THEMES ANALYSIS of THE GIVER The Importance of Memory This story developed from the author’s understanding of the importance of memory, an understanding which came from her observation of someone who no longer had their memory. When one has no memory they cannot remember painful episodes in their life. Some people with memories of horrors, […]
The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes. This quote by Marcel Proust speaks of discovering whatr’s right in front of you by seeing it differently, with new eyes. In The Giver, Jonas, the main character goes through the same thing when discovering his Capacity to See […]
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Get startedImagine living in a world designed to be free of conflicts and hunger? When fragments of memories are taken out from oner’s consciousness, how does one think and feel? When life is devoid of colors, will there be genuine happiness can be drawn out of sheer blandness? What is family when love is strange and […]
Some say perfection is the key to life, but not everyoner’s perfect is the same. The Giver portrays Sameness as a utopian society, perfect world. It has removed war, prejudice, racism, and poverty. All things that we would like to extinguish from our known society. Because of this no one would feel incapacitate which is […]
The Giverr’s continued/alternate ending Jonas felt the uncomfortable plastic sled come to a stop, his hands nearly frozen around the icy rope that he gripped until his knuckles faded white. His eyes followed up to the brown cabin ahead of him, colorful lights lining the home, twinkling like bright stars, a soft sound, a piano, […]
In the dystopian literature novel, The Giver, by Lois Lowry, the main character, Jonas, lives in a society where people have been robbed of all their choices and their emotions. Everyone looks similar and is manipulated to act similarly. Sameness is one of the most valued features of the community. Citizens are released if they […]
Imagine a place where there is colorlessness, no choice; a place where there is only uniformity and dullness. The author has created such an obscure place in the The Giver. We do not know the exact location or time period, however since it is fiction we usually think of it as being set some time […]
Jonas is an eleven-year-old that lives in a world without feelings, color, and choice. Citizens can also apply to spouses and children. When their children are grown, family units dissolve and adults live together with Childless Adults until they are too old to function in society. Then they spend their last years being cared for […]
Pain affects more Americans than diabetes, heart disease and cancer combined according to nih.gov. In the book The Giver, people have never experienced pain. In the community, there is no color, past, or pain. But a boy named Jonas can experience all of those things. The community should have pain, because it helps with growth, […]
The Giver by: Lois Lowry shows a supposed utopian society in the future, where the main character Jonas comes to learn the truth about his society and its inner workings. The Giver is full of different sociological concepts like functionalism, conflict theory, and symbolic interactionism. Functionalism Functionalism can be defined as a society that is […]
This Book is made aware that not only are choices limited, but also that the people have not experienced true feelings, enjoyed individual differences and cannot even see color!. Jonas seems to be just any ordinary young boy, Jonas who lives in a futuristic society which has tried to relieve its citizens of choices to […]
This community is perfectly planned out, a place in what seems to be perfect community, In this community from the age of one your life is already planned out. Your childhood will last until the age of 12, this when you receive your job assignments. You will work with no worries about difficult, no choices, […]
The Giver Argumentative Essay Could anyone ever imagine living in a community where everything is decided for them? Their family, their spouse, and even their job. Thatr’s the kind of life that Jonas has been living, and so has the rest of his community. But as he has just been selected to be the next […]
Lois Lowry’s The Giver provides the reader with many examples regarding Jonas’ coming of age within a society where the expectation is that rules passed down to a new generation will be followed. He is introduced as an 11 year old boy who matures emotionally, morally and spiritually throughout the novel. Jonas is initially depicted […]
