The topics in Lois Lowry's The Giver have created controversy in libraries and classrooms across the country since it was first published in 1993 (Haynes 1). Trying to protect younger individuals from content supposedly not suitable for their age level, parents and teacher organizations have rallied against the short novel. The ban on the book is almost ironic when approached in the same light as the actual book itself. The world described in The Giver displays ... their wandering thoughts. It could almost be considered a younger minded version of the classic novel, "1984- by George Orwell, w...

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The Giver By Lois Lowry "The Giver" by Lois Lowry is about a community that is monitored very closely. Everything that the people of this community do is watched and recorded. They are punished for not doing something right or by the rules, and they are rewarded when done right. There is a procedure for everything, and they must follow the procedure or be punished. There is even a specific way that they are to ... , 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 mem...

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... always been a successful one. Like the Matching of Spouses and the Naming and Placement of new children, the Assignments were scrupulously thought through by the Committee of Elders(48-49). It is narrated that the committee of elders decide that the matching of spouses, Naming and Placement of new children, and the Assignment are all carefully selected by the committee of elders so that no problems ... will arise. The rule of Matching of Spouses, Naming and Placement of new children, and the Assignment is done by the community so that there would be no mistakes. In the landscape of the ...

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... anyone. No one sees color except the receiver because the memories are in color. The Giver's community is a stupid, boring place. Nothing ever happens there very interesting. There are lots of pointless rules. The way things are today is much better. In the book The Giver, by Lois Lowry the important part of the book is the community. Without the community the town would be lost. The community chooses what you would do in ... life, who you would marry, and when you would die. The community only allowed each family to have only two children ... . People in the community had to apply for c...

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... 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. As a result of diction, Jonas ... and the rest of the community is completely oblivious to the events that are ... ...

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In Lois Lowry's The Giver, Jonas-the protagonist- is born into a community of uniformity. In this community, people don't discuss differences, talk about others or touch others. A daily pill is taken to take away pain; and at the age of twelve people are assigned a life-long role. On the podcast Memory and Forgetting, a pill was developed by NYU scientists, to get rid of bad memories. Jonas ... find himself being treated differently by his friends and family; he became angry that his assignment was the reason behind it. When Jonas met with the Giver for the first time, he was shown color. Jona...

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... and Dystopia in Collectivistic Society In a world of "WE-, where the individual has no sovereignty, where each person has an obligation to the community, where authority stamps out dispute, and where those who discover self strive to free the minds of those imprisoned by conformity "collectivism and dystopia dictate law. Ayn Rand's Anthem and Lois Lowry's The Giver demonstrate two archetypal dystopias. War, hunger, violence, and pain ... don't exist in these ostensibly "perfect- societies of interdependent existence. When one dissenter finds Ego in a world of Nos, and appreciates the wi...

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In many works of literature, a character has a significant influence on another character. Lois Lowry demonstrated this concept in The Giver. When one of the main characters in the novel passed on a positive influence to another character. In this work, the people lived in a community that was designed to be nearly flawless. No person could see color, feel neither hatred nor love; no one had a choice in either ... Receiver of memory" who was now dubbed "The Giver.". Jonas was assigned to train with "The Giver" at his personal annex. "The Giver" now transmitted all his current memories to him ...

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... the similarities between Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, and The Giver by Lois Lowry, they may be baffled. They may think that Lowry just did a run off of Huxley's highly successful masterpiece. The similarities are extraordinary, but so are their differences. Many aspects of these novels are almost identical while others are completely foreign to each other. Both of these novels feature structure societies, but the societies are not the ... not to conform to his new surroundings or to follow the ways of his past life on the savage reservation. He is overwhelmed by all of the curiosit...

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The Giver The book that I chose to read was "The Giver", by Lois Lowry. In this book, the Giver, an old man gives all the memories of a world such as ours to a boy named Jonas. At the age of twelve the children of the community become adults. A ceremony takes place every December that acknowledges this change in front of the entire community. Each "adult" received a job assignment. Each of them except Jonas, he, ... instead, had been chosen to become the ... Jonas kidnaps his baby brother whose twin gets killed by Jonas' dad. Jonas and the baby escape out the town into a normal world at the e...

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Name: The Giver Author: Lois Lowry Illustrator: None Category: Chapter Book Honor: Newbery; 1994 Imagine a world where every child is shielded from danger and mischief. It is a world completely absent of pain, poverty, war, disease or discomfort. There is no divorce and no unemployment. The buildings, the people, the weather are all alike. Yet in this world there is no color, no love, no dreams, or choice. ... and 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...

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The Giver I recently read the book The Giver by Lois Lowry. This is a science fiction novel and won the Newbery Medal for American literature for children. The main characters in the story are Jonas, a twelve-year-old boy and the Giver, the man who gives Jonas memories that no one else in their community has. Jonas? parents and his sister Lily, and his friend Asher are also very important throughout the story. Jonas lived in a community ... where everything was the same. Everything was controlled to be perfect ... arrived at where he was supposed to be, and met an old man who Jonas was to ca...

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Two young-adult novels -- The Chosen, by Chaim Potok, and The Giver, by Lois Lowry -- contain main characters who's lives are closely reflected to that of the other. These characters share similar feelings of frustration, and yet understanding towards their situations. Both characters were raised to respect the rules of their communities, however realize, through inner conflict, and a deeper understanding of self, that the only way to help not only ... in his father's footsteps which is something that causes a lot of conflict for Danny in the novel. In The Giver, when Jonas turns 12, he is s...

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In the books "1984" by George Orwell, "We" by Yevegeny Zamyatin, and "The Giver" by Lois Lowry there are many similarities. I found that there was a major there through out all three of the books, the want and need to love and be loved in return. The main characters of each book try to rebel against their totalitarian governments and brainwashed communities. Love was a very strong theme in "The Giver." Jonas was given the feeling of ... of a word and almost archaic. They told Jonas that they enjoyed him and were proud of his accomplishments. Jonas loved his family and he knew he was loved in ...

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