Analysis Of The Giver By Lois Lowry

This novel is about a community where each person is the same. Everybody in this community go by certain rules and if they do not follow those rules they are punished. Everyone is to act the same in this book. Every person is assigned a job when they become a twelve and they are to work at the job until they go to the house of the old. This book is explained by Lois Lowry the author is explaining a whole different world than ours in this world he describes a person called the giver who is the receiver who hands off the job to Jonas one of the main characters who asks the receiver about all his memories and about what his job will be like. Jones had become the receiver. the giver gives him training and tells him what memories were like, the giver tells him why were like giver tells him why were like.

In the novel The Giver by Lois Lowry, the receivers are the only people who have feelings and memories. The elders are the people who choose what the best is for their people in the community and sometimes they go to the receiver for help on making the right decisions. The people from the community do not see color, or have freedom on making a decision for them. There is no love, feelings, and grandparents. Jonas is assigned to be the next receiver of the community; He was trained by the giver, who transfers memories of the pain and pleasures of life, who also shows him the truth and reality that is hidden to the community. Jonas’s community does not represent the ideal of society because there are no choices or distinctions between men

Lois Lowry’s The Giver is set in a futuristic, dichotomous society, one that is both utopian and dystopian. In response to the overwhelming destruction and chaos in the world, the Elders have attempted to create and maintain a peaceful and orderly utopia, but this security comes at a price. The citizens of the community have sacrificed their individuality and freedom. Although most adult members have some knowledge of the hypocrisies involved, they choose to perpetuate the deception, allowing the community, as a whole, to continue on blissful ignorance. When young Jonas is confronted with all the truths of the present and all the memories of the past, he must choose for himself

Change is inevitable no matter what difference is made. The Giver by author Lois Lowry is the story of a utopian community that has adopted sameness that actually seems more dystopian later on. The Giver’s protagonist is a boy, Jonas, who is chosen and honored to take the assignment of being the Receiver of Memories. Jonas as the new Receiver of Memories is trained by the previous Receiver of Memories who Jonas calls The Giver. This causes many joys and pains for Jonas, but a curiousness to every new memory that is given. The setting is set in a community that has gained the culture to be a strict community that is controlled by The Elders. Before meeting the Giver, Jonas began as an outcast,later as he met his mentor Jonas was brave, and as he became more mature he became determined.

The dystopian novel, The Giver by Lois Lowry is about a boy called Jonas becoming the new Receiver-of-Memories. Throughout the novel, the protagonist, Jonas matures as knowledge is gained, and begins to understand the deepest, and darkest secrets of the community he lives in that is seemly 'perfect'. The author has successfully analysed a variety of social issues present in today's modern world in the novel. Some issues implied are: lack of individuality which allows for easy control, the abandonment of emotions and the importance of memories.

Newberry Medalist, Lois Lowry, reflects her fascination with the stages of life into her many novels that depict young adults coping with the challenges that come with growing up. And like many recognized authors Lowry has been asked again and again, “Where did you get this idea?” For each novel written by Lowry the inspiration arises from diverse occasions from her life. In The Giver Lowry explores the new territory of a fantasy realm of society that is free from pain, disorder, and overpopulation; but in a world without love, color, and memories the perfect society turns to dystopia. (Novels for Students) As an explanation for the origins of The Giver Lois Lowry, in her Newberry Medal acceptance speech, compares her inspiration for the novel to the river Jonas looks into, seeing the world differently for the first time. Her ideas started as a mere spring, trickling in from a glacier; and each of the tributaries came from memories, coming together to make the flowing current of the river. (Lowry)

The Giver by Lois Lowry tells us that you should always do the right thing at any cost. Jonas is a twelve year old boy living in a seemingly perfect society. He is worried about what assignment, or job he will be chosen for. During the ceremony of twelve, Jonas is skipped over, but in a twist of events, he gets the most important job of all; the Reciever of Memory. During the training, Jonas watches a video of his father releasing a child, which is murder. Angry and shocked, Jonas, with the help of The Giver, devises a plan to run away to “elsewhere.” Jonas and a newchild, whose life has been threatened, end up going through cold and starvation just to get there, but in the end, it was worth it.

