...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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...are erased” (The Giver). This text gave us a clues on what happened before the current setting of the movie. Moreover, it gave us a clue on what changes they did for the community that was created. Let us now analyze the meaning of the phrase. The first sentence says “From the ashes of The Ruin, the Communities were built” (The Giver). The phrase “from the ashes” might be a familiar expression to some of us. This phrase refers to the the mythical creature called the phoenix. A phoenix is mythical bird that symbolizes life, death, and rebirth (signology.com). The phrase means “emerge as new form from something that has been destroyed” (dictionary.com). The Ruin somehow sounds as a historical event: an event which caused “a state of destruction” (merriam-webster.com), as the name implies. This might be the clue that some sort of apocalyptic catastrophe happened which leads to creating a new society. This society refers to what they called Communities....
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... The first thing going through Jonas’s mind was trying to figure out some sort of plan to help Gabriel. He could not think of a reliable plan so he got dressed and snuck out the back door of his house. He knew the only person that can help him with this crisis is the Giver. After a few hours searching for him, he finally found him at his house. He mentioned the shocking news to the Giver and he could not believe what he was hearing from Jonas. The Giver told him that he needs to take Gabriel and they both need to leave the community by tomorrow. Jonas asked, “Why tomorrow?” The Giver told him, tomorrow morning this when Gabriel gets released because on the schedule for tomorrow morning it shows Gabriel’s name. Jonas took the Giver’s advice that he gave him and later that day Jonas figured out a plan to save Gabriel from being released. Jonas needed some food and medical supplies in just in case anything would go wrong. He also wrote his family a good bye letter and explaining why he was leaving them. He placed it on his bed and wrapped up Gabriel with blankets to keep him warm. Around midnight they both snuck out the back door of their house and started walking towards the huge gate that allows you to leave the community. He...
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...of what occured in the event, and every bit of information on it. Books are more in-depth on subjects than any other kind of literature, and are extremely detailed, giving us the ability to feel like we are experiencing the described event, or events, ourselves. This is why I think books are the best for learning about anything, and they are also excellent for expressing political or social ideas, which is exactly what Lois Lowry, the author of The Giver, has done. Lois Lowry used the power of books to express a social message, that the world can never be perfect. That a Utopia is unachieveable, a place that we can only imagine. Lowry tells us this message through her story, and bases the Community on the world right now. There are many reasons that the Community is the complete opposite of a Utopia, an example would be the fact that citizens have absolutely no control over their lives. The moment they are born (hopefully they didn't have a twin that was heavier than them or their life would end right after being lifted off the scale), they are ASSIGNED, by leaders of the Community, to a family unit and then later on in their life they are assigned a job, a spouse, and a maximum of two kids. Besides the Giver and Reciever of knowledge, nobody knows about memories of the past, such as fun things like Christmas and music, and bad things as well, like war and murder. They aren't allowed...
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...The Whole World? Why did they pick Jonas? The Giver is full of amazing scenes but some increase the symbolism, conflict or some other items of literature which strengthen the description of the story. I will be talking about a scene that i think is filled with all of these things. On page 98 in the book “The Giver” written by Lois Lowry there is all of the sensory detail that is good for a book so that the reader feels the sentiment that the protagonist is feeling. When Jonas the main character that was selected to be the new “receiver of memory” which is the job of the one who takes care of all the memories of the world from the past and future so that no one else would have the pain of war in their memory, is...
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...are part of us? In the book called, "The Giver," the life of a boy named Jonas is completely different than our lives in reality. In their world, there is only good and the people they call "The Elders," eliminated everything that leads to something bad from their community like for example freedom. So is the world of The Giver really a Utopia or a Dystopia? In my opinion, I say the world of the giver is a Dystopia because They have no freedom, Everyone in the community don’t get to live properly, and They don't have emotions nor color in their lives. First off, I will like to state that one of the reason why Jonas’s community is a Dystopia is because no one in their community has freedom. To be specific, they don’t have the right to make choices. According to Document E, It states that “If everything’s the same, then there aren’t any choices! I want to wake...
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...(AGG) People have used other people for there self growth or hundreds of years starting with slaves but this is a new level. (BS-1) Before Jonas learns the feeling of love he agrees with the society not knowing it is against it. (BS-2) Jonas starts to question and disagree, now having a part of the wisdom and love the giver gave him. (BS-3) Jonas gets pushed to the point of rejection by losing all of his friendships and family members. (TS) This book states a clear message, people will do anything for love. (MIP-1) Before Jonas learns the feeling of love he agrees with the society not knowing it is against it. (SIP-A)Before Jonas learns more, his feelings of the the community are very normal, he doesn't think anything about what is...
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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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...The Giver by Lois Lowry 1 It was almost December, and Jonas was beginning to be frightened. No. Wrong word, Jonas thought. Frightened meant that deep, sickening feeling of something terrible about to happen. Frightened was the way he had felt a year ago when an unidentified aircraft had overflown the community twice. He had seen it both times. Squinting toward the sky, he had seen the sleek jet, almost a blur at its high speed, go past, and a second later heard the blast of sound that followed. Then one more time, a moment later, from the opposite direction, the same plane. At first, he had been only fascinated. He had never seen aircraft so close, for it was against the rules for Pilots to fly over the community. Occasionally, when supplies were delivered by cargo planes to the landing field across the river, the children rode their bicycles to the riverbank and watched, intrigued, the unloading and then the takeoff directed to the west, always away from the community. 第 1 页 共 102 页 http://www.en8848.com.cn/ 原版英语阅读网 But the aircraft a year ago had been different. It was not a squat, fat-bellied cargo plane but a needle-nosed single-pilot jet. Jonas, looking around anxiously, had seen others- adults as well as children- stop what they were doing and wait, confused, for an explanation of the frightening event. Then all of the citizens had been ordered to go into the nearest building and stay there. IMMEDIATELY, the rasping voice through the speakers had said. LEAVE YOUR BICYCLES...
