A romance hero in the Giver would be Jonas. For one he may not have any faithful followers but he was one. The wise old man in the book would be the giver for Jonas. Also the dreams weren’t really dreams but memories that the giver passed on to Jonas. The testing of the follower is at the end which is to see if Jonas leaves.
Jonas may not had many followers but he did have one, which in this case would be Gab. All because Jonas could give memories to him that the giver passed on to Jonas. He was a follower to the giver by receiving the memories. Also it was what he had gotten assigned to as his position as a new adult. He listed to the giver and tried to give memories to his friends.
The giver was the wise old man to Jonas because his been through the same things that he’s going through. Also he has more memories then Jonas. He passes the memories to Jonas so he can see how life was in the past. But I would also that Jonas played a role as a wise old man to, by passing some of the memories to Gab. One more wise old man would maybe be Jonas dad because he would take Jonas to help him sometimes. So I see it as the older people you know the more you may know.
The dreams in the giver were memories because Jonas would see them in his head. The only dream he sees and what’s to get to is leaving the community which is more of a goal then a dream. All the memories are magic because their passed on to the receiver. When Jonas first sees color it magic to him because his never seen color before. All the dreams can only be seen by the next giver.
When Jonas left the community it was the testing of the follower because the giver and him had planned it out . But something went wrong so Jonas had to think of his own plan. Which he toke Gab and they both left leaving the community in panic. The giver gave Jonas all the memories but Jonas didn’t receive many memories on courage before his trip. Jonas as a follower to the giver had passed the test to see if he would leave to start new.
Friday, June 1, 2007
taylor raviscioni final exam essay
Hello to the readers who read this. This is my heroes journey paper on the giver.If you have read this book then you know that Jonas starts and finishes only one heroes journey.This paper is not a summary of the book, but an account of the events that are in the book. It mostly goes by chronological order and sometimes skips ahead but this a heroes journey.
Jonas' seperation was stalled through the first ten fifteen chapters or so till he finally gets hi assignment from the community where he lives. The start of the seperation was when Jonas starts to see color in little flashes at random starting with the apple and ending with the faces of the crowd at the ceremony. The finallity of the seperation was when he got his assignment and couldnt tell anyone what he does in there with the giver. The reason is everyone was talking about their new job and he was secluded from these conversations.
The abyss is the least complicated to understand if you havent read the book or forgot about it if you havent read it in awhile.the first part was when he started to recieve the memories from the giver and obtaining his guidance. The last part is near the end when he decides to leave the town so that his memories will go back to the people of the community so they will not need a giver to hold all the memories.His Mentor of course is the giver himself only because he is the only one that had the same knowledge and jog as jonas and also the giver had already seen it all and had the memories passed on to him. Jonas' transformationis when he sees what releasing someone really means as he watches a video of his dad releasing a baby that was born a twin.
The return in that book isnt really Jonas' but of the memories of the past and the emotions that come with them.The creation is sadly not in the book but it is without a doubt left to your own speculation. To me the memories come back to the people, and then with the new found emotions and pain they get rid of the sameness of their community and live out their lives. Well thats it and i hope that you enjoyed it and have a nice day.
Jonas' seperation was stalled through the first ten fifteen chapters or so till he finally gets hi assignment from the community where he lives. The start of the seperation was when Jonas starts to see color in little flashes at random starting with the apple and ending with the faces of the crowd at the ceremony. The finallity of the seperation was when he got his assignment and couldnt tell anyone what he does in there with the giver. The reason is everyone was talking about their new job and he was secluded from these conversations.
The abyss is the least complicated to understand if you havent read the book or forgot about it if you havent read it in awhile.the first part was when he started to recieve the memories from the giver and obtaining his guidance. The last part is near the end when he decides to leave the town so that his memories will go back to the people of the community so they will not need a giver to hold all the memories.His Mentor of course is the giver himself only because he is the only one that had the same knowledge and jog as jonas and also the giver had already seen it all and had the memories passed on to him. Jonas' transformationis when he sees what releasing someone really means as he watches a video of his dad releasing a baby that was born a twin.
The return in that book isnt really Jonas' but of the memories of the past and the emotions that come with them.The creation is sadly not in the book but it is without a doubt left to your own speculation. To me the memories come back to the people, and then with the new found emotions and pain they get rid of the sameness of their community and live out their lives. Well thats it and i hope that you enjoyed it and have a nice day.
