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The Giver
The book The Giver by Louis Lowry is a very interesting book that everyone should take time to read. This book takes you through a community of people where everything has to be perfect. The story line is based around a boy named Jonas. Everyone in the community is assigned a job when they turn twelve and its Jonas turn to step up and get his job. This book is interesting because everything has to
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The Giver
In this book, the Giver, an old man gives all the memories of a world such as ours to a boy named Jonah. In this world there is no color, love, or twins, and the babies and children are bred by special people who have the job of birthmother. They then are adopted away. Everybody in the town has a special but awkward job. The giver tells Jonah of a place such as our normal
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The Giver
In many works of literature, a character has a significant influence on another character. Lois Lowry demonstrated this concept in The Giver. When one of the main characters in the novel passed on a positive influence to another character. In this work, the people lived in a community that was designed to be nearly flawless. No person could see color, feel neither hatred nor love; no one had a choice in either occupation or education.
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The Giver
Lowery, Lois. The Giver. New York: Bantam Doubleday Dell. 1993 There are many words to describe the community in "The Giver." Everything they did in the story had to pretty much be done in unison, as everything had to be perfect, feelings were not a real option and responsibility was the biggest factor in the community. Although it's very difficult to describe, the people in this community all had to follow certain rules and regulations.
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The Giver
There are many words to describe the community in "The Giver." Everything they did in that story had to pretty much be done in unison, as everything had to be perfect, feelings were not a real option and responsibility was the biggest Factor in the community. Although its very difficult to describe, the people in this community had to all follow certain rules and regulations. Responsibilty was a big part of everyones life. From
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The Giver
Book Report - The Giver The Giver by Louis Lowry was published in 1993. I did not choose this book it was recommended to me I classify this book as an inner adventure. As in Jonas goes through an emotional metamorphosis (if you will) Jonas lives in a community where pain, rudeness, and war are non-existent. All children undergoes a ceremony in December every year until they reach twelve years of age, at which point
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The Giver
Imagine a world without fear, pain, warfare, poverty, hunger, or terror. It sounds like a perfect world, a utopia but as you read farther into the book you realize that to accomplish all of these things you have to take away some fundamental elements of life such as feelings, love, diversity, choices, and even the ability to see colors. For a community to take away all those aspects of life I don’t think there is
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The Giver
Essay 1 The story I have chose to write about is called “The Giver”. This story was about a little boy who lived in a controlled community. In this community ever aspect for everyone’s life was controlled. Whether it was what they ate, what they could do on a daily basis, if they could reproduce, and even the way they could feel was all controlled. In the story, the people in this community were giving
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The Giver
The Giver, by Lois Lowry, Jonas was making a new beginning by making an end. Jonas was making an end by leaving the community. He left with Gabriel because he wanted to experience things outside his community. He was very hurt by the community because he couldn’t openly share his feelings. He wanted to share and experience his feelings with other people. He felt the community did plenty of things wrong. Jonas did not
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The Giver - Book Review
There is a lot of controversy on why the book “The Giver” was named “The Giver”. Many different views are expressed in the piece which gives many different reasons for the name. The book was entitled The Giver because this person is the one who transmits memories to the Receiver-in-training so that the memories can be passed on to the generations. The Giver, formerly knows as The Receiver, gives the memories to Jonas, who, in
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The Giver - Main Character
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
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The Giver Analysis
Throughout history, people had made numerous futile attempts to create an Utopian society. The term “Utopia” depicts on an imaginary ideal state. Such a state is describe in The Giver. In The Giver, Jonas’s community believes in the renunciation of personal properties, rights, one’s unique characteristics and of binding personal relationships (such as marriage). This society is believed to be perfect, free of pain and sorrow; everything is under control and “same”. This serene society
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The Giver Book Report
Summary The Giver Lois Lowry 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. You have to apply for a spouse. You cannot just chose who you want and marry them, the community does it for you.
