The Giver

In The Giver, the main character Jonas changes. Over the course of the story, Jonas changes his personality, along with his whole outlook. At the beginning of the book Jonas was just like any other kid his age. He is completely unaware of the gruesome inhumane things that are happening in his community, “I’m feeling apprehensive,”...”I know there’s really nothing to worry about”(Lowry, 1993, p.12) This shows how Jonas knows that he is a normal person and he should have no reason to think…

I’m arguing that in the book The Giver by Lois Lowry, the community in which the main character lives in is utopia. Firstly, it’s a utopia because of the pre-organised lives that everyone lives and enjoys. In the book it says; “he was certain that his Assignment, whatever it was to be, would be the right one for them (Lowry, 52-53).” This shows the faith and trust that Jonas and the people around him, have in the elders to choose their jobs correctly. They also trust that they will choose their…

Have you ever wanted to create a perfect Utopia? In The Giver, by Lois Lowry, it has been attempted. In the town where this story takes place, everybody is the same. The people of the town can’t see color, and they don’t have any special abilities that set them apart. They have learned not to think outside of the box. They obey all rules. Living like this was created by people, who thought that this was the Utopia. But, if you look closely in the book, you can that it is impossible to…

One man’s utopia is another man’s dystopia is a great quote that goes hand in hand with the topic of Jonas’ world being superior or inferior to our world. This novel by Lois Lowry titled The Giver follows a boy named Jonas who lives in a world that has resorted to sameness. Emotional pain, war, colors, and weather are a portion of the things that have been dispensed just to name a few, they rolled out these improvements keeping in mind the end goal to dispose of differences so that everybody can…

Transmitting Friendship The Giver placed his hand on Jonas’s back and Jonas was once again brought to a new memory, different than what he is used to. Jonas remembered this place, he had been somewhere like this before. He felt a soft towel underneath him and his hands were sinking into the grainy, brownish, smooth sand.The sky was dark and gloomy, but the sunset made up for it. Jonas remembered. The beach, but it was nothing like the first memory he was given. The wind was blowing cold, harsh…

Rationale My Written Assignment is based on the novel The Giver by Lois Lowry, which deals with the main character’s desire and struggle for freedom in his life that he is not able to have in the dystopian society he lives in. Life in the community where Jonas lives is idyllic. Designated birthmothers produce new children, who are assigned to appropriate family units. Citizens are assigned their partners and their jobs in which everyone obeys. The community is a preciously choreographed world…

The Giver, a story about Jonas, a boy given the the career of Receiver of Memory, but will he want it? In the community he was raised in, there was no freedom, no happiness, and they feel nothing. They live in a life not even knowing what love is, what religion is, what color is. I disagree with the fact they are living without love, religion, and color. They are treated like dolls in a dollhouse, trapped and most never will leave. Love is something everyone has. It might not be forever…

In the book, The Giver by Lois Lowry, many controversial utopian ideologies are brought up that can prevent many modern day issues. Specifically, the Community’s regulations on ensuring everything is exactly the same can prevent many problems that arise in our society. The quote, “Almost every citizen in the community had dark eyes,” (20) demonstrates the likeness in the features of everyone. In our society, the immense diversity in race and culture ensures no two people look or act the same.…

As a result, they earned freedom. To gain freedom, America had to make a plethora of sacrifices, Jonas made sacrifices when he left the community. To illustrate, when he left his community he had to give up, food and he had to say goodbye to the giver. He overcame the obstacles, destroyed the fences that confined him inside, and (hopefully) he will live a happier…

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…