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Abstract Concepts Human Spirit
1,477 wordsLois Lowry's The Giver: A Study of the Importance Choice Making Plays in the Ultimate Happiness of an Individual Lois Lowry's Newbery Award winning piece, The Giver, takes place in a futuristic society based on the concept of sameness. A life lacking colors, smells, feelings, music or choices, 12 -year-old Jonas discovers, is not a desirable way to live. In the novel he expresses his frustration in the quote if everythings the same then there arent any choices. I want to wake up in the mornings ...
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Boy Named Worth Living
817 wordsIn a community that is all the same lives a boy named Jonas, who discovers he is very different. Jonas is the main character in this book called The Giver. The theme of this book called The Giver is clearly represented by freedom, the right to make your own choices, uniqueness, and individuality are worth dying for. In Jonas's community, a commitee selects one's job, war is unheard of, all people wear the same attire, and all are assigned spouses and family. When Jonas is given the special, wond...
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Personal Identity And Afterlife
1,749 wordsPersonal Identity and the Afterlife Identity defines the fundamental nature of everything, whether that thing is an objective physical entity or a subjective idea that has to be mentally constructed. To understand the nature of these abstract ideas, we must first understand the concept of identity. When speaking of identity, one of the first types most people think of is the identity of the self. This self could be the attributes that a person attaches to himself. Gender identity is a simple att...
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Status Of Women In Islam
1,931 wordsThe Status of Woman in Islam The status of woman in Islam constitutes no problem. The attitude of the Qur " an and the early Muslims bear witness to the fact that woman is, at least, as vital to life as man himself, and that she is not inferior to him nor is she one of the lower species. Had it not been for the impact of foreign cultures and alien influences, this question would have never arisen among the Muslims. The status of woman was taken for granted to be equal to that of man. It was a ma...
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Body And Soul Personal Identity
573 wordsPersonal Identity Personal Identity can be broken down into three areas: 1. ) Body 2. ) Memory and 3. ) Soul. In John Perrys A Dialogue on Personal Identity and Immortality these composing aspects of personal identity are discussed at length. In the reading and class discussions the body was defined clearly as a part of ones person, even alluded to at times as a prison in which one cannot escape until one dies. Memory and ones Soul seemed to be lumped together many times, understandably so, for ...
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Plan To Escape Jonas
669 wordsThe Giver: A Critique The purpose of this book was to show us a possible version of a Utopia. It was a fantasy oriented book, that was suppose to make you think about the possibilities for the future. The setting is a supposedly perfect society where everyone is taken care of and no one is different. The author Lois Lowry does a fine job portraying this supposedly ideal society. This book began with a description of sameness and release the two general principles the society functions on. It the...
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Human Beings Human Soul
1,165 wordsSoul as it Relates to the Human Experience In order to discuss the importance of soul in our search for an answer to the question What is it to be human? we must first go back to one of the very first issues tackled in class: the presupposition. It is important to remember that our presupposition is to trust our five given senses to gather evidence regarding our experiences as human beings. In this way, we can view the human experience truthfully, because what is true is what is evident, and we ...
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Sameness And Equality Divine Laws Law
659 wordsDivine Power vs. Societal Law Mankind is lost without law. Without law, government, and rules, there is chaos. Man attempts to keep order with rules that basically seek to maintain everyone s happiness and security. These manmade laws, however, cannot always keep people controlled. Since time began, man has worshipped symbols of ultimate power. Mankind, in its imperfection, makes these idols perfect, immortal, and divine. The divine beings have laws, laws that tell people what they should do, te...
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Ceremony Of Twelve Ceremony Of Twelve Jonas
898 wordsThe Giver is a fiction novel about a boy named Jonas and his life in a perfect world of? Sameness? . In this world there were no colors, feelings, or choices. In this world everything was decided by the Commitee of Elders and took place in a ceremonious way. There was the Matching of Spouses and the Naming and Placement of new children. There was also a ceremony of Nines where all the Nines received their bikes and the Ceremony of Twelve? s where they received their life long occupations. In the...
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Language And Culture Cultural Differences
424 wordslanguage and culture -the differences and sameness reflecting in colors chapter 1. introduction 1. the overview of the whole paper. to discuss the culture difference and sameness which reflecting in colors between Chinese and English. 1. a brief introduction of the usage of color words a. adj + color words (1) light / pale +color words (2) bright / rich /vivid +color word (3) dull / dirty +color word (4) deep / dark +color word b. color words + ish c. color words +color words d. color words +and...
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Human Spirit Abstract Concepts
1,539 wordsLois Lowry? S The Giver: A Study Of Lois Lowry? S The Giver: A Study Of The Importance Choice Making Plays Lois Lowry? s The Giver: A Study of the Importance Choice Making Plays in the Ultimate Happiness of an Individual Lois Lowry? s Newbery Award winning piece, The Giver, takes place in a futuristic society based on the concept of sameness. A life lacking colors, smells, feelings, music or choices, 12 -year-old Jonas discovers, is not a desirable way to live. In the novel he expresses his frus...
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