The Giver

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 in pain and offers to help relieve some of it. The Giver is overwhelmed…

his trial, when his pain and loss exells, he remembers “his parents and sister. He remembered his friend, Asher and Fiona. He remembered the giver” (178) when the book says these lines I imagine that Jonas began to feel immense despair. But he made that sacrifice for the good of the community.…

Jonas had settled into his new home, in the same village that he first came up to in that cold day nearly 3 years ago. On that day he had some mild frostbite, but Jonas didn't even care about the pain because the excitement about his new life in the world was too great. Jonas was technically adopted by a family, he and Gabe were now brothers. The family let him in with open arms. Jonas learned the sad truth about his community. It was run by a man with the name of Rick Morty. He tricked…

explains how THE GIVER is set in the future and is about a twelve year old boy experiences life in that future. Though in this book Lois Lowry explains how there is no crime because there is no money everybody had their “wants” taken care,as well there is no discrimination because everybody in that world is the same color. Q2.(1) Well this is a two part question that I want to be answered from the THE GIVER. First of all while I was listening to Lois Lowry discussing her book called The Giver…

birdshot on you wherever you go? Sounds like torture, right? Well, the people in The Giver and “Harrison Bergeron” have to deal with this every day. In The Giver, they are kept in a special community away from everybody else. In “Harrison Bergeron”, people are equal every which way. To them, all this equality seems like nothing. The quote by Samuel Johnson reveals a key idea that perfection is not always perfect in The Giver and “Harrison Bergeron”. In “Harrison Bergeron”, everybody has to be…

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.…

The community in the Giver represents a Dystopia. The Society in the Giver by lois Lowry does represent a Dystopia. The lack of the quality of uniqueness in each individual means everyone is the same and equal to each other resulting in no poor and many more. No one has experiences or feelings of pain, love, hate, jealousy of others ,etc because all of these experiences and feelings both positive and negative all go to the Giver. However the Elders attempt to Depict the society as Utopian…

Title of Book: The Giver Author: Lois Lowry Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Year of Publication: 1993 The Giver is a 1993 American young dystopian novel by Lois Lowry. This novel is set in a society where at first everything appears to be utopia- the perfect place but as the story proceeds further it is revealed to be dystopian. This novel has a character who is a 12 year old boy named Jonas who is taken up for the highest position in his community which is of Receiver of Memory, the person who…

The Giver “After The Ruin we started over, creating a new society, one of true equality. Rules were the building blocks of that equality. We learned them as Newchildren. Rules like: “use precise language,” “wear your assigned clothing,” “take your morning medication,” “obey the curfew, never lie,”……We lived in a world where differences weren't allowed. There was no "popular." “No fame.” “No losers and no winners.” Our Elders had eliminated all of that, so there'd be no conflict between us. Fear,…

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…