Humberto Valencia -- Final Exam Essay
The Hero's Journey
The Giver by Lois Lowry
The Hero's Journey is a term used to define the storyline of a certain character, it's divided in stages: separation, initiation and return; these stages are also divided into events, which describe the way the story unfolds. One example for this, is the novel by Lois Lowry, The Giver.
This book mainly talks about the issues and hero's journey of a relatively young boy , when he faces a new challenge, which, in this case is becoming the next receiver of memory in his community. The character called Jonas daces some changes on his way to his twelfth ceremony; he begins to feel different and somehow apart of the "normal" people of his community, this event can be associated with the Calling event of the separation stage, when the character feels there is some spacial task that he must fulfill or complete; he also analyzes his own surroundings from a different perspective.
Jonas later meets the current holder of memories, who becomes The Giver after he transfers some memories of the world we know to Jonas, this memories are strange to him because Jonas lives in a homogeneous society in which there is no color, feelings or originality between members, everything seems to be under control. The moment Jonas meets The Giver, he enters into the initiation stage, where one of the events is finding a mentor, who guides the character in some tasks in order for him to get closer to becoming a hero.
Finally, Jonas finds out a way for the community to feel again, Jonas feels sad of not being able to share his feeling with them; he decides to leave, so the memories go back to the society, but also, he is leaving to look for "elsewhere." He takes his little adopter brother named Gabriel, when he finds out the true meaning of releasing people in his community (killing them). Gabriel is also susceptible to receive memories, which helps on the harsh journey to elsewhere, that's when the event of creation takes place, Jonas leaves the community in order for his people to feel the beautiful things he felt, like love and many other emotions to learn that there are far more experiences than the ones they've felt so far; even though he won't be able to enjoy them along with his family unit.
He finally gets to the top of a snow covered hill, and he remembers one of the memories that The Giver once shared with him, he then slides down the hill, and gets to elsewhere, that's how the book ends, quite interesting, but it also leaves us wanting to know more about it.
The Giver by Lois Lowry
The Hero's Journey is a term used to define the storyline of a certain character, it's divided in stages: separation, initiation and return; these stages are also divided into events, which describe the way the story unfolds. One example for this, is the novel by Lois Lowry, The Giver.
This book mainly talks about the issues and hero's journey of a relatively young boy , when he faces a new challenge, which, in this case is becoming the next receiver of memory in his community. The character called Jonas daces some changes on his way to his twelfth ceremony; he begins to feel different and somehow apart of the "normal" people of his community, this event can be associated with the Calling event of the separation stage, when the character feels there is some spacial task that he must fulfill or complete; he also analyzes his own surroundings from a different perspective.
Jonas later meets the current holder of memories, who becomes The Giver after he transfers some memories of the world we know to Jonas, this memories are strange to him because Jonas lives in a homogeneous society in which there is no color, feelings or originality between members, everything seems to be under control. The moment Jonas meets The Giver, he enters into the initiation stage, where one of the events is finding a mentor, who guides the character in some tasks in order for him to get closer to becoming a hero.
Finally, Jonas finds out a way for the community to feel again, Jonas feels sad of not being able to share his feeling with them; he decides to leave, so the memories go back to the society, but also, he is leaving to look for "elsewhere." He takes his little adopter brother named Gabriel, when he finds out the true meaning of releasing people in his community (killing them). Gabriel is also susceptible to receive memories, which helps on the harsh journey to elsewhere, that's when the event of creation takes place, Jonas leaves the community in order for his people to feel the beautiful things he felt, like love and many other emotions to learn that there are far more experiences than the ones they've felt so far; even though he won't be able to enjoy them along with his family unit.
He finally gets to the top of a snow covered hill, and he remembers one of the memories that The Giver once shared with him, he then slides down the hill, and gets to elsewhere, that's how the book ends, quite interesting, but it also leaves us wanting to know more about it.
Anthony Smith Final Exam Essay
The Giver is a book about a community that has no color, no thoughts, no feelings. You have to live by the same routine every day. Jonas is the hero in this Hero’s Journey. When he turns twelve he receives the job of Receiver of Memory. The Receiver of Memories job is to receive all the memories for the community. This is when Jonas’s Hero’s Journey begins.
The ceremony of twelve’s is when all the kids turning receive the job that they will have for the rest of their lives (everybody in the community has the same birth day as everybody the same age as them). This is where Jonas receives the job of Receiver of Memory (the calling). In order for him to receive memory he has to go to the Giver for training to get the memory. The Giver will transfer his memories to Jonas (the separation). The moment Jonas walks out the door and goes to training is the moment he starts his journey (the threshold). After a few trainings Jonas could now feel pain, anger, sadness, and can even see color (the descent).