The Giver a Lois Lowry book has an exceptional life style which questioned my ideas, and beliefs. The novel describes an ideal society, in which everything is supposed to be perfect, with all life’s problems solved. It is all about being happy with what the people have and not questioning their life styles because they did not know the difference between good and bad. The people are denied of their preferable way of life without their knowledge of how the real world is supposed to be. The main character Jonas finds him self gaining access to memories of everyone, when he’s appointed the assignment as a receiver of memory. As Lois Lowry took me threw Jonas’s adventures, I came to a conclusion that they should procure memories back. I

There is no doubt that our world displays a dystopia. Therefore, we have crime, poverty, hunger, and drought. The Giver, by Lois Lowry, shows a different kind of dystopia. Additionally, they do not have hunger, nor crime. They are a society lacking love, feelings, and sadness. Jonas is particularly selected to be the new receiver of memory. As Jonas experiences his training, he notices all the flaws in his society. He starts to realize his quasi, utopian society, turns out to be imperfect. Jonas’s society shows a dystopia because they kill innocent community members, they are forbidden to feel emotions, and the committee of the elders keeps secrets from the society.

In Lois Lowry’s The Giver, Jonas’s community is a safe and happy place to live. For starters, there are no problems in the community.When a conflict occurs in the community, it is fixed or forgiven immediately. An example of this is when Asher is late to school and has to say to his classmates, “I apologize for inconveniencing my learning community”(Lowry 5). Asher made a mistake and apologized for it right away. His classmates forgave him and there was no further issue. It is required for a public apology to made; this way, no one holds grudges and everyone coexists peacefully. Furthermore, no one in the community needs to worry about money or employment. At the age of 8, children need to start volunteering so that the Elders can observe them

Citizens in Jonas’ community cannot actively decide anything. Instead, they are governed by copious rules and systems, which drastically limit their individuality and freedom. For instance, “The year we got Lily, we knew, of course, that we’d receive our female, because we’d made our application and it had been approved. But I’d been wondering … what her name would be” (p. 11-12). Each family undergoes a severe procedure - which the committee of Elders supervises - and must follow the rules

In the The Giver a dystopian future novel written by Lois Lowry, a community lived in the perfect world, no harm, no commotion, just straight up sameness, As time goes on the protagonist Jonas learns about the dark secret of the community that many people fail to bring up in key points of time. Jonas is a special child, as he has the keys to the past and helping preventing the inevitable from happening in the future.

A school that lets students have authority in choosing their electives is good for Jonas because it will open his mind to all the different possibilities the world holds. For example, in Chapter 10, the text reads, “ Jonas almost gasped aloud. To have the power to turn the speaker off. It was an astonishing thing” (Lowry, 100). Since he was never exposed to this level of independence, he was completely ignorant of the concept of freedom. He didn’t understand that there was more to life than following rules. However, if he went to a school that let students have the upper hand, Jonas would discover his true potential, and he would have the choice to choose what he wanted to say, do, and learn. Another example in Chapter Ten is this quote:

In The Giver by Lois Lowry, the story is set in a Dystopian society where every choice is already made for the people. For example, they do not choose what clothes they wear, they do not choose who they marry, and they do not choose what job they work at. All of these choices are made by the Committee of Elders, who are old and wise people who lead the community. At one point in the story during Jonas’s training, Jonas thinks about a world where people make their own choices. “ ‘But now that I can see colors, at least sometimes, I was just thinking: what if we could hold up things that were bright red, or bright yellow, and we could choose? Instead of the Sameness.’ ‘He might make wrong choices.’ ‘Oh.’ Jonas was silent for a minute. ‘Oh, I see what you mean. It wouldn’t matter for a newchild’s toy. But later it does matter, doesn’t it? We don’t dare to let people make choices of their own.’ ‘Not safe?’ The Giver suggested. ‘Definitely not safe,’ Jonas said with certainty.” In this scene, Jonas is coming to the conclusion that a world where people make their own choices would be very dangerous, and it is very good that they do not make their own choices. However, there are both sides to the argument of whether it should be this way.

During the beginning of the book, “The Giver,” by Lois Lowry, the main character named Jonas is almost the same as everyone in his community. All the people are known to be are the same as each other. Jonas and his younger brother Gabe both have different colored eyes than the rest of the community. In the community Jonas lives in everything is gray and the same. The community also has a lot of rules. In the book, it says, “It was the first thing Jonas noticed as he looked at the new child peering up curiously from the basket. The pale eyes. Almost every citizen in the community had dark eyes. His parents did, and Lily did, and so did all his group members and friends. … No one mentioned such things it was not a rule, but it was considered rude to call attention to things that were unsettling or different about individuals.” This contributes to Jonas and Gabe during the end of the story for a few reasons. A rule in the community is you are not allowed to lie. Also, every year up until you turn 12 you have ceremonies where you grow up and receive better items that will show you have been maturing. As Jonas becomes older and he becomes a 12 he gets assigned to be the new receiver of memories. At the ceremony of 12 Jonas’s name was skipped to come up and receive his assignment so he started panicking because they never made mistakes. Jonas was chosen to be the Receiver of memories because he had no dreams of uncertainty and he had intelligence, integrity, and courage. Because