The Giver Benefits

Prompt: Write an expository essay that compares and contrasts life in and The Giver to our modern-day society. Is it better to live in a society like The Givers or better to live in a society like ours? Living in a society like The Givers, would be nothing like our own. Their society is very controlled and no one has any free will or even feelings, in our society people get to make choices daily, have feelings of love, happiness, and even hate. Many things are different between our society and The Givers but even things that are different have some similarities.

In her article, Miya Tokumitsu states that most people who follow the principle “do what you love” become self-centered. Being focused on ourselves and our happiness, as the author says, make us prouder than we ought to be. As a result, we create a division between those who love their jobs and those who do not. The writer defends those who do not love their jobs by claiming that not all jobs are enjoyable yet are socially necessary.

You are about to experience a brief compare and contrast paper between reality and a fantasy. In which our world is no long a mass chaos but everyone is equal to each other. I am going to compare the book to the movie. Many things are different and most are the same, but i'm going to point of the differences today between the movie and the book.

The Giver is a 2014 film directed by Phillip Noyce. The film is solely based on a novel with the same name by Lois Lowry. It talks about a teen, Jonas, living in a society where none of them is different. Each individual in their society is equal. Labels like popular, losers, winners, and as such does not exist within their society. They have created the new definition of fairness.

The Greeks valued Theseus’ nobility and bravery, and even today, his traits would be still be valued. We live in a world where so much time is spent on building a future for ourselves, that it doesn’t give us much time to be adventurous. This is seen in a number books, including Divergent and The Giver. Divergent revolves about this character who looked down on for being different in a community where all is standardized. In The Giver, everything is regulated, but one character has a special gift which makes him stand out. These books are fairly modern, which makes me believe that Theseus’ traits would still be valued. Bravery is not something that is common and sticking to your morals can be difficult when you live in such an opinionated world.

We all know what heroes are, and they both in literature and in our own lives face challenges, whether it be physical or mental, these conflicts are what makes a good story. What really is conflict in literature? The heroes are always fighting against something, and it can be quite different from hero to hero, but there is one common archwire. There are many types of conflict and we experience them ourselves in our own lives, but in stories what is it? “All conflict in literature is, in its simplest form, a struggle between good and evil.” - Anonymous. In other words, in most stories, there is a backbone of good and evil fighting each other. I would agree with this statement because all stories need conflict and most have a “good” side and a “bad” side, or a person with better morals than the opposing character.

Workers may need validation or appreciation, a sense of belonging, feelings of accomplishment or achievement, or respect or power. Jobs that provide these determinants or values in the quantities that the individual needs are good jobs in that the worker is going to be happy. Jobs that provide most of these determinants may still be unhappy jobs because the job may be missing that one value that a specific individual needs most. The same job is seen differently by two different people because the values of the individual are the most important determinants of whether or not the job is a happy one.

The Closing of the American Mind, as the title says, is Alan Bloom 's attempt to both expose and dissect the flaws found within our nation’s higher education system, claiming that it has failed not only democracy as a whole, but has also been detrimental to the students therein. In support his claims, Bloom brings to the foreground the “new” set of beliefs that have been uncritically accepted on college campuses nationwide. These beliefs contain the open principles of relativism and multiculturalism, both of which Bloom goes on to explain have no place nor value in the real world. This opening to principles of tolerance and acceptance, Bloom argues, have resulted in a closing of the American mind, discouraging students to discuss and promote their own ideas—specifically, those that do not conform to conventional ideals. At the university level, where multiculturalism has been promoted and allowed to thrive, Bloom finds that education has been undermined, in the worst possible way (without rationality).

In the novel, The Giver, by Lois Lowry, there is a community in which the leaders try to make life perfect. Although that life may not seem perfect for some, it is apparent that the community definitely has at least two core values on which they built their town off of. One can also clearly see that those two values are order and safety by reading the first few chapters of the novel. Safety is often a concern in every type of community, and it should be, because it provides a way for the citizens to be well, but when an announcer yells, “NEEDLESS TO SAY, HE WILL BE RELEASED,” (page 4) referring to a beginning pilot who made one little mistake, one can see that safety is definitely a priority. To be released in this community is the extreme

“Were any elevens disappointed, your year?’ Jonas asked.” This points out that some people may hate their assigned jobs. They might be disappointed and be sulking the rest of their lives. You might have to train for years and end up doing something you don’t find appealing. “He killed it! My Father killed it! Jonas said to himself.” Due to his job Jonas’s father had to kill an innocent baby. In spite of the fact that he didn’t know you can see what certain jobs make you do and you have no knowledge about it. Giving up your rights to decrease pain is brave, but not smart. Everyone should have a choice, laborer or

Imagine living in a world where nothing changed and everyone was the same. In Lois Lowry’s novel, The Giver, the society is all the same. For example the people of the society do not fight and there is no war. Sameness is slowly working its way into our society. It is used as uniforms in some schools, even secluding yourself to a specific friend group because everyone has the same interests could be considered as Sameness. I believe Sameness is a major advantage due to no one suffering, but living where a society is completely the same would not be an interesting life to live. The Giver portrays how sameness in a society could have advantages and disadvantages.

Would you want someone to take the freedom you deserve away from you? Most likely not, but because of the rules made in some places, people have no idea what the real world is like. People only get to experience a limited amount of what really is in the real world. In the science fiction novel, The Giver by Lois Lowry, Jonas tries to find Elsewhere because he is tired of living in a community with so many restrictions. During his journey, he faces many difficulties and experiences many problems he did not know existed. Sameness is a disadvantage because it requires people to follow the rules even when they think they are not right to and because it does not let people choose their decisions for themselves.

The giver is a fictional novel authorised by Louis Lowry dedicated to informing readers about the devastating impact of extreme conformity on a community. As we progress throughout the book we start to realise and learn all these new things about the giver's community, such as creating and trying to maintain a perfect community, that comes beyond our abilities, while the givers society is having a huge impact on the individuality and individual choices on the members of the community. We learn that the inhabitants of the society had a hard time handling all the different memories, in a sudden event. All hints and evidence to these statements above are hidden and presented throughout the book.

In The Giver, Gabriel symbolize love. Jonas reveals this when he takes Gabriel with him to release the memories into the community. “ And he had taken Gabriel, too” (208). This is Jonas experiencing love for Gabriel. He wants Gabe to grow as a person and in a society that will except him. Jonas didn't want Gabriel to grow up in a world where everyone is the same. Jonas knew the world Gabe was to grow up in had he not taken him. A world of perfection in the people in The Giver was to take away pain and violence. Although pain and violence were gone, so is love and happiness. They created a world without emotion.

I feel I was one of the lucky one who got a job in very nice and organized company. I received a good salary, had a nice working environment and was given respect by other employees which were really amazing despite being the youngest employee. When I entered in this job, I knew nothing. I was completely inexperienced and unskilled worker but after working here, this job helped me to improve my working skills such as how to communicate with people around me, never try to be hypocrite, stay calm and focus only on my work. Having a job also taught me to value my own work, and what I put into something. As my mother said, this job also taught me how to handle my responsibilities by myself. I became responsible for some of my own expenses. This was a valuable experience for me. I learned the value of the money and taking my own decisions about what I spend my money on. On Short, I feel that if a person works just for the sake of money then there’s no point of working. Yes, money is important but no person can enjoy the work if that person is only working there for the sake of