...In the book The Giver , Jonas shows intelligence by understanding the community and through his common knowledge. First he is intelligent because he knows release is murder. Jonas really understood this when he saw his dad kill the twin. Next the Giver gave Jonas a memory. The giver gave him a memory of war. After the memory of the war he is angry. When Jonas sees his friends playing war, Jonas gets mad and tells them to stop. Jonas’s friends are mad at him for telling them what to do. Jonas sets up an escape plan with the giver. Jonas in not happy because of all that he knows he is missing out on in the community. Jonas gets mad at the voting committee for removing individualism. The main character jonas was very intelligent as he made he...
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...around for thousands of years, and there is still no cure, but at the peak of its devastation in the United States, Dr. Jonas Salk introduced a way to prevent it. Polio attacks the nerve cells and sometimes the central nervous system, causing muscle wasting, paralysis, and even death. The disease, whose symptoms are flu like, struck mostly children, and in the first half of the 20th century the epidemics of polio were becoming more devastating. Salk, while working at the Virus Research Lab at the University of Pittsburgh, developed a polio vaccine, and the medical trials to prove its effectiveness and safety are still being analyzed. Fifty years ago the largest medical experiment in history took place to test Salk’s poliomyelitis vaccine. Close to two million children across the United States and Canada were involved in the trial, which was administered by the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis (NFIP), also known as the March of Dimes. The foundation, created in 1938 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt (a polio victim) and his law partner Basil O’Connor. Across the United States, 623,972 school children were injected with the vaccine or a placebo, using a double blind technique in which neither recipient nor administrator knew which one there were getting. The results, announced in 1955, showed good statistical evidence that Jonas Salk’s “killed virus” preparation was 80-90% effective in preventing paralytic poliomyelitis. The statistical design...
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...perfect as it seems. In the book Jonas, the boy who was chosen to be the next Receiver, experiences a society that is different from his own. With the help of The Giver, the man who trains Jonas, he learns that “sameness” isn’t exactly perfect. The Community controls emotions in an effort to create a painless society; the result, however, is a society absent of true emotion. Once someone in the Community begins to develop feelings for someone they are given pills to control the emotions that they are experiencing. The...
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...Before Jonas was The Receiver of Memory, he thought his community was perfect, but then, he found out secrets that were being kept from him and everyone else in his community. When Jonas became The Receiver of Memory his whole world changed right before his eyes. In the novel The Giver, by Lois Lowry, the author shows that being individually different is a good thing. She does this through Jonas seeing colors and seeing everyone in his community different in their own special way. Having the job The Receiver of Memory, is very difficult, because what Jonas believed what was true about his community was wrong, which scared him. Jonas had always believed that everyone is the same and that everyone always told the truth. "How could someone not fit in? The community was so meticulously ordered, the choices so carefully made (pg. 48)." This was what Jonas thought until he became...
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...starvation, no fears, and no threats. But did they really live in a perfect world? Jonas and his own community lived in a "utopia." When Jonas was selected to be the Receiver of memory, everything changed. He came to know that his world hadn't always been the way it was. Things were different, there was diversity and there were variations. Jonas learns things that he would have never known. Some things were joyful, while other things were painful. But the most important thing is that Jonas and the Giver learned that they are more than capable to make a difference for difference. In the book The Giver by Lois...
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...said “. Today is a declared unscheduled holiday.” “Jonas and his parents , and Lily all turned in surprise and looked at the wall speaker from which the announcement came from. It happened so rarely...”(130).The structure of the day allows people to always have something to do because the entire family is completely surprised by the announcement. They are shocked because of how rarely they have a day off from their jobs. But the con of the structure of the day restricts the freedom of doing something new. On page 68 there is a list of Jonas’s rules for his new job, The Receiver, that he is expected to follow everyday. The structure of the day restricts the freedom of trying new things because he no longer has time to hang out with his friends, and his routine is restricted to only 8 things each day. No more, no...
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...For more than nine decades, the name Walt Disney has been preeminent in the field of family entertainment. From humble beginnings as a cartoon studio in the 1920s to today's global corporation, The Walt Disney Company continues to proudly provide quality entertainment for every member of the family, across America and around the world. The Birth of a US Icon October 16, 1923 Walt signed a contract with M. J. Winkler to produce a series of Alice Comedies — this date is considered the start of the Disney company first known as The Disney Brothers Studio. In 1923, Disney joined his brother Roy O. Disney in Hollywood. By the time he arrived on the West Coast, word came from New York that a company wanted to purchase the rights to a series of Disney's live-action cartoon reels, ultimately titled Alice Comedies. A distributor named M.J. Winkler offered $1,500 per reel, and Disney joined her as a production partner. November 18, 1928 Steamboat Willie is released at the Colony Theatre in New York -- this marks the release of the very first Mickey Mouse cartoon, and the first appearance by Minnie Mouse. Taking on Television: 1950s In 1954, the "Disneyland" television series premiered. The show included an introduction by Walt Disney and incorporated film clips from Disney productions with live action and coverage of Disneyland. Some four million people tuned in each week. Disney also made a national folk hero out of Davy Crockett when he devoted a three-part program to coverage...
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...main character, Jonas, is an eleven year old boy who undergoes a series of changes after he is selected to be the Receiver of Memory during the Ceremony...
