The Giver

The Giver teaches Jonas about color. “ Dumbfounded, he stared at it. This time it was not a fleeting impression. This time the sled had--and continued to have, as he blinked, and stared at it again--that same mysterious quality that the apple had so

In our world, we can decided what we wear like and how we act. Some of us have long hair, others have short, and a portion of us have none at all. Other physical features may be eye color, hair color, height, or weight. Internal differences may be likes and dislikes; the people in Jonas’ community are just the opposite. They follow a strict set of rules and cannot see or realize any differences. This sameness has been enforced by the Committee of Elders for a while. It is like they live in a one-way mirror; but Jonas can see differences and so can the Giver. They can see color while others just see shades of gray. They can see how the community has changed and how it is being controlled. So this one-way mirror has a secret second side and Jonas can now see through it. This begins to get frusterating to Jonas because he is confused about his

Jonas receives memories of color, something that is absent from his community. He realizes how absent his community really is. Jonas hurts inside to tell people in his community what they are missing. The only person that he can really open up to is The Giver. They grew really close, and it became like a grandfather, grandchild relationship.

Walt Disney Productions prestige is to never disappoint and their latest movie Frozen, is no exception. The movie centers around the lives of two sisters, kind-hearted Anna and the frightened Snow Queen Elsa. Fearless Anna sets off on a journey to find her sister, who flees to an icy mountain after she accidentally traps the kingdom of Arendelle in an eternal winter with her ice powers. Disney’s 2013 animated film reeled in its target audience and more; the film intended to appeal to children’s of all ages surprisingly enough enticed a wider audience largely comprised of non-families. Disney’s reputation for promoting happiness and the well-being of American families led to the direct success of the movie Frozen. The film met its purpose, depicting a touching storyline – showing the importance of family and undermining the traditional concept of “true love.” Furthermore, Walt Disney Productions established sufficient credibility within its viewers and audience with the use of artistic proofs such as; ethos, logos, and pathos. Disney’s tradition is to provide the audience with an educational piece of entertainment, Frozen is undeniably one of those Disney animated films worth seeing. Walt Disney Productions strategic use of rhetoric made it evident that the movie was going to be an all-time hit – some may even say “the biggest children’s film of all time” – simply because it was just that, a Disney movie.

When considering the similarities between Lois Lowry’s novel, The Giver, and the real world; one must consider all aspects of our domain, and history. A few similarities stand out as being predominantly controlling. The Giver, possesses several resemblances to Nazi Germany. The novel also portrays an appalling method for dealing with newborns that are less desirable. The novel also reflects on the way those who are too old are sent on a vacation to elsewhere. The novel leads one to assume that the handicapped would be met with equal cruelty. The story primarily sets forth ideas that are relevant of the era; when politically correctness would have been obstructing to an individual’s uniqueness. There reaches a point where conformity and perfection is controlling of an individual’s free will, and Lowry tries hard to portray the issues found in a world where everyone is the same; in which she indisputably succeeded.

The Giver teaches us that love is essential to life. Jonas and the Giver demonstrate again and again how important it is, even though it’s forbidden. The Giver demonstrates love when he declares, “‘I love you Jonas’ he said. ‘But I have another place to go. When my work here is done, I want to be with my daughter’”(202). The Giver is saying goodbye to Jonas, he is practically telling Jonas he is going to finish the things he needs to, then The Giver is going to ask to be released. He says he loves Jonas and you can tell Jonas loves him too. He loves his family even though they don’t know how to love or what love is. He also loves Gabe, Jonas saves him from being ‘released’. Jonas feels accepted, loved, and at home when the giver tells him he

    In their early years, Elsa and Anna were both very optimistic and energetic children. Just entering her concrete operational stage, children ages seven to eleven who cannot reason about what might be possible or abstract (Gazzangia, 2015, p. 377), Elsa did not understand the strength her powers give her and only knows the fun in which they

In The Giver, Jonas’ world is turned upside down when he is chosen to be the next receiver of his community. The ceremony of twelves is the last ceremony of the day. Jonas waited anxiously for his name to be called; he never hears it. The chief elder has made a mistake. Jonas now has to learn that everything he has been taught was not always the same and it ages him years.

