Double Entry Journal “Scar it, give it a twisted branch – perfect trees don’t exist. Nothing is perfect. Flaws are interesting. Be the tree” (pg. 177)
Lea Vilna Santos Mrs. English, 7th September 1st, 2015 The Giver, by: Lois Lowry Log Entry 4: Chapters 7-8: Question 2: In chapters 7 and 8, Jonas is assigned the job of Receiver of Memory and although the Chief Elder calls it the greatest honor,it might give him more hardship and pain than fortune. She explains that the selection is rare and his role is very important because there is only one Receiver and it takes integrity, intelligence, courage, wisdom, and the capacity to see beyond to be that person. At first he wants to tell he has no idea what she means and that he doesn’t have it until he notices a change in the crowd that was quick but he knows that he isn’t dreaming because it’s happened before but to his apple. Then he realizes
In the simple gift, author Steven Herrick explores themes that varies between classes, stereotypes, belonging and identity. It is a young adult fiction verse series which was published in 2000. It is based in Australia. The novels structure is diverse as it tells the story in detail but in a brief way, there are three protagonists Old Bill, Caitlin and the main, Billy. It follows his life, a neglected 16 year old male that trades his fathers no good home and the tediousness of high school to become homeless.
One's voyage to self-satisfaction and comprehension cannot achieve all alone. Dependably there must have different impacts to aid one little seed to develop and flourish. Throughout The Bean Trees, Barbara Kingsolver depicts the setting in order to provide insight into Taylor Greer, a protagonist who struggles with discovering her true identity, through her journey to self-satisfaction. Taylor’s experience in Pittman, Kentucky, the trip to Tucson, Arizona and last but not least Cherokee Nation helps discover her true identity. Firstly, Kingsolver uses Taylor’s hometown state of Pittman, Kentucky to show the setting of how Taylor’s emotions and feelings of entrapment and desperation to get away reflect on her identity.
Book Report of The Family Tree “Friendship Baptist Church was named friendship for the fact the white man had given so generously of their money and time in the building of the first church and with the short-lived hope of an eternal Amity between the races.” This quote from the book The Family Tree a lynching in Georgia a legacy of Secrets and my search for the truth by Karen Branan equivocate the tumultuous relationships between whites and blacks. Branan unveils the strained relations between the two races in her search for the truth of her family's involvement in a lynching during 1912. Continuously, Shelf-Awareness raved Branan for her personal perspective in soul-searching that makes this history insightful relevant and memorable. Throughout
“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you're not.” (Andre Gide) In the book Speak By: Laurie Halse Anderson the main character Melinda calls the cops at a party over the summer. When school starts Melinda as a freshman is hated for stopping the party. What they don’t know is why Melinda called the cops.
The Giver - Think About What You've Read Write at least five sentences for each one! 1. Somehow, you come upon Jonas’s Community…a group of people living peacefully, with no poverty, no suffering, no pain, and no war. Should you tell them about pain and war and all those bad things, or not? List the arguments for telling them, and then list the arguments for not telling them.
Experiencing a transition can have the power to transform an individual’s attitudes and beliefs whilst continuing to challenge the world around them, this can been seen in the personas of Old Bill and Caitlin who both experience significant transitions when they meet Billy. Old Bill engages in a transition of self-pity emerging from the death of both his daughter and wife, which left him in a saddened state from which he was afraid to move on from. Caitlin on the other hand undergoes a transition of responsibility and self-growth, from being a young school girl with everything she could need ever need which leads her to be quite materialistic and judgmental to a respectable young lady who by the end of the novel, The Simple Gift written by
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The Giver Compare/Contrast Essay When some people hear the words ‘perfect society’ what do they think of? Take a look at our society, then take a look at Jonas’s society, between our two societies there are some comparisons and a vast amount of differences. For instance, the rules are different, as well as their family units and their individuality. While our society is more on the modern side, Jonas’s society is plainer. When it comes to the rules in our society, we don’t normally think of rules that are very extreme.
People have always wondered what a difference and similarity a dystopian/utopian society would have with our modern day society. With the help of modern day society and the givers society we can figure out the differences between Modern day society and the Givers society. Modern day society and the society in the Giver have many differences including Rules, Family, And Figurehead/Leadership; however they also have a few similarities. In modern society the rules do not say that people can not ride a bike without a given age, people can take food from the restaurants as long as the people paid for the food, people have the right to be different from other people, people can choose who they want to marry, how many children they want, what job people want to have in the future, people have
Lois Lowry’s the Giver was published in 1993. It tells a story of the life of Jones who lives in a highly controlled community in the future. Considered as “dystopian literature”, the plot includes assigning children, release, social engineering and genetic engineering. Jones’ society sometimes reflects old China, which has some comparability. Both have extensive government control and less freedom to choose individually.
PL.1 Embedded Assessment 2.1 The Giver VS Modern Society How is the society of The Giver really that different from being a modern day society? When people try to create perfect societies, it creates mayhem! Our modern day society is far from a perfect society in the novel The Giver. While appearing perfect, Jonas’ society has many rules and laws under the surface that make it much more dangerous than modern day society.
The giver by Lois Lowry- Analytical essay ________________________________________________________ What if we lived in a world of peace and equality? What if we lived in a world with no differences? A world with no social classes and inequality. That sounds pretty amazing doesn’t it?
“We gained control of many things. But we had to let go of others” (Lowry). In other words, this means that to get what you want, you have to get rid of other things you have. Although there are many similarities between The Giver and our society, there are a lot more differences like families, rules, and personal freedoms. For starters there are many differences with families between their society and our society.
