The Giver is one
of the most interesting books I have read. On the last few chapters (6-8) many
important things have happened. Now is the time of the ceremony of twelve,
everyone is very excited and nervous too. Gabriel was almost released but father
talked to the elders and they marked him uncertain, this means that Gabriel
will have another year to grow and become a member of the society or be
released. Meanwhile, Lily got her new coat that has buttons on the front and
Asher, got his assignment as the Assistant Director of Recreation. Everyone got their
assignments except for Jonas, the chief elder skipped him but after all the 12
got their assignment she spoke to the community and told them that Jonas was selected to be the
new receiver of memories.
Just like Jonas’ society the movie
Divergent is also oppressive and doesn´t let people have their own feelings.
Somehow the government manages to make them all act the same way like on the
quote they all said at the same time "we accept your apology." On the trailer
you can see that they categorize the society in different groups which are
considered "assignments" on Jonas' society. For example, dauntless
(Trish group) are the army, some people were in charge of giving food to the
ones that didn't have anything left, others were in charge of producing food,
others were in charge of the law, etc. On Jonas' society they also had groups
were they helped the society grow.
Divergent is also similar because Trish was different, she didn't know where to go, choose dauntless, or any other group because she didn't fit. Jonas didn't know where to go either because just like Trish he is different. For some reason Jonas doesn't belong to any group so they selected him to become the new receiver of memories. Divergent seemed as a nice and well organized society but when you look in closely it isn't nice at all. This happens on "The Giver" because at first everyone is happy but then you can see that people are like robots, without choice and all manipulated to act the same way.
In conclusion, this very interesting book
isn´t even halfway to the story and it manages to give suspense while answering
many questions the reader has. I admire the author for that and because he
presented that a perfect society can only be achieved by taking people´s
freedom away. This government is always watching the people to determine where
they should live and who they should marry. This organized and oppressive
government forces the community to think they are happy since the community
doesn´t know what pain and real joy is.
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I really like your blog and I think that you final thoughts are true and I agree with you.
ReplyDeleteDani, it was very interesting the comparison you made with the movie Divergent. Sadly, I haven’t seen the movie yet, but I agree that Jonas is different from the rest, he is special that’s why the Committee of Elders chose him as the new Receiver of Memory. The elders saw a special spark on his life and most probably I can say he would be maybe the rescuer or the savior in this interesting book.
ReplyDeleteThanks Julia! The oppressive government reminded me of Cuba because they don´t know anything else outside of their world.
ReplyDeleteIsa, I find it very interesting that you think that Jonas will become a rescuer. Who do you think he will rescue and how? Divergent shows that Trish is a girl who turns out to have a special characteristic just like Jonas and I think that baby Gabe is the same.
ReplyDeleteDani I also made a connection with the book or movie Divergent. This book has very similar ideas and its kind of the same society. I agree with you in the part you say that Jonas is going to be the "hero" of the story. I liked the way you used big images and different colors, size , and font in your texts.
ReplyDeleteDaniela, I like very much your blog post since its colorful and you have a lot of images. Also, I like the way you organized the images throughout your text, it really call my attention. I think the way you connected the text to movies really calls the attention of everyone. To add, your conclusion is very true that’s why I completely agree with you that they are taking off the feeling of pain and many things more.
ReplyDeleteThanks! I think that the community takes pain and consequently, pleasure.
ReplyDeleteMaria, I think that Jonas will become not only a hero but a true human person. He will be lead by the memories he receives.
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