Anderson lays a pretty solid foundation of the population control side of the giver and encourages young readers to question what society tells them. Anderson ststes that Lowery is questioning the politically correctness of children’s books, and redefining the industries skepticism of a government body being an all-powerful body in complete control. He states, the aspect that the book The Giver is a top seller ranking 63rd on the list of best child’s books of all time. He notes however her book is also one of the most challenged books as well. I feel this source will be useful to me because there is plenty of accurate information through his article that will help in the arguing of my thesis. He states that the book is ranked number eleven …show more content…
She is very concerned with the students reading The Giver. She states in her writings that, “... The Giver provides an opportunity to think critically about a community void of history—what are the implications if one does not understand the past? For teachers. The Giver provides an opportunity to critically examine the history we teach, the ways in which we teach it, and the goals we hope to achieve through the teaching of history; it also can help us develop cross-curricular experiences for students…” she obviously feels the book is critical in sculpting the mind of the youth of our great …show more content…
She is looking at the book through a catholic stance. She sees the real world aspects that are applied to this book, and feels the content should be discussed with children as they ask. She feels the topics addressed in the book are relevant to the age groups reading, but that the children reading should not get overran with information when they ask questions about the book. She feels it is the responsibility of the parent to discuss these delicate issues with their prepubescent teen. In this stance the parents can filter the information received by the child in a way that is simplified enough for the child to understand. She feels the book is a gift to the world that helps children to understand and connect what happens in a world where people lose their sense of self-worth and
Here is my thesis for the book The Giver. Memories make us human,without it we would not function correctly. I will 2 reasons why my thesis is correct. The “Release” of “People” and The environment of their community and the way of life.
In The Giver Lois Lowry creates a utopian society to show her opinion on it. She uses Jonas and irony to show why a dystopian can be better than a utopian. Lois Lowry states her opinion on Utopian society through the use of verbal, dramatic, and situational irony.
Throughout the history of the world, there has been many societies. All these societies had similar structures and ideas, but they all are different by their own special traditions and ways of life. Similarly, both our society and the society in The Giver share similar ideas, but they are different in certain areas. For example, they both celebrate birthdays and have family units, but they have their own way of doing so. Based on the celebration of birthdays and the formation of family units, our society is better than the society in The Giver by Lois Lowry.
I think there could be multiple things that the author could have intended to get through to the readers. She could have wanted to teach or show young adults how hard life could get under certain circumstances. She also could have meant to reveal to kids that life isn’t always nice,easy or as pretty as you might have thought it was as a little kid. The true intent of the book could very well be something completely different from both of these things.
The Giver is actually one of my all-time favorite books, so I’ve looked into why she left the book so inconclusive in the past. The Giver is basically about a boy named Jonas who lives in a perfect society. He lives in a household with his two parents and his little sister Lilly. When he becomes a 12, he goes through a huge ceremony and all the elders assign them their jobs. In this community, there is no lying, stealing, racism, pain, sunlight or color. Jonas was chosen to be The Receiver, and he didn’t know what to do because this job was such a big deal. Jonas then goes through training with the current Receiver, who is now The Giver. Training consists of The Giver passing down the memories from when the community was not what it is today. Memories that are passed down are things that are normal to us. Memories of sun, snow, pain, and sorrow.
“The Giver.” Novels for Students. Ed. Diane Telgen and Kevin S. Hile. Vol. 3. Detroit, MI: Gale Research,1998. 167-81. Print.
In The Giver by Lois Lowry Jonas, doesn't die and sees the lights of elsewhere.
“The Giver” a novel by Lois Lowry (1993), is an, engaging science fiction tale that provides the reader with examples of thought provoking ethical and moral quandaries. It is a novel geared to the young teenage reader but also kept me riveted. Assigning this novel as a class assignment would provide many opportunities for teachers and students to discuss values and morals.
The book The Giver is a dystopian book because you don’t get to make any of your own decisions. You would never know the truth about release. You would never experience life how you should experience it. The world may seem perfect from someone’s view inside the community, but from the outside it is harsh and horrible. Their world could be turned into a utopia eventually, but as of right know it is a
A small percent of people on earth say, “The world is perfect the way it is”. Well what do you think about the earth, do you think the earth is perfect? Well, The Giver is a dystopian society where everything is “perfect” and there is nothing wrong with it. The Giver matches this world of America today. Let’s hope and dream that America WILL be better than it is now.
When you hear the word "Utopia" everyone will have something different come to mind. When I hear the word, I instantly think of the book "The Giver" by Lois Lowry. A Utopia is an idea, a state of mind, or perfect place. Sounds great right? In "The Giver" the author focuses on a world of "sameness". Even though Utopia will have the same definite definition no matter who you ask, you can ask 100 people what would their vision of a utopia be, and you are more than likely going to get 100 different responses. Presently, we are inflicted with things that are the opposite of perfect. We have to cope with things such as war, discrimination, sickness, drugs, violence and many other things. If I could have my own perfect world, I think I would probably have a world kind of like Lois Lowry dreamt up in his book. Three main aspects that I would concentrate on incorporating into a Utopian society, would be a world with no racism, no violence, and unemployment.
The Giver provides a chance that readers can compare the real world with the society described in this book through some words, such as release, Birthmothers, and so on. Therefore, readers could be able to see what is happening right now in the real society in which they live by reading her fiction. The author, Lowry, might build the real world in this fiction by her unique point of view.
society, everyone wears the same clothes, follows the same rules, and has a predetermined life. A community just like that lives inside of Lois Lowry’s The Giver and this lack of individuality shows throughout the whole book. This theme is demonstrated through the control of individual appearance, behavior, and ideas.
We gained control of many things. But we had to let go of others” (97). In the book The Giver by Lois Lowry, no one has seen a rainbow after a storm, no one knew what colors were; what choosing was; what it meant to be an individual. Everyone lived in complete Sameness, and never learned what it meant to be an individual. By eliminating as much self expression as possible in Sameness and society, Jonas's community has rejected the individuality of a society where people are free to move society forward. In The Giver individuality is represented by colors, memories, and pale eyes.
When asked why Lowery used a dystopian society she stated, “ I chose the setting because I wanted to give the reader a warring that society will never be perfect.”(Lowry) If she would have chosen a different setting the book I do not believe the book would have been the same. Lowry stated, “that when writing The Giver created a world that existed in her imagination only. She got ride of all the things she feared and disliked: violence, prejudice, poverty and injustice.