Jonas is a male in his youth who’s mind seeks to understand the unknown. Moments after The Giver gives Jonas his…

Every society needs a governing power, but where is the line drawn in order to keep everything fair? In Lois Lowry’s The Giver, the main character Jonas lives in a world controlled by The Committee of Elders. Though the government aims to promote sameness in their community and rid the people of harmful feelings the committee is abusing their power and taking away the society’s free will. The Committee of Elders actions exemplify the contemporary anxiety that comes from being oppressed by a…

The novel The Giver, by Lois Lowry, is a book about a rather unusual community somewhere in the world. It consists of: a utopia, a perfect, strict, very precise community, Sameness, our main character Jonas, and a Giver of memories. This community is constantly being watched by other people in the community to analyze each person's day so that no one breaks the rules, and no one makes a mistake. And because of the so-called Sameness that the council’s community used to create the community,…

“Don’t be sorry for the truth. A harsh truth is less damaging than a tender lie, and the worst lies are the ones we tell ourselves.” In the story, The Giver by Lois Lowry, and the article, “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut, both main characters are poised as hero’s. In The Giver, Jonas is selected as the receiver of memory. After many months of training, Jonas’s realizes that there is more beyond what he has learned in his community. He learns about family, music, and most of all, love. Jonas…

The Giver, by Lois Lowry, is a science fiction story about a young boy named Jonas who learns about the world that has been hidden from his whole community. He is given an assignment to have the memories of the last world to be transferred to him from an old man called the Giver. When Jonas gets the memories he is horrified by what he sees. But, he more terrified by what he learns about his community. He wants to change the people and show them what they do is wrong. Lowry vividly illustrates…