Lois Lowry

Unfortunately, the author uses a humorous tone even though, it was supposed to be a surprising and shocking tone. Jonas states, “‘They acted like… like… Animals?’ Jonas suggested. He laughed. ‘That’s right,’ Lily said, laughing too. ‘Like animals’” (Lowry 5). The author wanted to make this a utopian world, but instead, contradicted herself by adding these insults from the characters’ dialogue, despite originally thinking that this was a paradise where everyone was sympathetic towards each other.…

What do you think a perfect society is like? People across the world have spent ages trying to build a utopian society. The Giver, written by Lois Lowry is a story about a boy named Jonas who found out he had a special role in his society. At the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas gets selected to be the Receiver of Memory, which is the most important job. Jonas meets the previous Receiver Of Memory, now called Giver, who provides Jonas with memories of all sort; pain, happiness, sorrow, and death. As he…

Imagine a world with an absence of individuality, war, and awareness of history managed by a committee called the Elders.This is an accurate depiction of the novel The Giver by Lois Lowry. Which when compared to our society the novel’s society appears very different, however there are many similarities as well. For instance both societies use history as a way to learn and as an example. In our society, history has taught us many things, including to give all individuals equal rights than…

Mr. Balistreri Honors English September 15, 2017 The Life and Works of Lois Lowry Lois Lowry is one of the most well-known modern authors. Her writing style is very imaginative, but also shows the importance of our interdependence with each other. This way of writing has inspired many readers throughout the years, and continues to today. Because of her interesting life it is no wonder that her works are too. Lois Lowry was born on March 20, 1937, in Honolulu, Hawaii. She was the middle…

receives memories that later end up helping him. Anthem is about a man who finds his own place and he ends up falling for a girl and learns freedom for the first time to be actually free. In these two stories Anthem by Ayn Rand and The Giver by Lois Lowry have the same theme in the two stories. Anthem by Ayn Rand is a book about a perfect society. Then Equality breaks the rules and he doesn't tell noone when he came back late. So he got sent to prison for not telling where he was. He broke out…

Everyone in this society created by Lowry, has no concept of individualism, true emotion, or color. They see the world as black and white, literally and they feel no emotion or desire because of the “pills” they take to “treat” any “stirrings” of emotions (Lowry, “The Giver” 38). Without emotion there can be no “love,” which is one of the first things Jonas, the protagonist of the story, notices and longs for after receiving the “memories” (Lowry, “The Giver” 125-126). Jonas’s ability to…

societies determine the difference between the right and wrong choice is by asking a specific person or group of people. According to the novel “The Giver” it states that “The Committee of Elders sought my advice….and they came to me for wisdom.”[Lowry, 140] This quote concludes that the Committee of Elders and the community ask the Giver to make the important decision because of how much wisdom he holds. Therefore the community looks up to the Giver. In our society they usually conduct a vote…

Dystopian society in Lois Lowry 's The Giver The dystopian society is when the things have gone wrong in the utopian society, which finally makes it opposite of utopian. The society in the novel, The Giver by Lois Lowry, was supposed to be a utopian society. It means to be the place with no pain or violence among people and supportive government that meets the needs of every single person. At the beginning of the novel, Jonas thought his society was truly a utopian society. However, he…

celebration of age, This is shown in both the Giver and modern day society we celebrate birthdays. However we celebrate it very different. In The Giver all of the children and adults have the same birthday. As Lois Lowry said “Each December, all the new children born the previous year turned one.”(Lowry 11). However here in the modern day society everyone has different birthdays. The way we celebrate is a lot different…

first, but when you taking a deeper look, you soon realize this isn’t as good as it may sound. For example, there would be no such thing as differences between people, no colors, no feelings, no religions, etc. In the dystopian novel The Giver by Lois Lowry explains just this, the idea of complete equality throughout a community. Displaying many examples of social commentary. In the novel The Giver, everyone is similar. Being unique or different is unheard of. People who failed to fit in with…