Lois Lowry

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,”…

Have you ever wondered why diversity and choice is important or if sameness is positive or dreadful? In The Giver, by Lois Lowry, sameness in a way is good and bad, but they still have advantages and disadvantages. Sameness is good because everyone experiences the same thing therefore, no one in any way is greater than another, and feelings are completely diminished. Disadvantages include, no siblings that look alike Everyone, in my opinion, should have the right of choice and diversity.…

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…

The Giver is a story written by Lois Lowry on the subject of utopia. In this story we follow our protagonist Jonas, who was a normal boy living in a happy but perfect community. However, there was no freedom in this world. Jonas is chosen as the Receiver of Memory who is allowed freedom with the price of having to bear the burden of knowledge. There is a message in The Giver which is how memories give you wisdom and allows you to be dealt with situations the next time. The first example of how…

In Lois Lowry’s story The Giver, Jonas becomes the receiver of memory. He is the most important factor of the community. The Receiver gets all of the old memories from the old world. The memories can include pain, suffering, joy, or, happiness. He will soon know what it takes to become the receiver and how it will mature him. In the beginning, Jonas was quite responsible for his age of eleven. He was different than the other community members though. All of his friends knew what they wanted to…

Imagine a utopian society where everything is perfect for ordinary people, but Jonas is no ordinary person. In The Giver by Lois Lowry, Jonas can’t deal with this community where people are limited and the same, so he leaves. Jonas made the right decision by taking Gabriel, because living alone can lead to depression, a person must protect the things they love when they are in danger, when someone has the opportunity to give someone you love a better life, that person should always do so.…

As conformity unites societies, individualism weakens it. The Giver by Lois Lowry, tells the story of a 12-year-old boy living safely in a community, a place where there is no war, no judgement and no unhappiness. Only if society in the real world was like this. First of all, there would be no wars. This is because everyone would think the same and no one would disagree with each other. Third of all there would be no judgement. This would mean that there would be no bullying and racism. For…

didn't have any memories of emotions, color, and more. The receiver was the only person who knew what had happened in the past. Jonas was chosen to become the new receiver and had the honor to knowing what the past held. In the book, The Giver, by Lois Lowry, by having the knowledge of the memories, Jonas was able to form opinions, fears, and dreams. Knowing the memories and having the power, can change your opinions. “It's choosing that's important, isn't it?” (123). By having the power to…

Have you ever heard of “The Giver”? If you haven't the you haven't heard of “Jonas”. In this essay I will be consulting to you about how Lois Lowry, the author of “The Giver”, uses a variety of means to characterize “Jonas” in this book. For instance, Lois Lowry makes Jonas appear happy , curious, and different. Now that you know a little bit about of what jonas is like in “The Giver” you will also know some of the things Jonas feels and experiences, as well as some memories. Later on in this…

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…