Response To The Giver

I understood that I was supposed to be terrified by this spectacle-these two demonic creatures on this dark, lonely road. But for once in my life, I wasn't. " This demonstrates heroism because previously, he would let fear control him. He is supose to be the one to control his own life, but he let Erik do that because he lacked confidence.

In Lois Lowry’s award-winning novel, The Giver, Jonas’s society is considered to be utopian because the society has an overall sense of sameness, organization, and minimal problems. To begin, the society is utopian because of sameness. In Lois Lowry 's, The Giver, Jonas is selected to be the Receiver of Memories and he comes to learn that when his community decided to go to sameness they were getting rid of color, emotion, and choice. At first the Giver tells him it 's to "protect" them from making the wrong choices. As stated in the text “Our people made that choice the choice to go to sameness”.(Lois Lowry pg 95)

This was the most interesting action that Jonas took because it displayed his many different character traits, and created the climax of the book. First of all, Jonas’s motives for leaving the community were very interesting. He wanted to release his memories into the community, allowing them escape their world of “sameness” and explore new concepts. This was very fascinating because it was Jonas’s big move to defy the government, and also led him away from his family. He wanted to make change in the community and defy the government, but his willingness to leave his life and family behind revealed many of his personality traits.

Oedipus is informed why this plague is happening and he tries to find the solution as soon as possible. At this time Oedipus isn't really focused on finding a justice of his parents and he leaves that for another time ,but little does he know that all of the problems he has right now they are all connected with each other. Oedipus road to success to justice is not looking good . He finds out that the man he had killed out was actually his father and he was shocked because that also meant that he had married his mother.

“He did not know what he was to become. Or what would become of him.” (Lowry, 81) Following the announcement that Jonas will be the next receiver of memory, he moves to the next step in the hero’s journey: refusal of the call. Jonas becomes afraid and apprehensive about this assignment.

A dramatic character who undergoes an important inner change in personality or attitude is a dynamic character. The Crucible has a hand full of dynamic characters that undergo changes throughout the trials. One character, in particular, is John Proctor. John Proctor is debating on whether it is an exceptional idea to confess to the court because he does not want ruin his reputation. John later admits to his affair to save the lives of his loved ones.

The simile, ’spooky as hell’, has a mysterious and frightening tone. No one truly knows what hell is like but its negative connotations provide a vivid image of how frightening Perry can be. In the novel In Cold Blood it's described that Perry had a strong relationship with his father, but as Perry got older it worsened. The simile, "I loved my father but there were times when this love and affection I had for him drained from my heart like wasted water", "like wasted water" can represent that Perry did love his father but once Perry grew older he realized that he didn't love him anymore, and that his affection towards his father was wasted as it led to no positive outcome. This shows that Perry had some issues with his father, which could have affected his personality later on, as one needs to feel the love of a parent.

As much as Jew’s wanted to speak for themselves, or even save others, this wasn’t possible due to their fear of winning them causing silence. In the Elie Wiesel’s memoir, Night, shows how Wiesel’s experience was during this harsh time in his life as a teenager. During this experience, Wiesel discovers how others, also including him, decided to remain silent as a result of their fear, causing some choices to be avoided and not made. To sum up, Wiesel’s experience portrays that fear always wins and causes others to be silent. Throughout this experience, Wiesel meets another person who is going through the same situation as him.

He starts out well, but through out the novel his object and intention started to decline at the end, to a point where he abhors women. His actions chanced quickly, and because he was being tested, he found out he was a disloyal knight to his king, but also to the Lord. However he learned from his mistake, but caused him to hate

In the book are several quotes to support this, but one seems to be the more straightforward quote. “Perhaps down in his heart Okonkwo was not a cruel man. But his whole life was dominated by fear, the fear of failure and of weakness….. It was fear of himself lest he should be

I can see that Jonas has been asking more and more questions. I’m sure sooner or later he will answer them one way or another. This leads me to believe that the Elders have been more untruthful than truthful. After Jonas has been learning his whole life that lying is bad then being told he can lie all he wants is a big change for him. Maybe everything he knows is a lie.

At the end of the book he doesn’t know what his father thinks of hi anymore. And the most important one to me is Steve’s betrayal of his own feelings. He can’t make his mind up on what he thinks of himself and he is constantly second guessing himself and battling with himself. I think that it was a good book. I had never heard of it before

Just as Khan said :" There is a way to be good again." He final choose made everhting chang, including his weakness. He gained a sense of reponsebility, it was real new Amir. This section of the story really touched me to see the young Amir finally grow up and mature. It was like a coming of age expierence for Amir to finally grow out of his old self and into a new man.

'Royal Royal ' is a tale around a dark kid that is mentally wakened when he catches what his granddad says at his deathbed to his dad. This kid, before he understands who he truly is, and his social remaining in the general public that he lives, is seeking to get himself. However this inquiry is loaded with numerous deterrents, in light of the fact that he lives in a period when individuals of his status are adapted to act, talk, and carry on certainly. Our saint 's voyage toward the light (truth) is begun quite a while prior. However first and foremost he can 't get on the right course, because of the wrong guidance he is given by distinctive individuals; he says it as 'All my life I was searching for something, and each were that I turned

As Jonas realizes this, he wants to fix the problem. He leaves the community and discovers his power to take risks, and learns that sharing memories with others can help overcome the bad and knows deeply in his heart that love and family is the most important thing. In Jonas’ community no one takes risks, but in the book Jonas starts to take risks to help fix the utopia he lives in. For example, when Jonas is comforting Gabe, he gives Gabe a memory “He was not aware of giving the memory; but suddenly he realized that it was becoming dimmer.