The topics in Lois Lowry's The Giver have created controversy in libraries and classrooms across the country since it was first published in 1993 (Haynes 1). ... Lowry's novel has been challenged all over the states, including in Kansas, California, Oklahoma, Oregon, Montana, Ohio, Minnesota, Missouri, and New York (Hastings 1). ... Apparently several parents were uncomfortable with Jonas' description of his first "stirrings- (Lowry 36). The passage in the book where the twin baby is "released- also proved to be too graphic for some of them (Lowry 149). ... In the book, J...

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This critical theory can be studied through Lois Lowry's novel "The Giver". ... In her late 60's Lowry had both parents in nursing homes. ... Memories of the past" (Lowry 77). ... In some ways Jonas is a symbol of Lowry herself. ... Studying biographical criticism helps people understand why Lois Lowry wrote "The Giver" and the details in it. ...

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Lois Lowry, the author of Number the Stars has written over twenty-three novels including: Us and Uncle Fraud, Switch Around, and All about Sam to name a few. ... Lois Lowry is a two time Newberry Medal winner for her books, The Giver in 1994 and Number the Stars in 1990. ... The book Number the Stars by Lois Lowry is about two families trying to survive the Nazi war in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1943. ...

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The author of The Giver is Lois Lowry. The novel has 180 pages. The book is about a boy named Jonas who lives in The Community (an isolated compound where everything is the same). There are no differences in color that anyone in The Community can see. There are no situations where it is polite t...

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"It wasn't a practical thing, so it became obsolete when we went to the Sameness." (84) The Giver, by Lois Lowry Lois Lowry's beloved novel, "The Giver," is told from the perspective of a twelve-year-old boy named Jonas growing up in a Utopian society. ...

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In Lois Lowry's The Giver, Jonas-the protagonist- is born into a community of uniformity. In this community, people don't discuss differences, talk about others or touch others. A daily pill is taken to take away pain; and at the age of twelve people are assigned a life-long role. On the podcast Me...

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In many works of literature, a character has a significant influence on another character. Lois Lowry demonstrated this concept in The Giver. When one of the main characters in the novel passed on a positive influence to another character. In this work, the people lived in a community that was de...

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The Giver By Lois Lowry "The Giver" by Lois Lowry is about a community that is monitored very closely. ... Lois Lowry conveys an excellent example that anyone can make a difference in others" lives. ...

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In the novel The Giver, the author Lois Lowery describes that how a community should have rules/customs to prevent problems such as wrong choices and pain and also to have order, this is shown through character, setting and atmosphere. ... In the end it is clear that in the novel The Giver, the author Lois Lowry described through Character, Setting and Atmosphere that a community must have rules and customs to prevent different problems and maintain order. ... From the topic of rules and customs it is known that in this book that the author Lois Lowry is telling that rules and customs can stop...

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The Giver I recently read the book The Giver by Lois Lowry. This is a science fiction novel and won the Newbery Medal for American literature for children. The main characters in the story are Jonas, a twelve-year-old boy and the Giver, the man who gives Jonas memories that no one else in their...

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In the books "1984" by George Orwell, "We" by Yevegeny Zamyatin, and "The Giver" by Lois Lowry there are many similarities. I found that there was a major there through out all three of the books, the want and need to love and be loved in return. The main characters of each book try to rebel against...

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Ayn Rand's Anthem and Lois Lowry's The Giver demonstrate two archetypal dystopias. ... This difference could stem from the fact that Rand penned Anthem fifty-seven years before Lowry composed The Giver. ... Lowry, however, saw women climb the ladder of success. ...

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Imagine living in a world with no color and no feelings. That is what's happening in a seemingly perfect world that Jonas is living in. Jonas is a boy in a community where there is no pain and no feelings; Jonas feels peculiar in this community. Then Jonas is very surprised by his chosen job. He...

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The utopian society and its underlying problems are the base of literary works such as, Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, 1984 by George Orwell, and Lois Lowry's The Giver. Lowry's The Giver introduces readers to a world without pain, warfare, poverty, hunger, or terror. ...

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Name: The Giver Author: Lois Lowry Illustrator: None Category: Chapter Book Honor: Newbery; 1994 Imagine a world where every child is shielded from danger and mischief. It is a world completely absent of pain, poverty, war, disease or discomfort. There is no divorce and no unemployment. T...

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