The Giver

Introduction: Could you imagine yourself living in an environment where you cannot feel, cannot see? Well, I couldn’t. In the book, The Giver, a dystopian novel there are two main characters, Jonas and The Giver. Jonas’s community is very unique and unusual. Jonas struggles to try to thrive at his job. Jonas meets The Giver because they both have the same job, the receiver of memories. Jonas’s whole world changes once he gets occupied with his new job. In this companion book, you will find out…

much enjoyed would have to be the book The Giver. The book is about a society where emotions are denied. Everyone in the story must follow rules given by a higher authority and cannot disobey or else they will be faced with a harsh consequence. The main character Jonah on the other hand is given a chance to become someone far greater than anyone else and is able to experience feelings and types of physical traits he was never able to feel before. The giver is such a mind opening story that will…

The “Giver?” Jonas said “yes Jonas” the Giver said “what memory am I getting today? Jonas, today you will have to go through great pain. I'm not sure if you're ready for it. "I've gone through pain before, this won't be any different.”not physical pain, jonas emotional pain" "Are you sure you're ready for this jonas?” said the giver “yes giver i'm ready.” The giver placed his hands on Jonas's back as Jonas drifted to a place that seemed tense. As Jonas looked around he saw a woman he assumed to…

producers. The Giver is about a boy, Jonas, that lives in a seemingly idyllic world of conformity and contentment. When he begins to spend time with the Giver, an old man, who is the sole keeper of the community's memories, Jonas discovers the dangerous truths of his community's secret past. Armed with the power of knowledge, Jonas realizes that he must escape from their world to protect himself and those he loves. Phillip Noyce directed the Giver on August 11, in 2014, the Giver portrays…

Would the community of The Giver be considered a utopia or dystopia ? Many readers have the opinion that the community is a dystopia. Here are three claims that would make The Giver a dystopian . The community in The Giver is a dystopia because the citizens are controlled , must follow rules , and face punishment if they make mistakes. Control , how does the community control the people in it ? Well to start they have surveillance on everyone 24/7.They also have pill that they makes the…

The Newberry award winning novel The Giver is placed in a very messed up future where love, feelings, colors, and much more have been removed. Jonas a 12 year old boy is given the job Receiver to pursue in his community. In this job your are meant to hold all the memory's of the past, which puts a lot of stress and pressure on you. The Receiver is chosen every couple years, in order to keep the community in sameness. While working Jonas learns and experiences many things, which ends up giving…

in. In the novel The Giver by Lois Lowry, Jonas takes risks to help friends, family, and his community. Jonas shows great courage by taking a risk to ease the pain of his newfound friend, the Giver. For example, when Jonas came to the Annex for work, he found the Giver in pain, “‘Please,’ he [the Giver] gasped, ‘take some of the pain’” (Lowry 149). The Giver, the soon to be former Receiver of Memories, views his stored memories alone in his office; however, when the Giver is revisiting a…

explore. — Lauren Sapala The Giver is a dystopian novel that follows the boy Jonas throughout his journey to find the truth. He comes to find that the community has taken away anything that would make it special or unique. They had remained in “sameness” until Jonas started receiving memories that the community leaders had stored away in one person, The Giver. By the end of the story Jonas has released all colors, emotions, and control back to the…

The Utopian Society in The Giver is destined to fail because of inequality and fear. To begin with, in “Harrison Bergeron” Kurt Vonnegut Jr. proved that rebels and insurgents will appear where there is pain and unfairness. In addition to that, “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street” by Rod Serling explains how fear and prejudicism leads to violence and disorder. Next, Matt Bird’s “Pros and Cons of Genetic Engineering in Humans” shows the flaws in The Giver society’s ideas of Sameness. Because of…

many things resemble another dystopian society in another novel. The book reflects on how much the government controls the people and how much of the citizens’ lives and freedoms get stripped away from them. This type of society also shows up in The Giver written by Lois Lowry. Within this popular novel, just like 1984, the people cannot think or feel for themselves, cannot remember things from their past, are assigned jobs, as well as forced to speak different english. In 1984, Winston and…