The novel, The Giver, by Lois Lowry, is an everlasting story that shows the importance of individuality. This novel is about a young boy named Jonas who was elected as the Receiver of Memories, a person who is given the memories from the world that existed before their current society, Sameness. In this society there is no individualism. People can not choose who to marry, or what they want to do for a living. Over time Jonas becomes more and more wise, and realizes that the supposedly perfect community actually has some very dark and negative aspects. The author, Lois Lowry is a 76-year-old writer who focuses her writing on helping struggling teenagers become individuals. Lowry had a very tragic childhood. After both of her parents were

The Giver How would it feel to not see color?The book The Giver is about the future and there was a 12 year old boy and a man named Jonas and The Giver. They lived in a controlling community called The Giver community and Jonas got the job as receiver. Color,choice,and empathy would have been important to create a positive community in The Giver. First,Color would have been important in the community to make it positive. On page 94 it says “when you mentioned fiona’s hair,it was a clue that told me that you were probably seeing the color red.

He describes, “back in the time of the memories, everything had a shape and size, the way things still do, but they also had a quality called color.” (Lowery 94) Jonas cannot understand why he is beginning to see the color of red, although the Giver says there are a lot of colors. The Giver tells Jonas, “When you mentioned Fiona’s hair, it was the clue that told me you were probably beginning to see the red.” (Lowery 94) “Jonas looked at her. She was so lovely. For a fleeting instant he thought he would like nothing better than to ride peacefully along the river path, laughing and talking with his gentle female friend.” (Lowery 135) Jonas secretly likes Fiona. Jonas’s special emotion that he didn’t understand makes Jonas see red that represents love. So, the color of red symbolizes love. Now that he sees colors, he can experience all kinds of emotions.

In the story “The Giver” the senses begin to emerge slowly. The first sense that Jonas receives is the sense of touch during his first memory. On his first day in training as The Receiver, he felt the cold in his body and he shivered. He felt the frigid air around him. Then the second sense he felt as he had tasted snow. He stuck out his tongue and snowflakes fell onto his tongue. Another sense Jonas experienced was he had felt pain. On page 82, Jonas was introduced to the feeling of pain by touch, through The Giver. Jonas then asked to feel a mild pain, so The Giver gave it to him. He was in the sunshine, in a memory, and he began to get sunburned. It stung for seconds. Now that Jonas has these memories, he is going to taste, see, touch,

In the novel, The Giver, Lois Lowry also presented that Jonas’ ability to see color conjointly contributed to the theme in the novel, which was the importance of color, by proving that since Jonas can see color he can see the attractiveness in life. For example, in the novel, it indicates, “There would be a glimpse of green ----- the landscaped lawn around the Central Plaza; a bush on the river bank. The bright trucked in from the agricultural fields beyond the community boundary ------ seen in an instant, flash of brilliant color, but gone again, returning to their flat and hue less shade.” This explains what beauty Jonas sees in most of his daily life, and to him he would prefer those colors that he sees for a brief moment than the

The makers of Frozen wanted to base their movie on this story but with a different and more of a “Disney” theme. Unlike in the story when Kai gets his heart frozen, Elsa, one of the main characters from Frozen, is born with her powers of snow and ice and accidentally freezes her sister Anna’s heart. Just like in the story, an act of true love can thaw a frozen heart; seeing what Elsa did to her sister she starts crying and apologies. Doing so she lets go of the fear that was controlling her from the beginning and accepts her and learns to control them. Frozen is a wonderful that teaches kids a lesson on that just because you are different that doesn’t mean that you have to lock yourself away and shut yourself from the world so you wont have to worry about the

Thus, many adults had a problem with this movie. The movie is addressed to not only children but adults as well. My adults are stubborn and don’t like things that are not how they see it. These parents have metathesiophobia. Also, those adults believe that the kids should not be watching these types of movies that shows them how to be rebellious. These parents focus on the parts of the movie that were irrelevant like how Elsa ran away. Other adults who see the positive difference between the old Disney movies and the new Disney movies encourage their kids to watch it and recommend other parents to watch it with their kids. It is parents like those who have helped changed the perspective of the medias role in our socialization. Media has always been negative towards women and the role they have in the world. But movies like “Brave” and “Frozen” are helping change those perspective in a positive way.