The Giver

Imagine living in world where there are no feelings, color, or pain, and everyone is the same besides you. Jonas realized he was living in a world without color, pain, or feelings. Without color, pain, and feeling Jonas wasn’t able to express true happiness, and he therefore left the community. “Lois Lowry’s childhood escapades inspired her books,”(Dellinger). Also Lois loved photography and it resulted in the cover of The Giver, which is a photo of a blind painter. This connects to the book because no one can see in color besides the giver and the receiver, which is Jonas. Lois Lowry uses the literary elements foreshadowing, symbolism, and imagery to express the theme that one cannot have happiness without pain, in the book The Giver.

The book The Giver by Lois Lowry is about a kid name Jonas trying to live in a so called perfect union. Jonas experience develops a theme over the course The Giver by teaching the reader for every action there is a consequence. Although some readers may believe that for every actions there’s not a consequence, Jonas’ experience shows that once Jonas leaves the community he suffers from starvation and also pain.

When I was in eighth grade, I read “The Giver” by Lois Lowry for the very first time. Since the first time I read the book, I have read it three additional times. Since the book was published in 1993, it has sold over ten million copies. It is a required reading in many schools. The story follows a young boy named Jonas through his life in a seemingly utopian society that has eliminated many issues that the modern world now faces. There is no crime, no war, and no poverty. In this world, every individual looks and behaves similarly; the world is seen only in black-and-white, with no color existing. When children turn twelve years old, they receive a job that they will perform for the rest of their lives, until they are eventually “released”

Imagine living in a world where you can’t make your own choices and don’t have any feelings. In The Giver by Lois Lowry, this is Jonas’s everyday life. He lives in a world with no mountains, hills, color, and weather. All the houses and landscapes are the same, but the people in community seem to still think they live in a utopian society. In the beginning of the book Jonas seems to think that too, but as Jonas becomes wiser and more mature he realizes that he wants to enjoy weather, color, and make his own choices. Jonas knows what real pain feels like, and as the book goes on he thinks the whole community should too. Jonas changes throughout The Giver and as a result, tries to change the community.

As Jonas was first starting to understand that there was more to everything than what he had to work with his passion was solely frustration. “‘If everything’s the same, then there aren’t any choices! I want to wake up in the morning and decide things! A blue tunic, or a red one?’ He looked down at himself, at the colorless fabric of his clothing.

In the Giver, everyone lives in one boring and mostly emotionless society where only one person is responsible for holding all the memories in the world. Having one person hold all the memories doesn’t seem like a very good idea. If everyone had their own memories of the world, they would be able to experience happiness, they can learn about the past, and they can also know what to avoid in the world so they don’t get injured.

In Lois Lowry’s novel, “The Giver”, Jonas lives a normal life in a society where everyone and everything is the same. No conflict, no war, no inequality... no worries, except ideas. Though the utopia is unaware, all the past information has been taken from the people. After the many conflicts of the past, everything in the community has been put into a controlled state including occupations, hobbies, families, language, color and even death.

Reading John Wooden’s Section called “Nothing is stronger than gentleness”, really opened my eyes. After reading what he had written I began to understand what he meant by that. I’ve always thought that gentleness did not work in many situations. But still there are people out there who will not be moved by your gentle behavior. Even though it is better to be gentle than violent.

We have been reading The Giver in class this semester. It has a lot of Joy, Action and adventure. You can make connections in this book and you can make pictures in your mind about this book. This book The Giver will be a ten out of ten book and will knock you socks off. In the Giver there is a lot of rules you have to follow in the community and here is a few.

When considering the similarities between Lois Lowry’s novel, The Giver, and the real world; one must consider all aspects of our domain, and history. A few similarities stand out as being predominantly controlling. The Giver, possesses several resemblances to Nazi Germany. The novel also portrays an appalling method for dealing with newborns that are less desirable. The novel also reflects on the way those who are too old are sent on a vacation to elsewhere. The novel leads one to assume that the handicapped would be met with equal cruelty. The story primarily sets forth ideas that are relevant of the era; when politically correctness would have been obstructing to an individual’s uniqueness. There reaches a point where conformity and perfection is controlling of an individual’s free will, and Lowry tries hard to portray the issues found in a world where everyone is the same; in which she indisputably succeeded.

The main character of The Giver Jonas, lives in a seemingly perfect and comfortable, utopian world. As he becomes a twelve and is assigned to his job as Receiver, Jonas begins to spend a lot of time with the Giver who holds all the memories of the past. Jonas begins to realise what the community is missing and goes on a journey nobody has yet accomplished. The Maze Runner is also set in a dystopian world. Thomas, a teenager wiped of his memory wakes up in the ‘Glade’.

The past has been a horrible place, and the present is not any better. Imagine how different our world would be if our societies could change something about the past. Although we are not able to edit the past like a written story, we can learn about it. By studying our past, we can learn how to create a better future. Think back to social studies and history classes during school.

The giver book pitch I chose the giver as my deep book because my sister recommended it and I have always wanted to read the book. This book has been praised for being extremely descriptive and interesting. My sister said “it's an amazing book that makes you think in a whole different way of the American society and its future”.this book was featured on BuzzFeed's 32 books that will change your life.

The quote I chose was '' we gained control of many things. But we had to let go of others.'' The reason why I chose this was because the quote means the consequences of both having choices and not having choices. For the image, there's two sides because on the left is black and white concept that shows not having choices. In the giver, everyone doesn't have choices and being controlled by the elders because they believed if they didn't have any choices it would be good, not having a hard time choosing and believed that they won't make mistakes.

There are several themes in The Giver. One of the biggest themes is uniqueness must be removed in order for a utopia to exist. Under this main theme falls the minor theme of sameness, what happens when someone is not the same, what occurs when things change, and how utopian society is achieved. The only time difference are acknowledged within the community are when a career is assigned to the students.