Gathering Blue

Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry is set in a dystopian future. In the book the human race has drastically reduced in number and size. In Gathering Blue the world was at its edge and about to break. It is protected and ruled by the Council of Guardians but only the well and healthy were allowed to live. Kira had injured her foot critically and when a lady saw it things started to go very wrong. Because of being spotted Kira had to present herself to The Council luckily she was forgiven for her extraordinary

shows us in her books The Giver and Gathering Blue what it would be like not to have freedom and how important it is that we have it. Kira, a two syllable or teenage girl also a character in the book Gathering Blue, is living with her mother in a small village. After her mother dies from a mysterious disease, Kira is left orphaned and with most of the village against her because of her twisted leg. The people of the village

Gathering the Blue and The Messenger. One book written by Lois Lowry. These books belong in a series of books that tackle important and ethical questions. Gathering the Blue was published before the Messenger and is the second instalment of the giver, the Messenger released in 2004, is the third instalment of the Giver Quartet which was begun in 1993. This series of books is targeted towards young adults began. The Messenger focuses on selfishness. Mentor, who is a school teacher in the village

“‘Take pride in your pain,’ her mother had always told her. ‘You are stronger than those who have none’” (22-23). Kira, the main character in Lois Lowry’s book, Gathering Blue, has always known pain (23). Her father had been killed by beasts before she was born and she was born with a twisted leg that makes it terribly painful for her to walk and labels her as a disabled person- which is the same as useless and unvaluable in her society (4). There is absolutely no question that she has experienced

the more it will hate those that speak it” (Orwell) In the dystopian novel “Gathering Blue”, by Lois Lowry, the main character is Kira. In the novel Kira overcomes many rigorous challenges. The characters in the novel live in a dystopian society. The community in the novel “Gathering Blue” does meet the criteria of a dystopian society because it is controlling, has poverty, and is frightening. One reason why “Gathering Blue” does meet the criteria of a dystopian society is because it is controlling

The Violations of Human Rights as Seen In Gathering Blue All humans are entitled to basic human rights, and therefore should not have discrimination, deception and abuse in their lives. Freedom of speech and equality are examples of human rights, but in Lois Lowry’s Gathering Blue, many characters are denied of these basic and simple rights. The main character in this novel, who must endure the most abuse and torment from her community, is named Kira. She was born with an amazing artistic

was talking about how she gets influences on writing such marvelous books like “The Giver” or as well like “Gathering Blue” was that she get’s influenced on what she see’s all over the world. Like for instances, Lois Lowry explains “That in order to be greatly influenced on something you must be thinking to yourself what you’re always wondering about”. 2. After I have read “Gathering Blue” and as well “The Giver” I have clearly understand on what Lois Lowry is trying to say. First of all while

need. Psychological, Safety, Love and Belonging, Self-Esteem, and Self-actualization are the five levels. Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry is a book that takes place in the future, revolving around Kira, who is crippled with dead mother and father. There are many ways that the characters in Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry compare to Maslow’s Hierarchy. Kira is a dynamic character in Gathering Blue who keeps get emotionally stronger over time. Kira has a crippled leg which makes life even harder than it

pyramid about the five branches of self need that all accumulate to self-actualization. Gathering Blue was a book released in 2000 about a girl in a dystopian society that loses it all and has to gain it back and become accustom to a new life. Kira, the main character from Gathering Blue by Lois Lowery shows comparisons to three different levels in Maslow’s Hierarchy. In the beginning of the book Gathering Blue, Kira compares the most to the Physiological or the lowest branch on the triangle. In chapter

Veronika Kewlani Argument essay Block: E “You may lie”, by lois lowry, this shows how “negative” The book is. The Giver, the novel, is a better example of a dystopian literature than Gathering Blue, because in The Giver, the protagonist, Jonas is a better example of a dystopian protagonist, all of the nature has been destroyed, and the citizens don’t have a choice. Jonas feels stuck being the receiver, because he knows all of the secrets, and stuff no one else knows, and he can’t share those secrets