The Giver Essays

During his training with the Giver, Jonas mentions his father was having a release for twins. The Giver shows Jonas the video of the release. Jonas realizes that his father just killed the child. The Giver and Jonas are start talking during the beginning of his training and the Giver says, ”My job is important and has enormous honor. But that does not mean I am perfect,”(73 However, Jonas doesn’t know how much pain he is going to experience during his training. As the Giver said he isn’t perfect, Jonas

What if you are not able to see color or hear music? What if you never felt the feeling of love, the feeling of sunshine and snow? In the fictional story, The Giver by Lois Lowry, Jonas lives in a utopian world where the people in the community cannot see colors or hear music. It shows that Jonas lives in a seemingly perfect world.With this said, Sameness is an advantage because it prevents discrimination from happening and it protects people from the wrong choices. Sameness is an advantage because

we seek.” - Barack Obama. The Giver takes place in a “perfect” utopian community, with the main character Jonas. Jonas is unaware of the outside world and unaware of the feelings that could be felt along with the rest of his community. Only one holds the true memories and secrets of elsewhere. That is The Giver. As Jonas becomes the new receiver, receiving new memories of the outside world. Jonas becomes curious about change. Jonas changes throughout the The Giver and as a result, tries to change

Are Memories a Privilege or a Right?     In Lois Lowry’s novel, The Giver,  the people of this utopian society live a life of conformity and unexamined security other than a life of individuality and freedom. The sole reason this inhumane society hasn’t failed is because the leaders of the society force one member of the community to carry all of their painful and positive memories, this person is Jonas. I don’t agree with having Jonas carry all of society’s memories because it causes Jonas physical

In The Giver Quartet, written by Louis Lowry each book has it’s own utopia or perfect world. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines utopia as an imaginary place in which the government, laws, and social conditions are perfect. Each of the four books in the quartet is perfect in their eyes, but in others’ eyes it is flawed. For example, in The Giver the government suppresses individuality but, in Messenger the people of the village celebrate their differences. In The Giver Louis Lowry created a

The Giver The Giver is the story of a society with no color and little emotion, everyone is the same except for a certain few. There are some people that can see colors, feel true love, and have memories of a world that is in every meaning of the word, different. However, these people are kept somewhat secret, because if the world could know of such "difference", it would be chaos. However, while they are kept somewhat of a secret, they are also held at a very high status, and it is an honor to

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

In the beginning of The Giver, Jonas enjoys living in the community and tries to be a perfect citizen, closely following the rules of the community. He worries about using the most precise words to convey his feelings, following all the rules, and doing what is expected of him. When he becomes the Receiver of Memories, his eyes are opened to other possibilities in the world, and Jonas learns the truth about pain, joy, love, and misery.Jonas realizes that everything he knew about the world was an

The book The Giver by Lois Lowry is about a kid name Jonas trying to live in a so called perfect union. Jonas experience develops a theme over the course The Giver by teaching the reader for every action there is a consequence. Although some readers may believe that for every actions there’s not a consequence, Jonas’ experience shows that once Jonas leaves the community he suffers from starvation and also pain. For everything we do there is a consequence. In the text it says, “ The old man smiled

works out does it? In the novel The Giver ,written by Lois Lowry, the main character Jonas realizes that his community isn’t as perfect as it seems. Jonas’ experiences throughout the novel develop a theme over the course of the text by teaching the reader that you cannot achieve perfection. Although some readers may believe that perfection is possible Jonas’ experiences show that striving for perfection can lead to bad consequences. Throughout the book The Giver Jonas realizes that his community