...This is what it is like in the movie The Giver directed by Phillip Noyce, and Anthem written by Ayn Rand. In both the movie and the book both governments are very controlling and limit people's freedom. In Anthem and The Giver, both governments limit choices and information. In both worlds the government's control what the people can know. In The Giver and Anthem the government controls what people know in their communities. Certain people in these communities know too much and are to curious about what the government is doing to them. In the book Anthem, Ayn Rand states “We were born with a curse. It has always driven us to thoughts which are forbidden....
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...People shouldn’t have control over others because of the abuse of the system (in this case, the government), and the deprivation of individual’s rights. Because control is enforced and abused by the government, others shouldn’t be permitted to have authority. The Giver treks upon the idea of a controlling system manipulated by the government itself. The Council of Elders, the government of Jonas’s community, issues pills to repress unnecessary feelings, maintain harmony, and for everyone to “remain equals”. (Lowry, 1994) This seems like a good idea to avoid conflict for a rebounded society, however, it turns out to be more of the opposite. By taking the pills, people’s ability to feel weakens and they have no true emotions. The Council of...
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...and film The Giver by Lois Lowry are both wonderful works that are very worthy of your time. In both the book and the film there was several similar concepts, but they also vary in some ways. For example, they both have the theme of fighting against the power even though it may cause them trouble. Even though, they have alike themes they also have their differences. One way Swipe and The Giver are similar that the characters began to become open minded. They started to realize that people are not always what they seem to be. In Swipe, Logan and others in the town Spokie began to be suspicious and question why the government would want to access all of their information and control their lives. Jonas, in The Giver is the only one besides the giver himself who questions why the power would want to hide all the memories. Another way is they are alike is both get rid of anyone who they think would cause inconvenience to their motives. In the book Swipe while certain kids at the age of 13 are receiving the Mark if DOME thinks they have rebellious behavior they will nullify them and inform their families that there was an unfortunate malfunction and their child died. Also in The Giver anyone who could possibly challenge the system and its...
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...Two Dystopias After reading the iconic novel, The Giver by Lois Lowry, and learning about the devastating Holocaust, I have come to a conclusion that there are many similarities between the sick realism of the world and the made up world of a book. A dystopia is a fictional world where people live under a highly controlled, totalitarian system. In both The Giver and in the Holocaust, societies were based off of: rules, sameness, and death. All qualities of a dystopia that make it the highly controlled, totalitarian system that it is. To begin, I will start with the extreme control and rules placed upon all citizens of the community in The Giver, and the millions of Jews during the Holocaust. Over the course of the Holocaust, Hitler...
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...The idea of utopian and dystopian societies are noticeably popular due to the fact that society wants equality, however authors show when attempting to have total equality the public can become unethical. Harrison Bergeron shows a corrupt government and society in hopes of a utopia. After Harrison broke out of jail and made the musicians play without their handicaps the text says, “The music began again and was much improved.” This demonstrates how total equality can strip people of their individuality, therefore people can’t have talents. However for most people their talents are what brings them joy and purpose. The leader or ruler in Harrison Bergeron, The Handicapper General, was also unprincipled. Later “She (The Handicapper General) fired...
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...Class issues and the rise of the superstructure in The Giver and The City of Ember Since the start of agriculture, man's evolution has gone from a hunter-gatherer to modern day capitalistic societies. Using a lot of energy in order to hunt was no longer necessary. By leveraging the division of labor, grains could be stored for human consumption. Consequently, population grew which meant that some people had to, for example, harvest the food, whereas others could be “thinkers” and create a better world in terms of science and effective infrastructures. Over time resources have been used and exploited in to order to sustain societies and the ever increasing population: It has become a scarcity. (Harris 12) Philosophers such as Karl Marx wrote about this scarcity and how it creates classes in societies, as in Das Kapital, the Critique of Political Economy: In social productions of their life, men enter into definite relations that are indispensable and independent of their will, relations of production which correspond to a definite stage of development of their material productive forces. The sum total of these relations of production constitutes the economic structure of society.... With the change of the economic foundation the entire immense superstructure is more or less rapidly transformed. In considering such transformations a distinction should always be made between the material transformation of the economic conditions of| production...(Marx 143) What is...