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The Giver by Louis Lowry
Latoshia Coleman 7 December 2006 Ross English 101 A Blast from the Future, not the Past Ihave really learned a whole lot from this class. I learned about disicpline and criterior. I learned how not to give up in tough situations.Mr. Ross showed me how to put together many topics and pull them into great papers. It was a bumpy road but I think that i am finally on the road to success. There were
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The Giver Essay
The Giver Essay Have you ever felt like starting all over again? Many people would like to have the opportunity to make a new beginning. In the book, The Giver, by Lois Lowry, Jonas is making a new beginning by making an end. Jonas is making an end by leaving the community. He leaves with Gabriel because he wants to experience true things outside the community. He was very hurt in the community because he
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The Giver Reflection
I'm not really sure how to start analyzing this one, but it seems to me that it is not until the very end of the text that the author begins to get to the point--although I'm honestly not sure what that is or how to relate it back to our theme of evil and suffering. But, either way, here goes: Something that really caught my attention was The Misfit's comments with regard to Jesus and
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The Giver Sameness
Your Choice is No Choice. You Decide Everyone has the right to choose so, what if that right was taken away? Would anyone be happy? What if everyone was the same, that wouldn’t be fun. Those two sentences described Jonas’ community. In the novel, The Giver, Lois Lowry suggests that sameness and conformity have a negative affect on societies. We take freedom of choice for granted but, what if that was taken away? Most people
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The Giver-A Dystopia
Jonas’ community appears to be a utopia, but, in reality, it is a dystopia. The people seem perfectly content to live in an isolated wreck—in a government run by a select few—in which a group of Elders enforces the rules. In Jonas’ community, there is no poverty, starvation, unemployment, lack of housing, or discrimination; everything is perfectly planned to eliminate any problems. However, as the book progresses and Jonas gains insight into what the people
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The Glass Castle
In this both heart wrenching and slightly humorous memoir, successful journalist Jeannette Walls tells the bittersweet story of her rather dysfunctional and poverty stricken upbringing. Walls grows up in a family trailed by the ubiquitous presence of hunger and broken down homes. Throughout the memoir she recounts memories of moving from one dilapidated neighborhood to another with her three other siblings, insanely “free sprinted” mother, and incredibly intelligent yet alcoholic father. The author focuses on
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The Glass Menagerie
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one. -- Albert Einstein. The most important theme in The Glass Menagerie is the difficulty people have in accepting and relating to reality. As a result of their inability to overcome this difficulty, the characters withdraw into a private world of illusion to find the comfort they can’t find in real life. Out of the three Wingfield family members, Laura probably is the one living furthest
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The Glass Menagerie
To what extent does Williams create characters as merely symbolic representations used to teach the audience about human nature? And what other techniques does he use in the Glass Menagerie? Tennessee Williams uses symbolism to reveal, in depth, attributes of characters and what they represent. the play is constructed so that each character has a defining symbol which resembles their personality. Brechtian techniques also contribute to the motifs and themes of the play. We are
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The Glass Menagerie
The Glass Menagerie Plot Overview The Glass Menagerie is a memory play, and its action is drawn from the memories of the narrator, Tom Wingfield. Tom is also a character in the play, which is set in St. Louis in 1937. He is an aspiring poet who toils in a shoe warehouse to support his mother, Amanda, and sister, Laura. Mr. Wingfield, Tom and Laura's father, ran off years ago and, save for one postcard,
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The Glass Menagerie
A Brother and Sister Relationship In the play, “The Glass Menagerie”, the characters and relationships between them are very unique. Two unique characters that have a very strong relationship are the brother Tom, and his sister, Laura. Tom is a confused, young man who supports his sister. Laura, his sister, has very low-self esteem and does nothing but sulk around the house all day. Their mother Amanda, is absolutely a lunatic. She is obsessive and
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The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams is a play that consists of 4 distinguished characters: Amanda, Laura, Tom and Jim. The pivotal character in this play is definitely Amanda. She affects every aspect of this play unlike the characters that surround her on a day-to-day basis. Amanda is the character with the strongest connection to Laura and Tom’s father. She is the one that drew him to her and also the one that pushed him
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The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
“The Glass Menagerie” by Tennessee Williams shows the struggle of two people to fit into society, Tom and Laura, and how society wouldn’t accept them. They were the dreamers that were unjustly kept out and you may even go as far as to say persecuted into staying out and aloof like the other dreamers which are forced to become outcasts and not contribute to the actions of all. Tom and Laura, the two dreamers, were
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The Glory Field
Julian Smith 8/17/06 The Glory Field In the novel, The Glory Field by Walter Dean Myer Tommy’s chapter is crucial to the telling of the Lewis family story. Tommy’s story takes place at the time of the Civil Rights Movement of the African- American citizens of the United States of America. At age 16, he is being offered chance to go to State, a well known college in the area. Mr. Chase, A scout who
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The Glory Field by Avi
The novel '"'The Glory Field'"' is a well written literature by Avi. The book takes you through generations of the Lewis family. The generations all have a certain character that are being held back by the chains of segregation. There are many triumphs and defeats in the novel showing what the Lewis family went through. The story has a symbol in it, and it is the shackles that were first worn by Muhammad when he
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The Goal
Goal The Goal by Eliyahu M. Goldratt, is the story of a man who at his crossroads, and what direction he decides to take. The story is about a plant manager named Alex Rogo. We find Alex six months into his first plant managers position at UniCo, in the UniWare Division. The plant is located in Bearington Massachusetts, where Alex grew up. UniCo is definitely a manufacturing plant, what they manufacture, I still do not
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The Goal
The SEI is often identified with its CMM® work. Over the years, the SEI has developed six Capability Maturity Model products. Some are new and build on the work of the older ones. CMMs that the SEI is currently involved in developing, expanding, or maintaining are • CMMI®(Capability Maturity Model Integration) • P-CMM (People Capability Maturity Model) • SA-CMM (Software Acquisition Capability Maturity Model) Legacy CMMs that have been incorporated into CMMI models, and therefore
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The Goal
The beginning of the book starts off with Alex Rogo's plant having major problems and his boss gets on his case about it. His boss, Peach, tells him he has three months to fix these problems or they would be shut down. Rogo has to find a way to improve efficiency in his plant and he is at a loss of how to do that. He thinks that because the plant has new robots that
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