Conflicts in The Giver

Would living in a world with no emotion become chaos? Would living in a world where the government runs your life become chaos? In the book The Giver Jonas a very young boy discovers and sees all of the secrets about the world, because he was selected to be the new receiver. Now Jonas is a very intelligent boy, he wants everyone in the community to experience these feelings that he and only one other person can experience. Jonas and the Giver want the government to release these secrets and allow everyone to feel this pain and experience what real life would be.

This change in the world would help a lot because if people could feel emotions and know what the real life would be like they would be "living". They live in a "perfect world", but this world is not close to perfect. When the government runs your world, they choose your life, and in a perfect world everybody should be able to choose what they want so Jonas and the Giver have to be able to show the people what life would be. Also if the government isn't in complete control anymore it would give the people the right to free speech.

This change though is also very bad for the community. Since Jonas is a very smart young boy he understands the consequence, but he knows he has to do this. Jonas is selected to be the receiver, now if you’re the receiver you must live with the pain of knowing all of the secrets of the world. If these secrets become to "strong" it will cause psychotic reactions causing Jonas to either kill himself, or share information that he should not have. If Jonas does either of these outcomes, it might cause a chain reaction having the government take away all hope of having emotion, by killing the giver.

Mother to Son Response

Author's Note: This is a response that I wrote to the poem "Mother to Son".

In the poem "Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes, there is a "touching" meaning to it you could say. She uses Metaphors such as, "Life for me ain't been no crystal stair" to describe and try to have the reader picture what's going on in their head about her life, and what she went through. Now the whole piece was about just the metaphor, there were hyperbole's such as "there are tacks in it, and boards torn up." She wasn't trying to signal a messed up floor, but her messed up life. She wants us as readers to picture the pain and suffering she has gone through to get to where she is.

Del Carigg Character Analysis

Author's note: This is a piece about a character from the book The Golden Boy.

"Hold on DEL! You’re acting crazy." No Willis, you’re insane; I'm sick of this, I will lead my team to a championship."  This is a quote from the book, The Golden Boys by Cameron Stauth. Del is a very successful man; he's smart, and a very talented basketball player. But Del's problem is he has become the most selfish player to play the game.

Del has the most basketball skill on the team. He plays for the Houston Jumpers 8th grade team, but wants to get drafted to the NBA. He can't get drafted to the NBA because of his selfish play. Del is too good of a 1 on 1 player that he shoots too much. 1 on 1 skill and team ball is a very different aspect to the game of basketball. Del is what we call a "ball stopper" he stops the motion of the offense and holds the ball, which allows the defense to sag instead of opening the gaps to attack and get to the hoop.

Some of the reasoning Del has this "attitude" of his was because of his mother. His mother was murdered when he was only 4 years old; Del had to be raised by his father who you could say was a "loser". Del's father had no job, and was living off of the insurance money from his mother. He was encouraging Del to have the selfish attitude, and try to get recruited or drafted to earn money for the family. Therefore Del's father is the reasoning that Del is as selfish as he is, if his mother was there things would be different. 

Call me the Giver

Author's note: This is a creative piece that was assigned. I chose to do my creative piece on an important quote in the book. 

"Call me the Giver" the old receiver said. This was a quote from the book The Giver, by Lois Lowry. Many might think this is just a random line from the book, but really this might have been the most important line in the book.

When Jonas was told he is the receiver it showed him how he is in control of the community. The community Jonas lives in is full of "sameness" you could say. This means there is no emotion or anything. When Jonas becomes the receiver he notices what the government is doing to the people. Jonas then immediately wanted to show people what the world use to be, since Jonas is now the new receiver he can use the memories and all the events that were gathered up by the old receiver to show the people of the community what the world use to be like. This is why when the old receiver called Jonas the giver, at that moment he knew that he was going to make his own moves forward if he wanted to achieve this goal.

This quote also meant more than just the old receiver passing on the tradition and job to Jonas. This was a turning point of the old receiver telling Jonas that he is ready for this commitment, and that someday Jonas will become struck and overwhelmed with a severe pain from holding the memories from the past. Since Jonas is a brave and adventures twelve year old boy, Jonas and the Giver design a plan for Jonas to escape to a different city and see if he can finally understand and enjoy the feeling of emotion.

Many people might not believe this quote meant all that much, but really this quote is the most important line in the book. Without Jonas being told he is the new receiver, neither Jonas nor the Giver would have ever gone on the journey to try and save the community.

"Perfect World"

Authors note: This is an essay piece that was assigned that I wrote on the book The Giver.