Jonas isn’t aloud to talk to anyone about his training not his family or friends (the initiation). Jonas and the Giver make up make up a plan for Jonas to escape the community. The reason why the want to do that is because they don’t agree with the community. If Jonas leaves then the community will have to feel the pain, love, sadness, and anger. But they are unsure if the plan is going to work or not (the abyss). The Giver who has all the memories is the (mentor). He was once the Receiver of Memories but he is getting to old so he’s giving all his memories to Jonas. So on the planned night of escape Jonas leaves his house (the transformation).
There isn’t a return to this Hero’s Journey because Jonas never returns home to his family, community, or home. The creation is unknown because we don’t know if Jonas’s journey changed the community for the better or the worst.
The ceremony of twelve’s is when all the kids turning receive the job that they will have for the rest of their lives (everybody in the community has the same birth day as everybody the same age as them). This is where Jonas receives the job of Receiver of Memory (the calling). In order for him to receive memory he has to go to the Giver for training to get the memory. The Giver will transfer his memories to Jonas (the separation). The moment Jonas walks out the door and goes to training is the moment he starts his journey (the threshold). After a few trainings Jonas could now feel pain, anger, sadness, and can even see color (the descent).
Jonas isn’t aloud to talk to anyone about his training not his family or friends (the initiation). Jonas and the Giver make up make up a plan for Jonas to escape the community. The reason why the want to do that is because they don’t agree with the community. If Jonas leaves then the community will have to feel the pain, love, sadness, and anger. But they are unsure if the plan is going to work or not (the abyss). The Giver who has all the memories is the (mentor). He was once the Receiver of Memories but he is getting to old so he’s giving all his memories to Jonas. So on the planned night of escape Jonas leaves his house (the transformation).
There isn’t a return to this Hero’s Journey because Jonas never returns home to his family, community, or home. The creation is unknown because we don’t know if Jonas’s journey changed the community for the better or the worst.
Tamsin Noy- Finnal Exam Essay
A hero has been betrayed, in his moment where he needed help the most. In his greatest battle he will have to remember the magic and the advice from a wise old man. This story could have a sad ending or a joyous one. In this type of story lies a framework that is in many other marvelous stories, the romance motif. The romance motif is one of my favorite types of stories. It has everything that makes a story exceptional. It has a faithful follower, a wise old man, dreams, the number three, magic, testing of the follower, and betrayal. The romance motif is the backbone to most great stories. The Giver, for example has everthing from the romance motif that makes it the magical story it is.
The faithful follower in this book could be Gabe. Gabe was an innocent baby that seemed to have the same gift as Jonas. He was the only one that Jonas wanted to keep safe from a world that kept him from true happiness. Jonas's gift allowed him to meet his mentor, the wise old man brilliantly named The Giver. This wise old man had that magic to give his memories to Jonas; both memories of happiness and of pain. These magical memories took the form of very realistic dreams.
The powerful number three also has a place in this story. There are threee people who have the gift to see the world for what it really is. Jonas, Gabe, and the Giver all had the gift, but those three characters had to follow different paths. Jonas found out that his father has betrayed him by lying and killing people when they were released. When Jonas started to realize that the world he lived in was all wrong and unjust he chose to run away from his community and find a better world outside. He took Gabe with him out into the wilderness where he had seen things he's never experienced before.
The Giver chose to stay behind to help the community. After Jonas left, his memories would scare the community and The Giver wanted to stay and support them. In the meantime Jonas was testing his follower by bringing Gabe through freezing cold and starvation. The ending is both sad and blissful. Either way the reader interprets it, though, Jonas and Gabe were still free.
This story, just like many others, wouldn't be great without the blueprints of the romance motif. It is classic and also modern in how it is used. After learning about it I now notice the romance motif in almost all of the stories I read, and even in the movies I see. There is something romantic in the way the readers see the hero if he goes through the same framework of the romance motif. It's what makes a hero memorable.
The faithful follower in this book could be Gabe. Gabe was an innocent baby that seemed to have the same gift as Jonas. He was the only one that Jonas wanted to keep safe from a world that kept him from true happiness. Jonas's gift allowed him to meet his mentor, the wise old man brilliantly named The Giver. This wise old man had that magic to give his memories to Jonas; both memories of happiness and of pain. These magical memories took the form of very realistic dreams.
