... is obedient. In this society, there is the Receiver, and the Giver. The Giver was an old man who uses his wisdom to help the Community of Elders make better choices. The Giver believes that everyone in the community should be able to keep their memories. Without them, the difference between right and wrong becomes blurred. As the people in the community, take the pills, emotions and memories are stripped. When ... Jonas was chosen to be the new receiver, the Giver was ... want to rid themselves of a harmful memory, since having bad memories can have a great impact on a persons life and...

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... a giant influence on the whole concept of the giver keeping all the memories. It is an illusion of her father's memories being taken away like how the giver holds them for the community. "My job is to transmit to you all the memories I have within me. Memories of the past" (Lowry 77). The giver in the novel holds all the memories from the past so that the rest of the community doesn't have them ... . He keeps all the bad memories and the good. This is a reflection of Lowry's father ... those happy memories of puppies and picnics and take away the sad memory of the day her daughter died" ...

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... one can feel emotions? In the novel, The Giver, a community had made its world all equal, until one day, a boy thought that this was wrong. Jonas, the main character of the novel, discovers the emotional growth possible in the memories long suppressed by his community. The climax is when the plan to escape the society is being conceived and the actual escape itself. The conflict of the story is definitely man vs. society ... being to save Gabriel's life. Jonas is also very generous. For example, when he left the community he gave up everything he knew to help benefit it. The Giver is th...

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... . Another bad thing is that they can't love anyone. Their spouses are picked for them and they consider the word "love" improper English. They take pills so they do not love anyone. No one sees color except the receiver because the memories are in color. The Giver later gives Jonas his consent to escape their town to go search for a normal and happier world. Jonas ... his baby brother whose twin gets killed by Jonas' dad. Jonas and the baby escape out the town into a normal world at the end of the book. The rest of the book, is about the visions that Jonas has, and explains how the Giver...

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... excited to learn that he has been selected for the most prestigious assignment in the community. He is to become the next Receiver of Memory. Jonas is to be instructed in his duties by the previous Receiver of Memory, who has now become the Giver. Jonas is now charged with the enormous job of maintaining all the memories of the community from snow, colors, grandparents, love, and Christmas to ... love him, not ones who apply to have a son and then only "like" him. Jonas is not sure whether or not the people should be sheltered from these essential characteristics of the human spirit. As...

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... go immediately to his job, after his training at his job he has to go home immediately, he can be rude, he can't discuss his training with anyone except for The Giver, he doesn't have to tell people about his dreams, he cannot take medication for his pain from training, he cannot apply for release, and he can lie. Most of ... see beyond, though, he could hear beyond. His job was the receiver but now Jonas is the receiver. He now is The Giver. His job as The Giver is to transmit all of the memories that he has (all the memories of the world) to Jonas. When Jonas gained more knowledge, he...

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... Policemen often wage war on criminals. Why can't the world live in harmony? If the earth were to obtain this unachievable unity, what would be the cost? Is this peace worth the price? These are some of the questions that author, Lois Lowry, wanted the reader to ask himself as he read The Giver. Lowry wrote The Giver as an investigation to the questions above. By using diction ,epiphany, and ... anecdote, Lowry is able to illustrate the possible sacrifices the world would have to make for tranquility. ... him to escape this unjust community that steals its citizen's divine rights and di...

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I have read many books throughout my life. One of my all time favorites is The Giver written by Louis Laurie. This Book is about a Utopian society where everyone is the same and life is supposedly "perfect." I haven't met someone who has read this book and hasn't absolutely loved it. I would highly ... is their own community. At twelve, everyone is assigned to a lifelong job. Jonas on the other hand is selected to be "The receiver of memory." This means that he will receive memories from a man preferred to be called the giver. These memories will be painful and wonderful experiences that no o...

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... Thursday that would expand restricted zones at airports to include control towers and give police access to all passenger information." This excerpt was taken from the Associated Press, and was written on November 22nd, 2001. This is a clear example of freedom taken away, not only freedom, but this ... to become his community's Receiver of Memory, although this position with the highest honor in the community, it left him feeling depressed and alone. The Giver transmitted the memories of the entire world to Jonas, so that he would gain wisdom from the world's past. Jonas received memories...

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... February 22, 2002 The Giver " Jonas, by then would be on his own, making his journey "Elsewhere" (161) I think that "Elsewhere" is in another community away from theirs. I believe that it is a place where people go that feel that they do not belong in the community that they live in. It's for the people that know that ... something out there for them. They describe "Elsewhere" on page forty- three where Jonas talks about new children being sent "Elsewhere" and never returning to the community" It seems almost as an exile or banishment to me. On page forty- eight it is described as being a...

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... a month since Jonas rode his bike away from us with Gabriel. The community received all the memories and there has been chaos. The people have been going to the Giver for help and concerns, but I haven't had the chance to make an appointment with him. Additionally, having the memories, I have learned more about myself after receiving the memories. Therefore, people in our community should know everything and what ... is going on. Even if the memories are painful or helpful for human beings, we should ... ...

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