-
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 ...
Free research essays on topics related to: individuality, human spirit, choices, jonas, abstract concepts -
Main Characters Twelve Year
712 wordsAlbert Giorgio July 14, 1999 Setting: The setting of this story is in a community that is confined with strict rules. Main Characters: The main characters are Jonas, Lily, Asher, Fiona, Jonas's Mother, Jonas's Father, and the Giver. Jonas is a twelve year old boy that is very keen, clever and kind. Lily is seven and is Jonas's little, baby sister. Asher is a very fast-talker and is one of Jonas's best friends. Fiona is a very kind and sweet girl who is Jonas's other best friend. Jonas's Father w...
Free research essays on topics related to: memories, main characters, twelve year, giver, jonas -
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...
Free research essays on topics related to: jonas, boy named, worth living, main character, book called -
Truths Of The World Jonas
787 wordsJonas, the main character in The Giver by Lois Lowry, is a very strong person, which allows him to go farther in life then the people that surround him. Throughout Jonas's life he has known nothing but 'sameness'. He lives in a Utopian community where there are no choices and everyone in his world has their lives laid out for them. But, Jonas is given the job of 'Receiver of Memory'. He alone knows the truths of the world, a world with colors, pain, and choices. What he does with these truths wi...
Free research essays on topics related to: giver, strengths, choices, jonas, memories -
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...
Free research essays on topics related to: giver, release, jonas, gabriel, utopia -
University Of Michigan Jonas Salk
2,446 wordsJonas Salk From the beginning of mankind, man has looked for cures of illness. Jonas Salk found a cure for one of the worst illnesses in the history of man, polio. Jonas Salk's polio vaccine was a great discovery of his time, and it is still being used today to eradicate polio worldwide. Dr. Salk is also known for other medical discoveries. He was a quiet man who lived a rough childhood. He was not looking for fame, instead, it found him. During the time before the vaccine, many people, mostly p...
Free research essays on topics related to: nerve cells, jonas salk, university of michigan, polio vaccine, ann arbor -
Arlette Delongs Cafe Warren Phillips Walked Told
8,612 wordsA sixteen-year-old girl Kelly Anderson and her family lived in Atlanta. Kelly was alone at home one day because her parents were invited to dinner at Bob Creighton's house that owned Creighton Construction. Kellys father Ted was looking for a job in construction, but was turned down by Bob. While back at the house where Kelly was, she was in the bathroom, with the door open and the lights shut. She was looking in the mirror when she saw a man in the mirror over her shoulder. The man Kelly had se...
Free research essays on topics related to: warren, barbara, michael, kelly, dark man -
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...
Free research essays on topics related to: jonas, didn t, twelve, assignment, ceremony -
Man Vs Man Story Starts
599 wordsThe story starts as Jonas, a twelve- year-old boy, who is waiting for his life assignment. When he is given his assignment, he is chosen to be the Receiver of Memory. As the Receiver he has to get every memory from all over the world from the old Receiver he calls The Giver. The Giver: The Giver is the man who is the old Receiver. He is also the one who gives Jonas the memories. In the community were Jonas lives is everything is controlled, even peoples memory. The Giver is the only one who is n...
Free research essays on topics related to: falling action, story starts, man vs man, dont love, rising action -
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...
Free research essays on topics related to: one , life, abstract concepts, aren t, human spirit