Would you want to live in a "Perfect world?" Is there even such thing as a "Perfect world?" In the book The Giver by Lois Lowry, Jonas the main character is against the government. In this world the government chooses your life, they choose who you live with, your job and everything. Jonas does not believe in this sort of nonsense; he feels you should be able to decide for yourself, but that can never happen without Jonas being selected to be the receiver. 

Being the receiver means a couple of things, Jonas doesn't know if he is ready for this commitment though. When you’re the receiver you must contain no emotion. What this means is you must stay the distance between your people. You cannot stay within a relationship with another person, and your family members. You must keep the memories that you are given, and share them to those who are in danger. With these actions a normal person would tend to have psychotic reactions, but since they live in a Utopian world normal is almost opposite.

A Utopian world is a perfect world; it's a perfect world where only the government wins though. Every decision that is made is by the government. There are only a couple people in the community in this world that can change things and that is the elders. The elders are like the "information gatherers," they are given all of the complaints of the people to change right and wrong, but the elders aren't really changing anything. The elders can’t change the memories or the events of the community that is held by the giver. The giver is the old man in the community, also known as the memory giver. To be the giver you must be selected to be the receiver, which is what Jonas must do if he wants to fix this Dystopia. He cannot fix the Dystopia until he finds some "dirt" or the problem with what happened to the government years ago.     

 Living in a perfect world could be chaos; it could also be "perfect" so you could say. When the government has control over everything though, life would most likely become chaos, which is nowhere near perfect. Even though you tried and did everything as hard and the best you could, things will never be perfect.

Kobe vs. LeBron

Author's Note: This is an essay I wrote about LeBron James and Kobe Bryant who is the better player. I was inspired by another piece feeling I needed to contradict his thoughts and retell who is the better player.

Who is the better NBA player? LeBron James or Kobe Bryant? According to many news writers, friends, and even family people believe Kobe Bryant is the better player. In my opinion and based off of facts, I believe LeBron James is the better basketball player. When people think of Michael Jordan they think of the greatest basketball player to play the game, if people like News Reporters, can compare LeBron James to Michael Jordan, there must be some sort of answer or reasoning behind this.

One of the reasons behind the LeBron "haters" is they believe that he hasn't won any championships and Kobe has. Now if they were to think logically here they would know that to play the game of basketball you must have at least 5 players on the court at once. You cannot play without 5 players, if you look at some of their statistics; LeBron and Kobe are both averaging about 30 points per game. Most of the NBA basketball games are played from 90 points or above. If you did the math they are both averaging less than half of their teams points, so Kobe has had more people to work with to get to the finals. Also they forget that LeBron had brought his team the Cleveland Cavaliers to the semi-finals 3 times and loss. After LeBron made his move to Miami, Cleveland became the worst team in the National  Basketball Association. While LeBron went to the NBA Finals.

Many people also like to think in the present, when we need to think in the future as well as for a basketball team. Kobe is a couple years away from retiring while LeBron is just entering his prime. Anybody would sign LeBron to a multi-contract deal, while Kobe is lucky to get 3 years. And even though Kobe has had more Career points, and Game Winning shots LeBron's have meant more. LeBron has made his during the play-offs to advance his team. Kobe has made all of his because he is a fossil. Kobe has been in the league longer than nearly everybody in the league, so there is more likely of a chance that he has the most. 

Even though Kobe and LeBron are both considered the best players in the NBA, and both of them will go to the hall of fame one of them is just better. I still believe LeBron is a better basketball player otherwise they wouldn't compare him to Michael Jordan. Kobe is still a very good basketball player, both of them will be taking the final second shot for their team, but LeBron's will go in. 

The Giver

Author's note: This is a piece I wrote about major conflicts in The Giver. All my information was gathered throughout the book and on our (Google Docs). 

The book The Giver is a story told from one confused person's point of view. In the book The Giver, it is a "Perfect World." You come home from school or from your friend's house every night, and before dinner you and your family members will discuss the "Evening of Rituals." Now this might seem like crazy and weird thing, but it is not a real ritual. Basically what it means is before dinner you and your family members discuss some sort of emotional or physical event that happened in your day. This seems like a perfect world now, but there are many major conflicts, and one of them is Jonas the main character being selected to be the next receiver. Being the receiver means a couple things, you will not be able to live or stay in a relationship with anyone, which will probably cause psychotic reactions making him lonely and also having a severe pain within himself; this severe pain could cause suicidal action, or even the losing of the will to live.