The Giver By Lois Lowry: Character Analysis

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In Lois Lowry’s The Giver, Jonas lives in the Community. In the Community, everything is the same--clothing, skin color, type of family, and language. When Jonas is old enough to have a job, he is assigned to be the next Receiver of Memory. In this job, he receives memories of the past. He sees many good things, but he also sees many bad things. Through all of the memories that he experiences, he learns that love is the most powerful feeling of all, and without it, life is meaningless. When Jonas received the memory of a family’s Christmas celebration, he realizes what he experienced in the Stirrings were feelings of love. He learns that the pills he takes to stop the Stirrings also stop the feeling of love. He goes against what he is told and stops taking them. Because he stops taking the pills, the reader can determine that Jonas values the feeling of love and knows that it is very important. In the Christmas memory, Jonas finally learns what love is. “It had all been there, all the things he had learned to treasure.” The text is referring to all of the happy memories and feelings Jonas finds important, all of which were experienced in the memory. Because Jonas experiences all of his happy and joyful feelings when he feels love, the reader can determine that Jonas enjoys the feelings of love because it compiles all happy feelings …show more content…
Once he experienced love, he didn’t find joy in anything in his life, prompting him to leave the Community. Jonas wants the citizens of the Community to be able to experience the feeling that he has come to cherish so much. He wouldn’t have left the Community if he wasn’t positive that life was meaningless without it. Because you’re loved by your spouse, family, or friends, you are truly happy. Without this love, you might feel empty and

The Giver By Lois Lowry: Character Analysis

hate, joy, sorrow or pain. In the book The Giver, by Lois Lowry, the main character Jonas is desperately trying to live the life he has been denied. The people in his community are living a life full of sameness and do not have the ability to experience any emotion. When Jonas is assigned the difficult job of Receiver; a job that requires him to receive all the memories of joy, sorrow and pain of the past, he realizes that it is up to him and The Giver to change things. In the novel, Jonas learns…

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Character Analysis Of Jonas In The Giver By Lois Lowry

Have you ever been closer to someone you were not related to than you are to your own family? In The Giver by Lois Lowry, Jonas the main character is closer to someone he is not related to then his family. Jonas is closer to the Giver than his parents, his sister, and his friends. Jonas does not have much conflict with his parents but he is not very close to them. On page 160, Jonas asks his parents if the love him and they say that love is a strong word. There is not much love in the community…

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The Giver By Lois Lowry: Character Analysis

Imagine a world, where the only way to actually be living is to leave the community. A very talented author, Lois Lowry, wrote the book The Giver. Fearless Jonas, smart and strong, is in a community that he has to escape from. Jonas made the correct decision to take Gabriel and escape the community because he saved lives, informs the community, and saved himself from loneliness. When Jonas escaped the community, he saved lives. One of them was Gabriel's'. '''It's bye-bye to you Gabe, in the morning…

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The Giver Book Vs Movie Essay

had to let go of others." Lois Lowry says this in both the book and movie. This quote explains that the community had to let go of some things, but it was to make the changes better. For example, the colors and landscape changed in the movie, but the director made changes of how they look and made it better. “The Giver” book and movie are different because the landscape of the communities and the and music makes you more connected and it shows the emotions of the characters. First, the landscape of…

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Essay week2RDG 534lessonplan

Lesson Title The Giver: Close Reading Chapters 1 & 2 Topic Novel study of The Giver by Lois Lowry Objectives Students will be able to identify ask informative questions about the text read while being mindful of the theme and how if affects each of the characters and the overall plot of the story. Standards CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.1Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8…

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