..."The community of The Giver had achieved at such a great price. A community without danger or pain. But also a community without music, color or art. And books." Lois Lowry once said this. She is saying how the community of “"The Giver"” can be reached but everyone would have to give up books, art, music, and color. Music and color played a big role in both "The Giver" movie and novel. These elements in the movie and book are different and they have an impact on the story of "The Giver" in both the film and novel. "The Giver" book and movie are different because the music in the movie add more of a connection with the story and finding out about the loss of color in the film so soon takes away the insatiable feeling the reader gets in the beginning of the book....
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...THE GIVER Lois Lowry ← Plot Overview → The giver is written from the point of view of Jonas, an eleven-year-old boy living in a futuristic society that has eliminated all pain, fear, war, and hatred. There is no prejudice, since everyone looks and acts basically the same, and there is very little competition. Everyone is unfailingly polite. The society has also eliminated choice: at age twelve every member of the community is assigned a job based on his or her abilities and interests. Citizens can apply for and be assigned compatible spouses, and each couple is assigned exactly two children each. The children are born to Birthmothers, who never see them, and spend their first year in a Nurturing Center with other babies, or “newchildren,” born that year. When their children are grown, family units dissolve and adults live together with Childless Adults until they are too old to function in the society. Then they spend their last years being cared for in the House of the Old until they are finally “released” from the society. In the community, release is death, but it is never described that way; most people think that after release, flawed newchildren and joyful elderly people are welcomed into the vast expanse of Elsewhere that surrounds the communities. Citizens who break rules or fail to adapt properly to the society’s codes of behavior are also released, though in their cases it is an occasion of great shame. Everything is planned and organized so that life is as convenient...
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...An Analysis of The Giver Jonas lives in a utopian society, where there are no colors, feelings, or freedom. Slowly, he starts to notice the faults in the society, and rebels against it with the giver, his mentor, when a baby his family has been taking care of, Gabriel, is going to be killed. The story “ The Giver”, uses Gabriel as a symbol of hope for Jonas. Gabriel the new child , is pure as he hasn't been tarnished by the community, because he is too young for the discipline wand, and rules. He cannot adapt to the nurturing centre, and is brought to Jonas’ home. They are to not become attached to him “ Each family member, including Lily, had been required to sign a pledge that they would not become attached to this little temporary guest, and that they would relinquish him without protest or appeal she he was assigned to his own family unit at next year’s ceremony”(Lowry 54). Regardless, Jonas becomes attached. Jonas is introduced to feelings of love by Gabriel, “He wept because he was afraid now that he could not save Gabriel. He no longer cared about himself” (Lowry 218). Being unable to sleep at night, Jonas gives Gabriel memories to calm him down, “He was not aware of giving the memory; but suddenly he realised that it was becoming dimmer, that it...
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...Receiver of Memory. Jonas is intelligent like most of his community, but his intelligence is greater and he does not understand it. Jonas has feelings that he cannot describe and also see things he cannot explain. When Jonas becomes the Receiver of Memory his life changes. With his new position in the community Jonas is exempt from the rules of the utopian society he is living in, which scares him. Even with this new great power Jonas possesses he continues to be a sensitive, kind, and humble boy. The Giver- The Giver who is the current Receiver of Memory before he transfers it to Jonas. The Giver and Jonas are alike in various aspects.Where Jonas is sensitive, the Giver is tough. Also he has an anger built up inside because he has held onto the memories for so many years and now at a very old age is finally able to transfer them to the new Receiver. The Giver is a wise old man who believes the memories being withheld from the community belong to them and they should know what happened in the past....
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...Investigating the impact and challenges of implementing the National Counselling and Testing Campaign in the Ga-Motupa Community in Limpopo Mushwana Sipho Simeon An assignment submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Philosophy (HIV & AIDS Management) at the University of Stellenbosch Africa Centre for HIV &AIDS Management Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences Supervisor: Gary Eva March 2011 Declaration I hereby declare that the entire work contained in this document is my original work and I have not previously submitted the same work to the same or another institution for another qualification. All sources used are herein acknowledged and referenced. Date: 22 January 2011 Copyright©2011 Stellenbosch University All rights reserved Abstract The National Department of Health and The South African National AIDS Council (SANAC) jointly agreed to launch a massive campaign for HIV Counselling and Testing. The campaign was launched as an effort to step up and supplement and modify the programmes that are already running in the country, to fight HIV and AIDS. The campaign is known as the National HIV Counselling and Testing Campaign and it is based on the National HIV Counselling and Testing Campaign Strategy of SANAC (2010). The study aimed to investigate the impact of the campaign in terms...
