Good or evil? Roy T. Bennett once said “Good people see the good and bring out the best in other people” Would you consider yourself good? , This discussion happens all over the world everyday , people Say your good or he’s good and everyday people think am I good? It's a discussion all over the world, I personally think people are good. One reason why people are good is because they would Sacrifice themselves to save someone they love and they are caring, My reason is in the giver there is a boy , Jonas , towards the end he and his baby brother are trying to leave/escape the community , but the weather slows them down. In a chapter Jonas said “i don’t care if I survived I just want Gabe to survive” This shows him being good cause he could just leave Gabe and probably go faster, but he doesn't he wants to save and protect him, Also people are friendly,caring and nurturing, In the giver there are child nurtures, people who care for babies, Instead of having it where no one cared for the babies who didn’t immediately go to a family, they had people take care of and care for them, or the babies who had difficulty at birth, The nurtures would care for them until they were healthy and would be able to go to a home
What determines a society to be either a utopia or a dystopia? Would it be everyone following the rules? In the book The Giver, by Lois Lowry, a new “Utopian” culture blossoms from the previously failed society. The Giver’s nation starts out with the intention of creating a utopian society; however, the strict limitations turn it into a dystopia where there are receivers, like Jonas, that hold the good and bad memories from the past culture. Jonas will experience great pain and great joy through his job as the Receiver instead of the whole community sharing the burden. The Giver’s world is a dystopia because of the following three reasons: they kill people that disobey the rules, they do not get to pick their own jobs, and, above all, they beat children if they do not use precise language.
As Jonas reached the top of the hill, the chill seemed to grow from his bones. Jonas and Gabe climbed onto the red sled from the memory. He clutched Gabe closer as the sled gained speed and the trees flew by. A few feet from the base of the snowy hill, the sled broke on impact with a rock. Jonas staggered out of the snow, trying to rub warmth into the newchild, who had begun to shiver violently.
The Giver and Matched are both futuristic societies with a lot of rules. In The Giver the Elders choose their match as well as their children. Jonas starts loving Fiona but isn’t allowed and stops taking the pill. In Matched the officials choose their match but they can have their own children. Cassia is matched with Xander but also loves Ky and doesn't know what to do. In both story they all get jobs for the rest of their lives but in Matched they just call it vocations. Jonas gets the Receiver of memory and Cassia is supposed to be the sorter.
This book is about a boy names Jonas. Jonas lives in a futuristic society where there is no pain, fear, war, and hatred. There is also no prejudice, since everyone looks and acts basically the same, there is very little competition. They have also eliminated choice.
Jonas, the main character in The Giver by Lois Lowry, is a very strong person, which allows him to go farther in life then the people that surround him. Throughout Jonas's life he has known nothing but "sameness". He lives in a Utopian community where there are no choices and everyone in his world has their lives laid out for them. But, Jonas is given the job of "Receiver of Memory". He alone knows the truths of the world, a world with colors, pain, and choices. What he does with these truths will bring obstacles to his life that will show the readers not only his strengths but his weaknesses as well.
In a lifetime a person will come upon someone who inspires them to do something good for either themselves or someone else. This may not always be the case, as people can be inspired by someone doing negative actions.
In the book, The Giver, by Lois Lowry, the contradiction moment I noticed is that Jonas has been talking an awful lot about sameness and being unable to make his own decisions in life. That completely contradicts my thoughts on what he would be talking about. Before he became the Receiver, he never talked about sameness and making your own decisions. Now that he has learned about the past he is starting to question his society. I would have never thought that he would start talking and questioning his society and their rules. His actions and thoughts are what really contradicted what I was thinking.
The society shown in "The Giver" has many comparisons with the real world. The novel compared to the real world is that they both have many differences and similarities. One example of an similaritie between the real world and thier world is that they are both controlled by governments. Moral of the story is that the real world and thier world have many differences and
The Giver a novel written by Lois Lowery, is a pessimistic novel. It’s pessimistic because everybody is forced to feel the exact same things and they don’t know it. The people are forced to talk in a certain way and everything is the same for them, and they call that sameness. No one can see colors nobody knows the truth about the world about war or how pain feels like, they don’t know what it’s like to be starving or cold and they have no say in anything, everything was chosen for them.
Jonas rode all the way to the top of another hill before his exhausted legs couldn’t push the pedals anymore. Deciding he would walk all the way down, Jonas got off his worn out bike, grabbed Gabriel, and started trudging down the hill. About half way, Jonas could feel sleep falling upon him. With every staggering step, he seemed to be slowly giving up, letting the crisp air pierce through his lungs with every breath, and his parched throat in desperate need of water. His lips were patched and cracked. Panting like a thirsty dog, Jonas closed his eyes, wishing he could find shelter somewhere. He turned to his side and looked at Gabriel .
The Giver's main goal and focus is to train Jonas with memories of the past that his community has faced. While the memories are being given to Jonas, this can change a persons perspective on what the community that
In The Giver, Gabriel symbolizes hope. For example, Gabe has different eyes like Jonas and the Giver. Lily states, “‘And he has funny eyes like yours, Jonas’”(25). They have the same eyes, so that means there was a genetic engineering failure, and Gabe can see beyond like Jonas. That’s why Gabe can receive. Lois Lowry narrated, “He was not aware of giving the memory...it was sliding through his hand into the being of the newchild”(147). Everyone else in The Giver, besides Jonas and the Giver, don’t have feelings of love. They live in a world without pain, but at the cost of their individuality and freedom. Gabe gives Jonas hope for a better community, and life.
Wonderful things happen when a group of enthusiastic people come together with one simple goal: to help those in need. Acts of benevolence in a community can help to ease a financial burden, feed a hungry child, provide transportation to important appointments and so much more. Helping hands extended with kindness, compassion and respect. It makes a community stronger.