Lowry uses symbol in The Giver to help the plot flow and convey complex ideas with few words. Some of the symbols in The Giver are the apple and the sled. In the novel, Jonas is playing catch with Asher when the apple changes. “Jonas had noticed...the apple had changed.” (21-22). The apple is a symbol of change. Jonas is starting to be able to “see beyond.” Jonas being able to see the apple change is a flaw in the genetic engineering of Jonas’s embryo. Sameness isn’t always perfection. The author is expressing individuality and diversity through the book. In the book, when Jonas is “living the memory” of the sled and snow he goes down the snow on a red sled. He is experiencing happiness and freedom. “Comprehending all of those things as he sped downward, he was free to enjoy the breathless glee that overwhelmed him…” The sled symbolizes newness and his journey to the real world. Jonas’s dreams have become reality, and the sled clues the reader into that.
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In The City of Ember the setting depicts a dystopian, bleak, and grim world. As the time for them to escape
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For example, Lina and Doon discover the mayor’s secret storeroom. “‘ The mayor has a secret treasure room in the storehouse’” (158). The mayor is the person who is supposed to be the one to save Ember. We would have thought that the mayor would be the one to save Ember but that is exactly the opposite. Ironic enough his is the one being greedy and selfish by sitting in a room eating.Looper is the one that is supplying that room. He is watching the city suffer while he does nothing about it. The mayor is mean hypocritical, and abuses his power.When Doon is anger at being given a worthless job on Assignment Day, the mayor looks at him and says, “Disgraceful… A childish display of temper! Students should be glad to work for their city. Ember will prosper if all… citizens… do… their… best". (13) .Although he's leaving himself out of that