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...K. J. University of Hertfordshire Internal Report 2010 Gift giving is a social, cultural and economic experience; a material and social communication exchange that is inherent across human societies and instrumental in maintaining social relationships and expressing feelings (Camerer, 1988, Joy 2001). Research within different disciplines to gain insight of gift giving behaviour has continued for over forty years. Gifts are bestowed in celebration of key life events, a medium for nurturing personal relationships, to encourage economic exchange and to socialise children into appropriate behaviour patterns (Belk, 1979). Obligations within a community require that individuals are required to give, receive and to reciprocate (Mauss, 1954). In his essay the French anthropologist-sociologist Marcel Mauss (1954), presented a theoretical analysis of the gift-giving process, that was based on his examination of giftgiving amongst various primitive, secluded, or ancient societies. He concluded that giftgiving is a self-perpetuating system of reciprocity and summarised three types of obligations which preserve gift-giving: 1. The obligation to give. 2. The obligation to receive. 3. The obligation to repay. The requirement to give may be ingrained in religious or moral necessities, with a strong need to recognise and maintain a status hierarchy and to establish or maintain peaceful relations, or merely the expectation of reciprocal giving. These motives, which do not acknowledge purely selfless...
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...“The Giver” Literary Analysis In life, people find that memories are a benefit, yet it somehow contains cons. Like societies in the novel The Giver, a fiction novel wrote by Lois Lowry, it explained that memories can provide wisdom and experience for situations. This theme is expressed in many ways such as figurative language and diction. Memories are needed in society so that people can learn from their experience. Recalling to the texts, Lowry uses her figurative language to give context clues of the theme. Doing that, she uses simile and imagery to hide the theme. For instance, using simile, a group of visitors from another community broke a few rules who upsetted the fair-playing Lily. “She shook her head. ‘I don’t know. They acted like…...
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...David Ochoa September 16, 2009 English-Mr. Harrison Summer Reading In the novel The Giver by Lois Lowry Jonas is taught that his world is perfect, but finds out that society is controlled. Jonas was one of the main characters of this novel. Throughout reading The Giver Jonas seems to always be seeking more warmth and human contact then what the society he lives in already allows. The character Jonas portrayed various characteristics. Three of those characteristics that he portrayed were intelligence, curiosity, and kindness. The first characteristic that Jonas portrayed was his curiosity. While he was at school he was playing catch with a friend he had noticed the apple change in a way. “ Does anything seem strange to you? About the apple?” ( Pg 24, Lowry) Jonas kept looking at the apple all types of ways trying to figure out what was it about the apple that would catch his eye and make him to wonder such things. Disobeying recreation area rules he decided to take the apple home so he can do further analysis on the apple. After trying to find a flaw in the apple all types of ways he somehow had to convince himself that the apple was perfectly fine, and he had curiosity get the best of him. One of the other characteristics that Jonas had was his Intelligence. His intelligence was considered to be one of his unusual characteristics traits, but was to his advantage. Only twelve years of his age but his decision making was good and would catch on to things quickly...
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...The board of directors requested our team to develop an e-mail campaign 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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...tried to keep up with the demand by recruiting new donors and organizing more blood collection campaigns. Due to an overall aging of the Canadian population and the decrease in wait times in the hospitals, CBS is facing a growth in the demand of blood. Objective Between 1998 and 2011 the number of units collected has gone up by more than 200,000 units but the number of active donors has remained constant. Increasing the number of donors is the immediate objective; however, previous experience shows that many people are just donating once and do not come back to a donor clinic. CBS’s objective is to develop a marketing media program to increase the number of new donors and the donor retention to a higher level than 51%. Situation Analysis CBS’s operations started with a record of 685,000 units of blood collected in 1998 and currently collection grew to more than 900,000 units in 2011 and with an average of active donors of 400,000 from 1998 to 2011. Among the 1.2M of active and inactive donors population in Canada, only 600,000 of donors are eligible to donate blood. In spite of the improvement in recruiting and processes of the new donors which retention rate in 2009 was 51% or 423,000, CBS needs to establish a strategy where donor behavior and characteristics by...
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...nature of behavior. [Why is he doing that?] Nature of Reality? Accidens - form Essens - matter Reality changes Formal cause Material cause Efficient cause Final Cause Potentiality and Actuality 4 Levels of Knowing [Plato] Imagining Belief Thinking Intelligence Ethics Nature of Human Behavior Tendency of all Evil is absence or ignorance of knowledge Insight Seeing with the mind [Analysis - using metaphors] Abstraction Nature of Philosophical Inquiry Self, Other, Awareness SELF OTHER SELF: Curious / Perplexed Responsible Personal Communal OTHER: Unknown Unlimited things to know Demands a response Experience - interactive process where human self is in dynamic relation with other. Inquiry is Integrative 2 Levels 1 Personal 2 Communal Modes of Inquiry LOGIC - Appearance is given theoretical coherence. - Relate meanings to each other. PHENOMENOLOGY Experience is lived out by individual. META-PRAGMATICS Practicing lived experience as a community (shared). Insight Seeing with the Mind (analysis) Metaphor use to analyze insight - crystal clear Abstraction World View Commitment - Statement of Belief. Perception of the world. Form the foundation of your very being. Christian Theism Foundation of World View. All world views are reactions to Christian Theism. Awareness: Revelation: Piecemeal (Knowledge on installment) Why is it possible to know anything at all? > Because God created man w/...