The powerful number three also has a place in this story. There are threee people who have the gift to see the world for what it really is. Jonas, Gabe, and the Giver all had the gift, but those three characters had to follow different paths. Jonas found out that his father has betrayed him by lying and killing people when they were released. When Jonas started to realize that the world he lived in was all wrong and unjust he chose to run away from his community and find a better world outside. He took Gabe with him out into the wilderness where he had seen things he's never experienced before.
The Giver chose to stay behind to help the community. After Jonas left, his memories would scare the community and The Giver wanted to stay and support them. In the meantime Jonas was testing his follower by bringing Gabe through freezing cold and starvation. The ending is both sad and blissful. Either way the reader interprets it, though, Jonas and Gabe were still free.
This story, just like many others, wouldn't be great without the blueprints of the romance motif. It is classic and also modern in how it is used. After learning about it I now notice the romance motif in almost all of the stories I read, and even in the movies I see. There is something romantic in the way the readers see the hero if he goes through the same framework of the romance motif. It's what makes a hero memorable.
Joseph Connelly- Final Exam Essay- Satire's Finest
Yes. Yes, yes, yes. Its creation is completed. The greatest and most profound idea to ever cross my mind. Once every being has heard my idea textbooks, T.V. shows, and even teachers will preach the words of my creation.
Well, did you know we, yes us Americans, have an epidemic on our hands? A crisis so severe that if not taken care of it may spread. Spread to every household! It's an ominous, gruesome, virus that will latch itself upon us all if not stopped.
My solution? It's simple. Most brilliantly simple indeed. To start, we first begin increase. We need to escalate, inflate, and maximize agriculture to its fullest. Vegetables and fruits must be produced at a quickness not comprehensible to the common man. Abolish all and every other type of food: doughnuts, chocolates, ice cream, and candy.
Now the following step must derive itself from the Law. It will become law that all who violate it will be punished only by death. That all beings will follow the one cardinal rule: eat, but eat only that of vegetables and fruits. No exceptions. Absolutely none. Forever or ever.
Thus by imposing this greatest and most profound idea ever conceived by man, we may all dispose of an ominous epidemic. We will conclusively abolish obesity and have it cease to exist.
Well, did you know we, yes us Americans, have an epidemic on our hands? A crisis so severe that if not taken care of it may spread. Spread to every household! It's an ominous, gruesome, virus that will latch itself upon us all if not stopped.
My solution? It's simple. Most brilliantly simple indeed. To start, we first begin increase. We need to escalate, inflate, and maximize agriculture to its fullest. Vegetables and fruits must be produced at a quickness not comprehensible to the common man. Abolish all and every other type of food: doughnuts, chocolates, ice cream, and candy.
Now the following step must derive itself from the Law. It will become law that all who violate it will be punished only by death. That all beings will follow the one cardinal rule: eat, but eat only that of vegetables and fruits. No exceptions. Absolutely none. Forever or ever.
Thus by imposing this greatest and most profound idea ever conceived by man, we may all dispose of an ominous epidemic. We will conclusively abolish obesity and have it cease to exist.
Thursday, May 31, 2007
Shawnese Johnson-Values Poem
"I'm Gone"
All the memories I have consist of your face
I'm slowly getting over you
My sorrow & tears are finally starting to erase
My nights aren't so lonely
My days are starting to turn out o.k.
I no longer wish to spend every second with you of every day
I'm putting away the pictures & wiping away the tears
leaving everything in the past
including all those stuffed teddy bears
I'm thru with all the games you tried to play with me
its time to upgrade cuz in case you didn't know I'm WIFEY!!
I'm done with the cheating
I'm over all yo lies
I'm so tired of the " I'm not like all those other guys"
so turn up those jams,
listen to your favorite song
every time you hear the words "I love you" think of me
cuz this time its no turning back,
I'M GONE!!
All the memories I have consist of your face
I'm slowly getting over you
My sorrow & tears are finally starting to erase
My nights aren't so lonely
My days are starting to turn out o.k.
I no longer wish to spend every second with you of every day
I'm putting away the pictures & wiping away the tears
leaving everything in the past
including all those stuffed teddy bears
I'm thru with all the games you tried to play with me
its time to upgrade cuz in case you didn't know I'm WIFEY!!
I'm done with the cheating
I'm over all yo lies
I'm so tired of the " I'm not like all those other guys"
so turn up those jams,
listen to your favorite song
every time you hear the words "I love you" think of me
cuz this time its no turning back,
I'M GONE!!
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