... 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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... , however, after completing many of these works; it becomes extremely obvious that the eulogized "utopian society" is non existent and in most cases simply a misrepresented dystopia. The utopian society and its underlying problems are the base of literary works such as, Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, 1984 by George Orwell, and Lois Lowry's The Giver. Lowry's The Giver introduces readers to a world without pain, warfare, poverty, hunger, or terror ... . This may be what one would consider the basis of your typical utopian society, however, take away feelings ... ...

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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 author, Lois Lowry, develops many interesting thoughts and issues for the responder to consider which do lead to a broadened understanding of the self and world. The concept of euthanasia and suicide are an interesting concept of this book. An important part of building a utopia, in this book is that the elderly need to be "put down" as though they were merely a family pet, this is accepted ... one female. I personally see logic in this although this crushes human's desire to decide and have unplanned emotion. In the novel "The Giver", they live in a society regimented by a Government, wh...

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