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...Response to Literature Essay for The Giver The Giver is a novel written by author Lois Lowry. In this dystopian reading selection, the setting is a place called the community. The community is a place where everything is the same. Also, everything in the Giver community is safety-proofed. It is ran by a group of people called The Elders. The Elders are considered the wisest and most powerful people in the community. They are in charge of everything, from picking out job titles for the incoming twelves, to keeping track of the newchildren that are born. The setting of the giver affected the citizens by keeping them proctected from dangerous things. In doing so, trial-and-error cannot occur. Also, many of the citizens are used to everything...
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...No emotion, no feeling, nothing, just blissfully content with life. This is life for everyone in Lois Lowry’s The Giver except for Jonas and The Giver; they experience all memory, every second of pain, and every moment of delight only they feel. Society today is like the society in Lois Lowry’s The Giver in how it makes sure that most people are happy but without pain or grief there can be no happiness only the serene feeling of peace. The societies are also very different because in Lois Lowry’s The Giver there is no feeling, but in society today you cannot avoid feelings everything is based off feeling, facts are based off feeling, and you can’t avoid hurting someone’s feelings. The problem in both of these societies is that they both ignore...
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...Another possible outcome of our society could turn out like the the motion picture of The Giver. The “community” in The Giver “lived in tranquility without the existence of emotions or color, as these would produce conflicts. The citizens have also had their memories wiped” (IMDb). The people were also “assigned their positions in the community” and were always watched by the Elders. Children were similarly brainwashed by the government to obey the rules and suppress emotion and free thought. People could not choose their own fates which were assigned by the Elders and children were born almost genetically perfect after selective breeding. Similarly, citizens were not allowed to hold differing views and feelings towards the state. The people...
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...blindsided by the Government most of their lives. “It is a sin to write this. It is a sin to think words no others think and to put them down upon a paper no others are to see…” as stated in the novel Anthem by Ayn Rand. Sometimes being assigned isn’t the same as wishing when wishing is considered breaking the law.Time and time again the Government always seems to have an impact on how people act. Some people think that their government is there to protect them, when really they are controlling them, treating them like their own private puppets that only do what the government wants them to or tells them to.The Government controls every aspect of your life ,that is if you let them. In the quote “we closed our eyes, and we held our lips shut, and we stopped our breath, that no shudder might let our brothers see or hear or guess, and we thought that we wished to be sent to the Home of the scholars.”& “ But we knew that they were alive,...
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...1. How do you feel, as a potential or actual giver to United Way campaigns, about the “high living” of Aramony? Would these allegations affect your gift giving? Why or Why not? William Aramony, president of United Way who built United Way of America into one of the nation’s premier charities. The United Way has been an umbrella charity that was created as a fundraising organization to support many smaller charities. It has been supported by many business firms by fundraising drives and payroll deductions. He had headed the organization, and under his tenure, the organization grew rapidly, nearly quadrupling donations between 1970 and 1990. On the other hand, he was milking out the organization’s fund for his personal benefits such as significant limousine expenses, high salary and uncontrolled perks, international airfare for himself and guests, personal gifts and luxury items, travelling on the charity's dime for personal reasons, affair with young Florida women, loans and diversions of funds to companies that are owned by family members, a $4 million "golden parachute” etc. When an internal investigation and news reports disclosed his lavish life style, as a potential or actual giver to United Way campaigns, I felt terrible knowing all these fact where my contribution had been misused for his lavish lifestyle. I saw a clear sense of white-collar crime under the opportunity fraud triangle. Charitable organizations depend on contributions that people give freely out of a...
