What Kind Of Society Does Kira Live In?: Video Analysis

Imagine living in a world where the weak are cast aside and you yourself are crippled, but your life is spared by love. Then your mother dies unexpectedly and there is no longer anyone protecting you. What will happen to you now? This is what Kira faced in the novel Gathering Blue written by Lois Lowry. Kira was born with a deformed leg and faces physical challenges because of it. At the beginning of the book, Kira’s mother dies from an unexpected illness and Kira is attacked by a group of women led by Vandara. Vandara claims that Kira should be taken to the field and left for the beasts, which the reader finds out later are not real. The Council of Guardian’s then spares Kira’s life and appoints her official threader of the Singer’s robe. She later meets Thomas, the Carver, and Jo, the

C. A tradition hat is also worn. All the tradition clothes are all hand-made and stitched in multiple patterns.

The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines tradition as a way of thinking, behaving, or doing something that has been used by the people in a particular group, family, society, etc., for a long time (2011). The Navy is full of formal traditions such as saluting honors to the flag or senior personnel. One such tradition is the Chief’s Pinning Ceremony. The Chief’s Pinning Ceremony is a formal tradition, the first ceremony taken place on September 16, 1960. In 1959 the collar device of an golden fouled anchor was the emblem of a Chief in the Navy. This anchor distinguish the Chiefs the junior enlisted Sailors(Leuci 2015). The following year on September 16, 1960 the first Chief Pinning Ceremony took place starting a long lasting tradition in the United States Navy.

I read the book Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry. This book is about being strong through rough times and trusting yourself. In the beginning of the book Kira’s Mom passed away. This was not her first loss, because when she was a tyke her Dad had been killed by beasts.

The conflict in this story can be labeled person against society, but the story goes to show that after conquering a single challenge, one faces other challenges. At the beginning, Kira’s main challenge is that she isn’t accepted in her community due to her disability. This problem belongs to Kira alone. The conflict is first found on page 16, when Vandara confronts Kira and tries to take her land. The author writes, “‘We don’t want you here ,’ the woman said. ‘You don’t belong in the village anymore. You’re worthless with that leg’” (16). Vandara thought that because Kira was crippled, it would be okay to steal from her, because that is the way that disabled people were treated in her society (16). The conflict is also supported on page 26. This is the part when Vandara is making her accusations. The author comments, “She was imperfect. And fatherless as well. She should not have been kept” (26). This quote emphasizes how their society feels about the disabled- they are not as worthy of a life as the others. This conflict is basically resolved when Kira is given a place at the Council Edifice where she can work (61). This helps her meet Thomas and have an importance in society (68). Then when she is accepted in her village, she starts to learn more about her government and their secrets (110). This all opens the next conflict- Kira lives in a village where the village people are being consistently being deceived by their

Comparing both ‘The Giver’ and ‘Pleasantville’, they each deeply explore the theme of freedom and choice. In ‘The Giver’, the citizens of the community live in a world where they make very little decisions of their own, and lead a life where everything is set. "Our people made that choice, the choice to go to Sameness.” For example, no one gets a choice at want they want to do in life, as the elders decide their futures at the age of twelve. The only two people in the community that can independently think are Jonas and The Giver, due to having memories of the past, when everyone could think freely and feel real emotions. Similarly, in ‘Pleasantville’, the characters also have little control as they are deprived of independent thought and follow the same routine every day. The simple clarity of black and white matches the idealised nature of the world, where everything is perfect and simple. Everyone in Pleasantville has given up colour, knowledge, new experiences and pleasure in order to keep things “pleasant” and uniform. In the beginning of both ‘The Giver’ and ‘Pleasantville’, their worlds are in black and white. As Jonas, and the citizens of Pleasantville start to discover new things about the "real world" and individuality, both worlds slowly start turning to colour. “If everything's the same, then there aren't any choices! I want to wake up in the morning and decide things!”

Both power and relationships are revealed in dress, uniform and costumes” (p.349). Clothing can bind a community together by wearing similar garments. Zitkala-Sa uses clothing to indicate the relationship she has with her tribe so when she is forced to remove them, she loses a part of her family as well.

Society’s Impact on Our Lives In the books Under The Never Sky, by Veronica Rossi, and Margot, by Jillian Cantor, society has a huge impact on the lives of the main characters: Margie, Aria, and Perry. These books are very different, however, they have one similarity: society’s impact on the characters changes their lives drastically. In Under the Never Sky, Aria and Perry are forced to become allies in order to fight their society and government that has treated them horrible in very different ways.

The theme conveyed through the Giver is that individuality should be valued. The story takes place in a utopian society where everything is the same. There are no choices, no color, and no love in the Community of Sameness. The novel starts out a month before the Ceremony of Twelve, where the 12 year olds each get assigned a job. Jonas gets the assignment of the Receiver of Memory, and he soon finds out that lying is permitted, and receives several memories of the past without sameness, with pain too. He has the ability to see beyond, and finds out that he and the Giver are the only people in the Community that have the ability to see, as well as hear beyond. Similar to the phenomenon of an apple changing quality and his friend Fiona’s hair doing the same

Not wanting to let go of her expired infant Mrs. Kamai was devastated by the loss of her daughter. Two girls lost their family and Mrs. Kamai lost her baby, due to the bomb children lost their parents and parents lost their infants.

How the struggling of their mother dying creates a different way of grief and how the journey that Addie sends them on is different. It all means something

Kira is angry because she could have killed her mother. However, Kira’s mom explains that it is not Kira who could have killer her but the fox inside her

For many centuries clothing was used namely as a form of symbolising one’s ascribed class and social honour. A good example of this was evident in Feudal European times when sumptuary laws were created in order to regulate and specify

II. Indian men and women love to wear their traditional clothes and accessories during festivals and occasions which are an integral part of Indian life.

Preview: Throughout this speech, I will explain how Indian dresses are a big part of our culture. First, I will talk about how it connects me to my culture, then how it comes in a variety of colors, and at last the different designs.