Lois Lowry

Lois Lowry and Gary Ross teach us what it means to live a satisfying life. Discuss. The two parallel worlds between the novel, ‘The Giver,’ written by Lois Lowry, and within the award-winning movie, ‘Pleasantville’ directed by Gary Ross, explore similar attempts, by society to create an idealistic world that contradicts the nature of living a satisfying life. Unlike the life that we are familiar with, the lives of the characters in these universes, live under strict conformity as they strive…

humans have managed to create natural shelters and settlements to survive. As humankind progressed, society has advanced. The structure of human kind gets more complicated and requires a type of government, law enforcer, and rules. In The Giver by Lois Lowry creates a futuristic society where humans of the community are dehumanized. Dehumanization happens in a dystopia/utopia society. Dehumanization means to take away basic human rights and to not be worthy of humane treatment. The two types…

I am not easily moved by literature. Since before I can remember, literature has been the keystone of my education; whether it was having my mother lovingly read me a children’s story before bed as a young preschooler, or staying up past my bedtime in elementary school engrossed in wondrous tales of adventure and danger. Reading, specifically for enjoyment, has always been a priority in my life as it allowed me to escape the monotony found in everyday life, providing me with the necessary…

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…

Bryan Lee The Giver Final Period: 3 Well-known for its utopian society, The Giver by Lois Lowry is a highly controversial book in primary schools. The Giver is about a “perfect” world where fear, differences, conflict, and pain is eliminated. The simplest way to form this society was to take away the memories that everyone once had. The protagonist, Jonas, is the new Receiver of Memories that has to receive memories of the past from the current Giver. Jonas doesn’t realize that the…

Could you imagine what it would be like if you lived in a world without any color at all? And everything is just the same grey hue? Well, this is the world that Jonas, the main character of The Giver, written by Lois Lowry, lives in. The book, The Giver, is a book where everyone lives in a community, where everything is perfectly controlled. This world is controlled by a group of people called the Elders. In the world that Jonas lives in, it would not fall into the category of utopia. Overall,…

In the novel, The Giver, by Lois Lowry, Jonas lives in a world of conformity. When Jonas became the new Receiver, he was presented with memories from years past, pleasant and troubling. Jonas quickly realized that conformity gives you some favorable options such as, security and respect, but, he longs for more, such as love, hope, and, individuality. Jonas travels beyond the community, the only home he has ever known, to Elsewhere, where he can set his burdening memories free and find a better…

Not too long ago, I reread the most fascinating novel for the second time, but this time with my class. The Giver by Lois Lowry is an absolutely spectacular novel, revolving around a young boy, Jonas, who just turned twelve. Actually, he wasn’t the only one who turned twelve… it was all the Elevens in his community. Meanwhile, at the Twelve Ceremony, Jonas receives the most interesting Assignment of all; The Receiver of Memory. After the ceremony, nothing was ever the same again… for Jonas, at…

Jonas is a dynamic protagonist in The Giver. Jonas is an average 11 year old boy with dark, short hair, pale eyes, and he is relatively fit. In the novel, Lowry describes Jonas’ physical traits directly. However, she describes his personality indirectly through how other people view him and how he acts. Jonas has two main friends, but there is no true social hierarchy. Compared to the others his age in the story Jonas has stronger, more confusing emotions. Jonas’ purpose in The Giver is to show…

The giver is a book written by Lois Lowry, the giver was first published in the USA in 1993and in 1994 in Great Britain. The giver is a science fiction-type novel about a boy named Jonas who lives a so-called perfect world where everything is controlled by strict rules and everything is the same. This novel questions what is right or wrong for society, and how differences and choices make life good. The title comes from the friend Jonas finds in his instructor (the giver). Jonas is assigned to…