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...focus on the seven principles of ethics, education, utilitarianism, top-down theory alternate treatment options. Will Tube Feedings Prolong Life? While working with the majority of geriatric population, we frequently come across patients with Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. The most common problem in these patients is the inability to swallow as well as the patients are failure to thrive. Many healthcare workers and family members become upset when the patient does not have proper nutritional intake. As human beings it is our nature to take care of our loved ones when they are ill, this is our ways of showing love and affection tore’s each other. We often question the situation regarding the need for artificial feeding. Care givers have misconceptions if we provide artificial nutrition it will help prolong their love one’s life. Further need for education is need to help ease in the decision making. There are many complications we come across when thinking about placing a feeding tube in our love ones. Further explanation needs to be addressed to patients and family members prior to their decision. Over the years families have receive education from the gastroenterologist regarding the...
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...Competency Differences of ADN and BSN Nursing is a self-motivated and multifaceted discipline, one that requires skilled, knowledgeable, and self-sufficient practitioners. The roots of nursing are firmly based on service to other individuals, groups, and communities. ADN Program Associate degree nursing programs are intended to be two years in length based to prepare practical bedside nurses for secondary care settings, such as community hospitals and long-term care facilities. The Associate degree nurse is prepared .to function at the intermediate level, not in leadership and management position. The professional behaviors, communication, assessment, clinical decision making, caring interventions, teaching and learning, collaboration, and managing care are the eight center competencies of ADN. By using clinical and thinking skills ADN graduate is responsible for caring for others while keeping the values of nursing profession for better outcomes. The inclusion of public health nursing as a part of curriculum is main difference between nursing in baccalaureate and diploma programs. BSN Program The Baccalaureate graduates are prepared in order think reasonably, evaluate critically, and communicate effectively with clients and other health care professionals. Baccalaureate programs are four academic years in length, and the nursing major is typically concentrated at the upper division level. There are vital components to prepare the baccalaureate graduate as generalist...
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...SWOT Analysis TD Bank As a current employee of TD Bank, having to conduct a Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) analysis on a company I am a stakeholder, I have a knew perspective on how strategic and operational planning has effect on me. As a part of management understanding the strategic vision of the company will enable management to effectively carry out the operational mission thus ensure all internal and external shareholders whether unique customer service, communicating across the social media with customers and employees, produces What’s In IT For Me (WIIFM) experience which means revenue. TD Bank strengths rely upon their ability to WOW their customer base with being Americas Most Convenient Bank, providing a unique branding within the banking community. Proven business models they have ignored. The only bank that stays open until 8 pm, provides doggie stations equipped with water and snacks for customers animals, and is open most holidays. In the state of South Carolina in which I live and work, The South Carolina TD Bank Campus is the only bank owned property and is the jewel of the TD Canada and TD US. The company has brought the largest amount on professional banking jobs in largely manufacturing state. Community involvement the bank has it. There is a TD Convention Center which hosts most major indoor invents in the state. However, there are always vulnerabilities. Weaknesses exist in every facet of the banking industry; however...
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...will seek health care” (Edelman & Mandle, 2010). Transcultural nursing is a practice to transform health care and help people of diverse cultures. An analysis of Leninger's vision for the work of transcultural nursing indicates that there are many barriers and issues in health care, particularly for persons from diverse cultures. For instance, health care for poor Americans and ethnic minorities is less than optimal because they are unable to pay for services because of lack of insurance (Edelman & Mandle, 2010). Ethnicity is a reference to a collective identity, a sense of uniqueness within the larger society, and a distinction from nonmembers. Ethnicity denotes a sharing of customs, food, dress, music, religion, and of symbols, such as language, among those who see themselves as fellow members of the group (Edelman & Mandle, 2010). An ethnic group may have “common geographic origins, family patterns, language, religion, values, traditions, symbols, music, dietary preferences, and employment patterns” (Edelman & Mandle, 2010). The ethnic group includes those members with the sense of belonging to the collective identity. A traditional method of maintaining, protecting, and restoring health requires the knowledge and understanding of health related resources from within a given person’s cultural heritage and community. These methods may be used instead of or along with modern...
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