Analysis Of The Giver By Lois Lowry

In the novel The Giver by Lois Lowry, the receivers are the only people who have feelings and memories. The elders are the people who choose what the best is for their people in the community and sometimes they go to the receiver for help on making the right decisions. The people from the community do not see color, or have freedom on making a decision for them. There is no love, feelings, and grandparents. Jonas is assigned to be the next receiver of the community; He was trained by the giver, who transfers memories of the pain and pleasures of life, who also shows him the truth and reality that is hidden to the community. Jonas’s community does not represent the ideal of society because there are no choices or distinctions between men

During the beginning of the book, “The Giver,” by Lois Lowry, the main character named Jonas is almost the same as everyone in his community. All the people are known to be are the same as each other. Jonas and his younger brother Gabe both have different colored eyes than the rest of the community. In the community Jonas lives in everything is gray and the same. The community also has a lot of rules. In the book, it says, “It was the first thing Jonas noticed as he looked at the new child peering up curiously from the basket. The pale eyes. Almost every citizen in the community had dark eyes. His parents did, and Lily did, and so did all his group members and friends. … No one mentioned such things it was not a rule, but it was considered rude to call attention to things that were unsettling or different about individuals.” This contributes to Jonas and Gabe during the end of the story for a few reasons. A rule in the community is you are not allowed to lie. Also, every year up until you turn 12 you have ceremonies where you grow up and receive better items that will show you have been maturing. As Jonas becomes older and he becomes a 12 he gets assigned to be the new receiver of memories. At the ceremony of 12 Jonas’s name was skipped to come up and receive his assignment so he started panicking because they never made mistakes. Jonas was chosen to be the Receiver of memories because he had no dreams of uncertainty and he had intelligence, integrity, and courage. Because

Change is inevitable no matter what difference is made. The Giver by author Lois Lowry is the story of a utopian community that has adopted sameness that actually seems more dystopian later on. The Giver’s protagonist is a boy, Jonas, who is chosen and honored to take the assignment of being the Receiver of Memories. Jonas as the new Receiver of Memories is trained by the previous Receiver of Memories who Jonas calls The Giver. This causes many joys and pains for Jonas, but a curiousness to every new memory that is given. The setting is set in a community that has gained the culture to be a strict community that is controlled by The Elders. Before meeting the Giver, Jonas began as an outcast,later as he met his mentor Jonas was brave, and as he became more mature he became determined.

The Giver by Lois Lowry is an outstanding book that I personally enjoyed a lot. It amazes me the difference between our society and Jonas’s .Jonas lives in a society that if any of us were there we would apply for release!

Could you ever imagine living in a world that is controlled. After reading both the non-fiction article, as well the selected passage by Lois Lowry it was obvious that both communities were being ruled by a strict government. The selected passage is about their strict government that made the community a “perfect world” by not letting them see and do certain things. The non-fiction article is about North Korea's world and how they also limit certain things such as, freedom and occupations. Both articles show the challenges of their world.

In the book, The Giver, written by Lois Lowry, the protagonist Jonas realizes the truth of his utopian society after receiving the forbidden knowledge from the Giver, his mentor, and soon plans to run away after he finds out that everyone in the city is fully brainwashed by the government (the Elders) of the society. Similarly, in Suzanne Collins’s second series of The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, the book tells a story about a rebellion against the oppressive Capitol. In the 75th Hunger Game, the Capitol requires the victors from the last games to participate. Katniss, the protagonist, thinks that this game will not be easy to win. During the game, she plans to destroy the arena and starts to rebel. Lastly, in the article, “Milgram Obedience

The novel The Giver by Lois Lowry is a Science-Fiction story about an 11-year old boy named Jonas living in a perfect world, but when he is assigned a job that lets him discover the past about his community, he realizes that his community has many secrets and is not as perfect as it seems. The community is hiding diversity. Jonas and his mentor, The Giver, devise a plan to bring back diversity in the form of color,memories and feelings, but to do so, Jonas will have to embark on a journey to the Boundary of Memories. The main idea of this story is that without pain, there can be no happiness.

A school that lets students have authority in choosing their electives is good for Jonas because it will open his mind to all the different possibilities the world holds. For example, in Chapter 10, the text reads, “ Jonas almost gasped aloud. To have the power to turn the speaker off. It was an astonishing thing” (Lowry, 100). Since he was never exposed to this level of independence, he was completely ignorant of the concept of freedom. He didn’t understand that there was more to life than following rules. However, if he went to a school that let students have the upper hand, Jonas would discover his true potential, and he would have the choice to choose what he wanted to say, do, and learn. Another example in Chapter Ten is this quote:

Introduction Imagine this, Living in a society that you are being controlled and don’t know it. Then, you are selected and only you know the reality of your society and how awful it is. What would you do if you were in Jonas’s situation? In this fiction book, The Giver by Lois Lowry, Jonas, the protagonist, is selected to be the receiver. No one in their community can feel or sense anything.

“The life where nothing was ever unexpected, inconvenient or unusual. The life without color, pain, or past.” Lois Lowry once said this about her book The Giver. The Giver contains a community that chooses safety over freedom, has no individualism, and is too fearful to rebel but it's not completely their fault since they have no memories of the past lives.

In the novel The Giver by Lois Lowry, she created a society with no love, color, individuality, and no strong feelings. Jonas became the new Receiver of Memory who acquires all the memories of the past in order to gain wisdom. While Jonas lived in a community where those who never take risks never grow, he learned when there is no sorrow felt there is also no joy felt, and being true to oneself takes great courage. In Jonas’ world, people are expected to follow the rules and be safe but as Jonas receives new memories he starts taking risks.

Choices and decisions help in tough situations, but a wrong decision can potentially limit opportunities in life. The Giver, by Lois Lowry, is centered around a twelve year old boy named Jonas, who is selected to receive memories about the whole world, color, and feelings, which are concepts that are so new to him. After he learns, he must decide to remain safe at home or to explore the outside world. This choice defines his whole life and his safety. Jonas realizes that so much information is being kept, information that nobody except him and the Giver knows.

“Our future is created from choices we make in every moment”-Deepak Chopra I feel this quote represents why the freedom of choice is necessary. This quote represents freedom and how it can revolve around your life and how it can shape you you are. You can also learn from freedom of choice, because you learn from your mistakes. We should be able to make our own decisions, unlike in the novel The Giver by Lois Lowry where everyone does the same thing every day.

The setting of The Giver takes place in a fictional community known as the “Sameness”. Life here is supposed to be "perfect" because there is no pain or suffering. They don’t have to take

The dystopian novel, The Giver by Lois Lowry is about a boy called Jonas becoming the new Receiver-of-Memories. Throughout the novel, the protagonist, Jonas matures as knowledge is gained, and begins to understand the deepest, and darkest secrets of the community he lives in that is seemly 'perfect'. The author has successfully analysed a variety of social issues present in today's modern world in the novel. Some issues implied are: lack of individuality which allows for easy control, the abandonment of emotions and the importance of memories.