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...the child’s primary care giver is the most essential in order to survive. According to Bowlby which is why they strive to maintain close proximity to the significant adult. He argued that babies have abilities such as crying and smiling to encourage the primary care giver to look after them, and vice versa, the parents, particularly mothers, possess instincts designed to protect their child from harm. Bowlby presented his theory which comes under five sections, firstly being adaptive where babies have an attachment gene ensuring that the infant stays close to the caregiver for food and protein. As this is innate, the baby has social releasers (physical characteristics and behavioural characteristics) which are adaptive because a child’s behavioural characteristic helps the baby to survive. They are innate because survival of a baby’s life is naturally selected. Without any carte from the primary caregiver the baby will not be able to survive on its own. The second stage is Bowlby’s concept of monotropy, which the theory consists of a number of essential factors. Which he described as the attachment to one person who is most important in the baby’s life. While Bowlby doesn’t deny that the baby forms multiple attachments, they always have one more important person to them. Often, Bowlby argues, this is the farther as well as the mother. This has been controversial claim to Bowlby’s theory as fathers are also very important in a child’s upbringing, so why should...
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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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...the sex of the person is. People thing just because a person is a male that they can say mean and cruel words about the cultural and they might think that it is ok but it is not the have feeling just the same as a female has and have the same care for their cultural as any. One of the many communication theory that I read from the University of Phoenix Library is the communication theory in Europe and Latin America. After reading this I can truly say that there were a lot of things that I did not know of their cultural I can say that I have learned quit a lot from reading this. “Communication theories are one of the main pillars of many higher education studies that, placing communication as its core topic have raised public presence.” ( Ascencio, Carlos Lozano; Mariño, Miguel Vicente. Revista Latina de Comunicación Social, dec2010, Vol. 13 Issue 65, p1-11, 11p, 8) How does gender and cultural affect communication among fellow co-workers, your manger, patients, families, and care givers. When it comes down to our fellow co-workers we need to know just what cultural that they are so that we want say are do the wrong thing. People do not understand that harmful words hurt, and this is something that can not just be forgotten n about. How gender and cultural can affect manger, patients, and care givers you would want to keep it on a professional stage when you are dealing with your manger. is fells under the same as co-workers knowing just what type of cultural that either of these...
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...Our government was based on religious principles from the very beginning. Even in the Declaration of Independence it states that we need to have prayer. There are many reasons that we why prayer should be back in schools, as the Declaration of Independence states that "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by God with certain unalienable rights..." (10 reason). ¨Indeed, it speaks of God, creations, God-given moral rights, the providence of God, and a final Day of Judgment - all of which are religious teachings. Indeed, the Supreme Court affirmed (Zorach, 1952) that We are a religious people whose institutions presuppose a Supreme Being. And school prayer has been an important part of...
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...specify the ways why Beowulf is an exemplary of charismatic leadership, and analyze how the poem displays the overreliance upon a ring-giver is a risk. The authors, Loughman and Finley caption this “Beowulf and the Teaching of Leadership” and argues that Beowulf is an exemplification of an appealing leader. In the Old English poem Beowulf, the warrior battles with three monsters: Grendel, Grendel’s mother and an infuriated dragon. In the first battle, Grendel attacks the mead hall and attempts to grasp Beowulf’s arm, but then Grendel exits with his arm cut off. Grendel’s mother seeks vengeance and fights Beowulf, but Beowulf found a sword and slaughters Grendel’s mother. After 50 years, the King of Geats encounters a dragon and vows to slay it but due to his age, he became feeble and the dragon executed him. Only Wiglaf, Beowulf’s nephew remains by his side. Finley and Loughman’s topic is legitimate. Beowulf is an exceptional ruler. The ruler of the Geats embodies the characteristics of a Conger and Kanungo’s charismatic...
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...this questionnaire is appreciated. Keep in mind that your answers will be evaluated for content as well as for style of communication. 1. Give an example of a care delivery challenge in your current position and describe what you did to address it? What were the results of your efforts? All of the patients on my unit in my former position were in the beginning and mid stages of Alzheimer’s with one or two very alert ones. The challenge was keeping the more alert residents from rapid mental decline. The key in maintaining the resident’s dignity is providing an environment where they can participate in their level of care, frequent interaction with family members and maintain consistency with the same caregivers. 2. Describe the characteristics and qualities you look for when hiring care givers? Why are these important to you and how do you assess for them? Kind, caring, compassionate, patient, ability to communicate clearly, prior work experience would be some of the qualities I would look for in caregiver applicants. 3. Tell me about a time you helped resolve a particularly difficult customer issue. How did you handle the situation? What was the outcome? I cannot recall any one particular situation however I have interacted with angry family members that had an unresolved issue with other staff during the week and he or she was venting to me on the weekend. Communicating with a customer to resolve a difficult situation requires active listening...
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