The Giver Thesis

My thesis for the giver is that you have to make decisions in your life because if you don’t then there really is no purpose in life, what's the purpose to be alive if you're not going to do anything with it all they do is feed you and you go to work and your job isn't even your choice sure you can do volunteer work where you want but Jonas didn't get that choice.

Dilyn Pratt Mr. De Jong The Art of Language December, 2, 2016 The Giver Thesis Pain is a Necessity of life. In the book The Giver by: Lois Lowry, there is no color, no love, and no meaning of life. In this community there is no pain.

The Giver by Lois Lowry is a popular book out of the The Giver Quartet that focuses on a boy named Jonas’s journey of enlightenment surrounding his seemingly utopian society. On the surface Jonas’s community is portrayed as a technologically and socially advanced utopian society, but as Jonas is put into the position of receiver he quickly finds that his community is not what he once thought. After this enlightenment it is extremely clear that Jonas’s community is dystopian. The Giver displays very common themes, tones, and characters that classifies novels in a dystopian genre.

(LI) Many of the most famous movies are based on novels. In these movies the content can be dramatically changed from the novel or it can stay on the same route the story goes on. There are a lot of factors that go into making a movie based on a book. For example you can choose between making the movie similar to the book or make them very different from each other.

In Lois Lowry's The Giver, freedom of choice is limited. In The Giver, their society is made up of rules. It seems like the citizens don't think for themselves. There are certain ages where you get things, like a bike. You don't get to choose your job or what you want to do with your life, you get it assigned.

Imagine living in a society where you have the freedom to do what you want. No one telling you how to live your life and you make your own choices. A democratic society allows for freedom of choice. Living in the democratic society with freedom is better than living in a utopian society because you get to do what you want, pick how you want to live and be free to express yourself.

The Appeal of Dystopian Fiction Relatable topics in books and movies are good for teens to read or watch. Dystopian fiction is relatable. This is why teens enjoy The Giver and Anthem. The Giver is a film by Phillip Noyce based off the novel by Lois Lowry with the main character being Jonas. Anthem is a novel by Ayn Rand with the main character being Equality 7-2521.

“ The life where nothing was ever unexpected. Or inconvenient. Or unusual. The life without colour, pain, or past.” - Lois Lowry, The Giver.

Many people find different meanings of the word perfect. To gain a utopian society what does the society have to take away, what would they take away; will it change the society for the good or the bad? In The Giver three big topics are rules, family and release. The society in the novel The Giver has very few similarities to our modern day society however there are many differences that set the two apart.

     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.

Have you ever imagined what it would be like to live in a perfect world? In the story “The Giver” by Lois Lowry, Jonas a 12 year old, lives in a utopian society, and is chosen to be the next Receiver of Memory. As he goes though his training, Jonas soon learns that his world is not as perfect as it seems. Jonas and The Giver, the old Receiver of Memory, decides that they have to change the way the society works. So late at night, Jonas runs away with his brother Gabriel, who was supposed to be released in the morning.

The research studies the utopian and dystopian literature in Lois Lowry’s The Giver (1993) tackling the memory and the past ,rules and order, choices, language and communication, isolation ,suffering, old age, tradition and customs through the techniques of flashback , foreshadowing, and suspense. Outline I: Utopian and Dystopian Literature 1- Definitions A:

The More Desirable Place to Live In In a “perfect” world, all people are protected, healthy, have jobs, and have respect for one another (Velazquez). In The Giver by Lois Lowry, a kid named Jonas lives in a Utopian world which means he lives in a “perfect world”. In that perfect society, there are rules that the citizens have to obey, jobs that are assigned to them, and family units. Jonas also has a special ability to “see elsewhere” and he is assigned to be the Receiver of the Memory, so he is able to break some of those rules.

You are born in a black and white world, and you don't know where you came from or even what it was like before birth. Jonas is a 12 year old boy that lives in a large utopian community with his 7 year old sister and his parents, its creators see it as a perfect world because it eliminates fear, pain, hunger, and illness. In The Giver, written by Lois Lowry, the theme of growing up is explored through the symbols of december, bicycle, and ribbons. The first reason why the theme is growing up is December.

Family Life in The Giver A family is the place where we feel the most comfortable in. The people we trust the most are our families, although, we also have problems with our families. What is your concept of a perfect family life? It might be a family life without arguments or a family life without siblings.