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...An Exploratory Study to understand Motivation factors of Care Givers who work in Orphanages/Old Age Homes on low salaries By Swati Maheshwari Under the Guidance of Prof. Tithi Bhatnagar SCHOOL of INSPIRED LEADERSHIP GURGAON Table of Contents Acknowledgement………………………………………………………………………………………3 Abstract………………………………………………………………………………………………....4 Introduction……………………………………………………………………………………………..5 Literature Review………………………………………………………………………………….……8 Methodology…………………………………………………………………………………………….11 Sample Particulars……………………………………………………………………………….11 Research Tool……………………………………………………………………………………11 Procedure……………………………………………………………………………………….12 Analysis…………………………………………………………………………………………12 Discussion……………………………………………………………………………………………….15 Future Scope………………………………………………………………………………………….....17 Appendices…………………………………………………………………………………………….....18 References………………………………………………………………………………………………..19 Acknowledgement I would like to express my humble gratitude to all those who gave me the opportunity to complete this research paper. I am deeply thankful to my guide/mentor Prof. Tithi Bhatnagar of School Of Inspired Leadership for her constant help, stimulating suggestions and continuous encouragement which kept me motivated throughout in my research during the post graduate program. I would like to extend my heartfelt obligation towards all the people who have helped me in this endeavor. Without their active support, guidance and encouragement, I would...
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...Task 2.3 There are a number of factors responsible for creating tension while care is provided for vulnerable users and such might come from safety versus independence, rights, responsibilities and choice. Although it is necessary to allow service users to be independent when they want, it is also important to consider that being independent during certain tasks may pose potential risks. For example, Jennifer may want to control her own wheelchair according to choice. However, based on risk assessment carried out by the organisation, it was determined that it is unsafe for her to control her own wheelchair without supervision. This is because without close supervision, she is more prone to accidents such as trips and falls, and thus poses a risk to herself and others. In these circumstances, it may be necessary to inform her that a care giver will control her wheelchair and therefore tension may be created as safety overtakes her independence and choice. ( Mandelstam, 2009). The staff should be trained to communicate to service users such as Jennifer is a manner which prevents tension and promotes understanding. Task 3.1...
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...strategy to improve membership and donor rates. However, as systems engineers, none of our team members had any prior knowledge of marketing or segmenting. Therefore our team was forced to do some extensive research on non-profit marketing, as well as database segmenting. The ideals and concepts learned throughout the research process were eventually used as a foundation for completing the project objectives proposed by the Lightfactory board of directors. Segmenting the database was a success and provided some key insights about the LightFactory’s customer base. Most of the customer’s in the database were segmented into three major populations: Big givers, Middle givers, and Low givers. These segments are customers who have donated more than once. Each segment shows the mean, median, mode, upper control limit, lower control limit, and other relevant statistical data. The database was also segmented by regular and former members that had enrolled in classes. Also the concentration of average donations and non-donors in all cities in North Carolina that had people affiliated with The Light...
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...seems to be suffering from what a lot of organizations suffer from it comes to the tug of war on what is most important to conduct business. On one side the hospital people think Singh does not care as much about patient care as they do, and on the other Singh thinks that the hospital people are not doing their jobs right in regards to the reports of patient care. The main potential source of the problem is the opportunity cost of each group. Who values what more? The hospital staff most likely thinks that spending more time entering records into the systems will take away from them providing adequate care to the patient, which they value more. Singh meanwhile values correct record keeping in order to remain compliant with the federal government because if that is not up to par, then that could be bad news for him (Krueger, 2009). The sources of the problem are the values each person considers the most important to do their jobs the best. These values differ which causes issues throughout the organization. Singh likely does not seem to understand the hospital staffs opportunity cost. Taking time away from patients could be worse long term for the financial part of the business if they were to focus more on record keeping. Likewise the hospital staff does not seem to realize that proper record keeping could mean better patient care in the long term. Both groups not realizing the opportunity cost of the other is the main source of this issue. 2. What information would you...
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