How Does Lois Lowry Use Language In The Giver

In Lois Lowry's The Giver people didn't have any memories of the past. The elders (The ones in charge) keep them away from the rest of the community. They also have a lot of different rules that don't seem fair. No lying. No touching out of your general family unit. Go to bed at certain time. Tell feelings at breakfast and dinner. Take injections. Use of language.(which Jonas was chastised for a lot) Etc. Jonas, the main character, knows that there is something more. Hitler’s utopia is sort of the same way between him and all the jews. In The Giver Jonas sees visions of what he later finds out is called color. Jonas is furious with the term “Release” because he later finds out that release is a peaceful term for death! Hitler; Nazi leader that killed 6 million jews, is kind of like the Chief Elder in The Giver because like her, he kept secrets and lied to the people.

For example, on page 164 & 165 Lois Lowry wrote, “we obviously had to make the decision. Even I voted for Gabriel’s release when we had the

They were considered integral and maybe conspicuous to the rest of the community. In The Giver Jonas, Gabriel, Fiona, The Giver, and even Rosemary had pae-colored eyes and all of them were special in some way, knowing that there was something more in their “world”. Hitler lied to the jews saying that they were going to be relocated, but they were actually going to a torture camp where they will be terribly mistreated and even killed. Hitler also wanted everything to be the same, just like The Giver. Hitler also wanted power with this “sameness” idea. It compares to The Giver because the Chief Elder and the rest of the Elders, as well as Hitler, both wanted sameness according to www.theholocaustexplained.org. They also both think they are the good guys and they want people to believe in what they