The Giver

that is to them, inconceivable. A man known as The Giver has chosen Jonas to receive memories in order for him to experience the world as it existed in the past: a place of pain, joy, sorrow, and beauty. As Jonas’s perception of the world begins to change, he starts thinking about his society in a new light. My favorite book, a dystopian novel, falls in a genre that is over-crowded with bestsellers such as The Hunger Games, Divergent,…

(SIP-A) The Giver tells Jonas about the secrets that his society has been keeping from him. (STEWE-1) The Giver is telling Jonas that the people he cares about do not know about feelings when he says, “Listen to me, Jonas. They can’t help it. They know nothing” (Lowry 153). The Giver is trying to put Jonas’ arguments down by reassuring Jonas that he is superior to all of the people he knows. This shows how The Giver is telling Jonas about the secrets of the society because The Giver is telling…

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…

be selected as the receiver of memory because only one person is selected, not assigned, to this job. The memory receiver job is very important and special because there is only one person who is able to hold all of the memories for everyone. The giver that gave Jonas the memories is a special person since he held all the memories and once he passes them on he loses all of them. Although only one person gets the job, Jonas is a great choice because he is a smart kid and has the courage to do the…

The Giver presents us the story of Jonas, a kid who lives in a utopian society. This society is described like a community in which almost everything is controlled by rules. At first glance it looks like a perfect world; however as the story goes on this concept changes. In like manner, this community has to develop under a considerable law called sameness. Basically, it means that the whole population has to have the same and no one can has individuality. When Jonas became a Receiver of Memory…

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 others. An example in The Giver of using history is when the community decides not to shoot down a foreign plane that flies over them because The Giver…

Jonas’ community, in The Giver, experience. People should not be deprived of the right to choose their job, their spouse and the time when they are ready for one, and when they will have children as well as other major decisions. These things should be common allowances in society because everybody is different, and should make their own life choices so that they can choose the best things for them personally. I disagree with this method of keeping society in “order”.…

Memories in “The Giver” Imagine being in a world where everything is the same. There is no color, and you are barely allowed any free thought. Then, at twelve, you get chosen to receive all of the memories in the past. This is what is is like for Jonas in “The Giver.” He is chosen to receive all the memories of the past. Knowing the past gives you lots of power, but with great power comes greater responsibilities, which makes the Theme all about memories. The author was trying to convey a…

cetera. Nobody would be different, individuality would be frowned upon, and you could get killed for breaking one of the hundreds of rules. This is the society in the book The Giver written by Lois Lowry. Symbols such as mirrors and eyes, sunshine, and color help demonstrate the theme of Sameness in The Giver. In The Giver, mirrors and eyes help prove the theme of Sameness. For the most part, mirrors show the character thinking about a reflection of himself and on life itself. In the story,…

attempted to create a utopia, an ideal society or world where no negative aspects are evident. More literally, utopia means no place or nowhere. An example of a utopia can be seen in both the book and film adaption of Lowry’s The Giver, however, the society presented in The Giver is not a true utopia but rather, a dystopia. This is due to a plethora of reasons, including the mask that shrouds the idea of death, the fact that differences aren’t embraced, and the removal of memories. Some might…