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Family
-mutual respect
-no fighting
-no abuse
-personalities of
parents are wellmatched
-no divorce
-BUT NO REAL
LOVE!!
November 25, 2013
Sameness vs. Individual
-Community celebrates
the differences between
the 12-year-old children
-12- struggling to carve
out a distinct identity for
themselves
-encourages readers to
celebrate differences
instead of pretending
they do not exist
Release
-actually refers to death
or murder
-beginning: people are
physically sent Elsewhere
-frightening or sad
because no one would
want to leave
-Jonas escapes
and changes the
meaning to its
original meaning
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• Lack of real personality or individualism in a community like the one described in The
Giver
• In such a society, the community is more important than the individuals while in other
societies, individuals are celebrated above and beyond the community
• Write a paragraph or two about what you think is important about being a unique
individual
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