Short Story Of The Giver

But perhaps it was only an echo. Sitting there in the sled looking upon the people in his Christmas memory but this time it wasn’t a memory it was real life. His parents & grandparents were was standing there in the night holding candles singing carols of old. He got out and they hugged him as if they got back from a trip far away and finally returned. All the sudden the parents grabbed Gabe while the grandparents grabbed Joneses hand and they walked to their house that was just around the corner. At that moment neither Gabe or Jonas were cold or scared of these people. In fact they forgot they lived in the community. They felt as if those were their real family members. On the way to the house they asked where the two went and why they didn’t

Can there be a perfect society? While modern day and the novel society differ, they both aren’t perfect. The society in The Giver has a few similarities from our society, but there are a lot of differences that make them completely different. They both may seem like they are perfect, but in all reality they are not.

Imagine living in a society where all emotion is suppressed and all knowledge of the outside world is not available to any person. How would that make a citizen feel? Well, of course they wouldn’t have the correct knowledge to understand how the feeling truly is, but those who are not ignorant would feel a starvation to know more about not only the outside world, but their own history. Within the novel The Giver, written by Lois Lowry, the reader is brought into a society where most emotions and knowledge are suppressed. As well as the fact that it isn’t very encouraged to have individuality.

(LI) Many of the most famous movies are based on novels. In these movies the content can be dramatically changed from the novel or it can stay on the same route the story goes on. There are a lot of factors that go into making a movie based on a book. For example you can choose between making the movie similar to the book or make them very different from each other.

Most of what we cherish in our lives is freedom, would we give up freedom to live in a perfect world? In The Giver, genetics, sameness, and surveillance are some characteristics that make up Utopia. Personally, I would rather have freedom, not be watched or for my body to be genetically modified. Why should we live in Utopia, only to have a tedious life ahead of us when we could have a diverse world full of unique events and experiences.

The Giver, a book by Lois Lowry that was published in 1993, was not like anything I had read before. The novel is set in the future, or maybe the past, it never really tells the reader when the book was set. The novel was focused on a young boy, twelve years old, named Jonas and an older man known as Giver and what Giver teaches Jonas about their society and everything that is kept from everybody else. The Giver shares information and feelings that nobody else knows or feels. A few examples of what Jonas’ society is keeping from everybody is: sadness, pain, worry, snow and sledding, rivers, sunshine, color.

Can you imagine a world without your without your own freedoms? In the giver they have hardly any freedoms, they don't and can't feel anything. They have to take stirring pills at a young age so they don't have feelings for anyone. They can't see color , and they have to where all they same clothes . No twins are aloud in the community . The line between personal freedom and public safety should be drawn where were aloud to do something if it doesn't hurt anyone else and yes, I think there should be law that protect the community but not take away personal freedoms.In the real world we have freedoms to like and have feeling about whoever we want. Where aloud to see colors and wear what we want. There freedoms in the book are very limited like love, diversity, and discrimination.

Faster and faster Jonas went. It was as if he was gliding on top of the snow. Jonas was steering the sled down the hill when all of a sudden, the sled skimmed a rock and went right towards a tree! Jonas could see it happening in his head before it actually occurred. He grabbed Gabe protectively and through him off the sled gently so he

“The safety of the people shall be the highest law” (Tullius Cicero). The Giver is a 1993 American young adult novel by Lois Lowry. It is set in a utopian society were the government ensures everyone’s safety, education, and enjoyment. It also makes choices for the people that would be difficult for them to make by themselves. “Haiti in Crisis” is a New York Times upfront by Bryan Brown and Patricia Smith. It shares information about how Haiti is getting devastated by a hurricane and how it adds to the destruction and poverty of Haiti. With the choose of which setting is the most desirable, The Giver’s community is much more desirable to call home.

Every move was being watched, including his partner's action at the firing end. No firing was heard from the store, so that was good. Once the stream of dead was reduced to stragglers, the weapon fired then ratcheted to the left. A line of the dead dropped to the pavement , the black mist floating in the air. The observers were all grins, as the operation repeated several times. The convict's positions were taken over by others. The jobs weren't difficult once they were shown what to do.

What if you lived in a community with no clue that your life was not as perfect as you thought? In Louis Lowry's The Giver, Jonas lives in what the community thinks is a Utopia but they haven't experienced the real world. His community is a Dystopia because of the lack of knowledge, sameness, and complete control.

Gustave Flaubert once said, “Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who can not achieve it in anything”(Flaubert). Despite this people still strive to create a flawless world. Among these worlds is the world of The Giver. To get the society of that world, Mrs. Lowry had to change a few details from this world today. These new differences and the unchanged similarities are clearly seen throughout the text.

The sled reached the bottom of the hill and slowly slid to a stop. Light snowflakes fell in dizzying patterns around Jonas, blurring his already troubled vision. The ground seemed to sway, to turn, to move. His head felt light, his limbs numb, and his body cold. He tried to stand, to get off of the sled, but his body refused to listen.

In The Giver by Lois Lowry, Jonas grows up in a community of sameness, but soon later Jonas’s innocence is lost. As the Receiver of Memory, Jonas gets introduced to both pleasure and true pain. First, Jonas gets the memory of warfare and raw pain, which proves to be very painful and nothing Jonas has ever experienced. Next, the Giver gives Jonas the memory of love, which is a totally new concept to Jonas. Lastly, Jonas is shocked at the true meaning and act of release, this makes Jonas want to change the way things are run in the community. Jonas gets these memories as the Receiver of Memory but it soon makes him lose his innocence and see the world as it really is.

Fairytales always end with a happily ever after. The Giver is somewhat like that with a positive ending of Jonas and Gabriel finding their way out of the community and seeing a village filled with lights and music. The book is about a young boy who receives an assignment as Receiver of the community. Being receiver of the community is thought of as an honor. Being receiver gives Jonas emotions he never thought were even real. He gets emotions like love, sadness, etc. The Giver makes a plan to help Jonas escape and help the community, Jonas displays courage, replacing negative memories with positive ones.