The Giver By Lois Lowry: An Analysis

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.

Choices, the story writen by Susan Kerslake is about how the choices that we make everyday affect who we are and how our life can change by making the wrong decission. But is it always a bad decission? is it always our fault?

The setting of The Giver takes place in a fictional community known as the “Sameness”. Life here is supposed to be "perfect" because there is no pain or suffering. They don’t have to take

My connections look at how certain choices can affect your life forever. The texts that I used to convey this link were The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, Slumdog Millionaire directed by Danny Boyle, The Shawshank Redemption directed by Frank Darabont and a poem by Robert Frost called The Road Not Taken. Throughout the texts used we learn that you cannot always see the outcome of a particular choice unless you choose to go down that path. An important decision is made by the main character(s) in each text and they suggest that not all choices are easy to make and can have positive and negative consequences.

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)

Introduction Imagine this, Living in a society that you are being controlled and don’t know it. Then, you are selected and only you know the reality of your society and how awful it is. What would you do if you were in Jonas’s situation? In this fiction book, The Giver by Lois Lowry, Jonas, the protagonist, is selected to be the receiver. No one in their community can feel or sense anything.

In the book The Giver Jonas and the community have little choices they can make. In America we have lots of choices like how long your hair is, what you are going to wear to school and what color we want to wear. In Jonas’ community they cant even do that. Jonas left the community because he yearned for the freedom of choice. “If every things the same, then there aren’t any choices! I want to wake up in the morning and decide things”(PG97). Jonas wants to be able to pick his own tunic and job, but in the giver community he cant. He wants to pick his own spouse. Jonas is tired of sameness

The destination of Jonas and Gabriel can definitely be viewed in two different scenarios. Throughout the last chapters of the book, there were times when I thought they approached death and the house represented their heaven. Then there were other times I believed Jonas and Gabriel survived and people were waiting to greet them. There was evidence to support both views.

Every person no matter who you are you will always have decisions in life they don't know if it's the right thing to do, wouldn't it be better if you didn't have to think about it and just automatically know what the better choice is? Remember all those times you have regretted not going to something and missing out or going to something and getting in trouble or having a bad time and wishing you had done the other choice? As Jeremy Bentham once said, “Nature has placed mankind under the government of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure... they govern us in all we do, in all we say, in all we think: every effort we can make to throw off our

Jonas, from the book The Giver by Lois Lowry, would enjoy and appreciate Cooper in the future, because it provides choice in classes, curriculum, and learning style. The author indirectly characterizes Jonas as rebellious, as this can be seen when Jonas tells The Giver “...I was just thinking: what if we could hold up things that were bright red, or bright yellow, and he [Gabriel] could choose? Instead of Sameness” (Lowry 125-26). He believes that members of the Community should have decisions that they can choose to make. He is not afraid of change. This shows that Jonas disagrees with the ways of the Community. Therefore, the author is portraying him as rebellious. He would appreciate a school that gives students the option to take certain

Often in life we are faced with choices. They could be as simple as what you should wear that day or as important as what degree you should pursue. It is the more important choices in our lives however, that will define who we are and effect our future. C.S Lewis stated in his book, Mere Christianity, that "Every time you make a choice you are turning the central part of you, the part that chooses, into something different than it was before. And taking your life as a whole, with all your innumerable choices, all your life long you are slowly turning this central thing into a heavenly creature or a hellish creature." There are two books, Pilgrims Progress and Paradise Lost, that are perfect examples of this quote. Pilgrims Progress, by John Bunyan, is about the difficulties that a Christian faces throughout his journey towards the Celestial City. Paradise Lost, by John Milton, is, on the other hand, a story about Satan 's fall from heaven and His deception of Adam and Eve. These two great works of literature give clear examples of how choices effect the outcome of one 's life.

There are many choices that are made in order to make a good decision. Decisions are made up everyday lives and depending on what decision is made can lead to a positive, negative or neutral outcome. There are low consequence and high consequences varying with the degree of decision that is being made. I have personally made a tough decision for myself recently, which has had a positive influence on my life. I have recently decided to go back to school to get my masters degree even though there have been many barriers standing in my way.

I have always considered life to be like a game of chess, where every choice affects the outcome. Decisions that may seem insignificant at first could leave huge consequences at a later time, in the same way that pawns could change the whole game once they reach the other side of the board. In chess, a single mistake made by a player will ultimately determine the winner of the game. In life, according to Wes Moore, a poor choice can leave a destructive impact on one’s future, while a great one will help construct a successful future.

In studying the book of Proverbs there is a similar theme of choice and discernment, the teachings of decision-making and the repercussions of your actions. These books are made up of extremes and polar opposites. The dualisms are the rich and poor, the righteous and the wicked, and the wise and the foolish. There is advice given and it is up to the judgment of the person to which category they will fall into. There are two ways of living, and based on the person's discernment and ultimate choice to which one they will get to live.

The destruction of history can cause great loss of information. Information such as recipes, maps, events, etc. Without history the world would not be itself, information would travel slowly feuds would go on and on, people would repeat the past not knowing its consequences. If the history was saved, it would advance civilization incrementally, without it, it will hinder the way civilization grows. History can make the community in The Giver by Lois Lowry a great place for everyone. With history, people can learn from the past, obtain a different perspective on a situation, and stop manipulation. Without memories of the past, the community of The Giver by Lois Lowry cannot learn from the past. I understand that the memories of the past may not even be used even if we have the history, for example, Charlotte Libov said in a conversation “The American public is ignorant of mechanics of American government.” This shows how people will not even learn their basic rights. But it is better to have history so they can learn from the past when they need to, for example, the community committee would do nothing “they would simply fret and argue about it themselves for years until the citizens forgot that it had ever gone to them for study” (Lowry 18). “For years” they would argue indefinitely. This was due to the committee did not even know how to deal with it. None of the members had memories of the past, so they had no way of measuring or judging what is the best option for the