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...leave something of ourselves behind when we leave a place, we stay there, even though we go away.” Pascal Mercier once said. Jonas in The Giver, by Lois Lowry, leaves so many memories when he says his farewell to the community, but it is for the best. Jonas makes the correct decision by leaving because it benefits the citizens, Gabriel, as well as the Giver. Jonas is right to leave the community so the residents can continue on in a more sincere life. When Rosemary, the “failed Receiver,” was released, the community experienced all memories transferred to her, giving them a sense of reality. Unfortunately, the truth was taken back by the council. The moment Jonas leaves, so many thoughts are scattered, and too many to capture. Although there is some pain and sorrow, citizens are able to be more prepared in threatening situations. Jonas, when leaving the community, is able to see the bright colors and weather of the outside world, and best of all, hear music. Everyone in the community is able to experience colors, the elements, and culture, all things crucial to an enjoyable life. The...
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...about a boy named Jonas. Jonas lives an average life with a mom, a dad, and a sister. Jonas' family has the privileged to take care of a young child named Gabriel only because he wasn't doing as well as he should be. In this community they pick the jobs you are supposed to do at the age of 12. Most kids get chosen to be a doctor or a road cleaner but Jonas got chosen to be the most important job there is, he was chosen to be the Giver. When you are the Giver you get to be privileged with every memory there has ever been. Some memories are hard on Jonas, like war. The previous Giver feels bad about giving Jonas bad memories but he feels it is needed in order to properly do his job. Some memories are good, like love. Jonas is given some rules to use as a Giver. He is allowed to ask anything from anyone, he is allowed to lie, and he is also not allowed to take any medicine unless he needs it for an injury or illness. In the community Jonas lives in they make you take medicine so you don't go through the stages of puberty. But, because Jonas is the Giver he doesn't have to take this medicine. Jonas begins to wonder why everyone in the community talks about release and what it actually is. Jonas requests a video of the latest release and finds out that they drug people into death. After most of his training is complete, Jonas realizes that the world he lives in isn't fair and he needs to get out. Jonas and the previous Giver make plans to leave the community. Jonas knows that if he...
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...In “The Giver”, we are introduced to Jonas, the eleven-year-old protagonist of the story, as he struggles to find the right word to describe his feelings as he approaches an important milestone. He rejects “frightened” as too strong a word, recalling a time when he had really been frightened: a year ago, an unidentified aircraft flew over his community; it was a strange and unprecedented event, since Pilots were not allowed to fly over the community. As Jonas remembers the community reaction to the event, we learn more about the society in which he lives. It is extremely structured, with official orders transmitted through loudspeakers planted all around the community. As a punishment, the pilot was “released” from the community, the worst fate that can befall a citizen. Jonas decides he is apprehensive, not frightened (Jonas and his society value the use of precise and accurate language), about the important thing that is going to happen in December. Jonas thinks he lives in a perfect world. He lives in a highly ordered community where there is no pain, but he learns that there is a price to pay for this kind of life and discovers humanity’s long forgotten pains and joys. He finds out that he is living in a twisted messed up imperfect “utopia”. There is no war or fear or pain. There are no choices. Every person is assigned a role in the Community. When Jonas turns twelve, he is singled out to receive special training from The Giver. The Giver alone holds the memories of the true...
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...Jonas is the main character in the movie, “The Giver”, as well as the book, “The Giver”. He lives in a Utopian society with his Mother, Father, and his little sister Lily. He thinks that he is just like everyone else, but others have noticed he is special. The movie and the book are similar but different in their own way. The movie allows you to see the characters and the buildings, but the book lets you be creative and imagine what the characters look like. The book is also a lot more descriptive than the movie will ever be. Which leads to the fact that, the book is just a tad bit more entertaining than the movie, making it the better one out of the two. In the film, Jonas is rebellious, more rude, and more mature, but, the book is higher...
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...is about a young boy named Jonas who lives in a “perfect” community. The people who live in the community know nothing of their history. When Jonas receives the honored job title of the Receiver, he learns about the world’s history by memories gained from the previous receiver - also known as The Giver. When Jonas receives these memories, he understands more about the community’s consequences for their actions. Jonas’ experiences develop a theme over the course of The Giver by teaching the reader that for every action there is a consequence. Although some people believe that their actions don’t affect their future, Jonas’ experiences show that your actions lead to either positive or negative consequences....
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...relationship? Without love in a relationship, the relationship is invalid. In the novel “The Giver” written by Lois Lowry, Jonas life was first surrounded by a no love and unemotional society. Throughout the story Jonas gains knowledge of those feelings that were once always secluded. One of my first examples, Jonas’ parents weren’t in a love filled relationship. In order to receive each other as a spouse, they had to fill out an application. The elders in the community chose them for each other by using their own wisdom of individuals’ compatibility. Needless to say, Jonas’ father and mother didn’t make the decision to be together, they were assigned to each other. They were to always lie to each other due to their assignments. In chapter 20, The Giver explains to Jonas that lying was what his parents were told to do and that it was how life was created for them. Therefore, they could never open up to each other in order to get to know and understand each other’s feelings. The concept of the word “love” was completely unknown in spousal relationships and left them nonplused about it. They never even told each other they loved each other. "You come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by seeing an imperfect person perfectly." - Sam Keen. Another one of my examples is Jonas and his father’s relationship also lacked love. In the novel there is no mention of Jonas and his father bonding together. They never truly knew or understood each other well enough to love each other. They...
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...Lois Lowry's novel The Giver takes place way into the future. Jonas is chosen as the giver at the age of 12. He never had an assignment before. After getting this assignment, he started disobeying. He starts to disobey, he doesn’t believe in sameness and he doesn’t like all the rules. One lesson the story suggests is that when you are rebellious you can get in trouble and that sameness is not good. From the beginning Jonas always seemed to be a rebellious child, Lois Lowry describes how Jonas and the Giver were planning on how to sneak Jonas and Gabe out of the community. Because after all the memories that Jonas has received he wanted the community to see them and have them as well. Jonas, was not listening to the rules of the community...
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