Dreah Eldridge by Dreah Eldridge https://padlet.com/dreah_eldridge/6hkho980p112 The Giver en-us 2018-09-24 22:25:58 UTC 2018-10-09 03:09:49 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Clouds.png Author: dreah_eldridge https://padlet.com/dreah_eldridge/6hkho980p112/wish/285279463 The author of "The Giver" is Lois Lowry.]]> 2018-09-24 22:33:39 UTC https://padlet.com/dreah_eldridge/6hkho980p112/wish/285279463 Summary dreah_eldridge https://padlet.com/dreah_eldridge/6hkho980p112/wish/286182009 Jonas, the main character in "The Giver," is living in a world of sameness. Living in sameness means there are no animals, colors, choices, weather, or any real feelings. It's what they consider to be perfect. When Jonas is of age to be given a career he is chosen to be a receiver. The receiver is the only person is the community that knows what life is like without sameness. Jonas becomes very close to the old receiver now called the giver. They devise a plan to change the sameness but it would mean Jonas would have to flee the community and never return. ]]> 2018-09-26 17:55:24 UTC https://padlet.com/dreah_eldridge/6hkho980p112/wish/286182009 Character Quotes dreah_eldridge https://padlet.com/dreah_eldridge/6hkho980p112/wish/286182215 I backed off, gave her more little delights. But everything changed, once she knew pain I could see it in her eyes." -The Giver (Lowry142)

"Things could change, Gabe. Things could be different. I don't know how, but there must be some way for things to be different. There could be colors. And grandparents. And everybody would have memories. You know about memories." -Jonas (Lowry128)
]]> 2018-09-26 17:55:42 UTC https://padlet.com/dreah_eldridge/6hkho980p112/wish/286182215 Themes dreah_eldridge https://padlet.com/dreah_eldridge/6hkho980p112/wish/286182410 One theme for this book is to stand up for what you believe in even thou it could mean you have to sacrifice something. Another that would fit well is things change and happen for a reason and sometimes it should just stay how it is. ]]> 2018-09-26 17:56:02 UTC https://padlet.com/dreah_eldridge/6hkho980p112/wish/286182410 Genre dreah_eldridge https://padlet.com/dreah_eldridge/6hkho980p112/wish/287407397 The genre of "The Giver" is science fiction but it could also be realistic fiction.  ]]> 2018-10-01 00:52:42 UTC https://padlet.com/dreah_eldridge/6hkho980p112/wish/287407397 Story Rate dreah_eldridge https://padlet.com/dreah_eldridge/6hkho980p112/wish/287410862 I'd give this book a 3 out of 5. I thought the book had a really good plot line and that it was really entertaining. The only thing I didn't like was how the book ended because It didn't tell you what actually happened in the end. ]]> 2018-10-01 01:22:51 UTC https://padlet.com/dreah_eldridge/6hkho980p112/wish/287410862 dreah_eldridge https://padlet.com/dreah_eldridge/6hkho980p112/wish/287412135 2018-10-01 01:34:29 UTC https://padlet.com/dreah_eldridge/6hkho980p112/wish/287412135 dreah_eldridge https://padlet.com/dreah_eldridge/6hkho980p112/wish/287413367 2018-10-01 01:42:25 UTC https://padlet.com/dreah_eldridge/6hkho980p112/wish/287413367 Cover dreah_eldridge https://padlet.com/dreah_eldridge/6hkho980p112/wish/287414571 I think the author chose this cover because the picture of the old man could help you visualize what the Giver looks like when you read the story. The trees and snow in the other picture could represent the forest towards the end of the book that Jonas had to hid in when he ran away. ]]> 2018-10-01 01:52:02 UTC https://padlet.com/dreah_eldridge/6hkho980p112/wish/287414571 Conflict dreah_eldridge https://padlet.com/dreah_eldridge/6hkho980p112/wish/287416965 Jonas's father is a caretaker, which means his job is to take care of the babies. One day at Jonas's training with the Giver, The giver shows Jonas a video of his father releasing a baby. Until Jonas watched the video he did not know what the true meaning of "being released" was. Jonas then realized releasing meant killing and Jonas could not believe what his father had done and he refused to go home. (lowry146-154)]]> 2018-10-01 02:13:28 UTC https://padlet.com/dreah_eldridge/6hkho980p112/wish/287416965 Cites dreah_eldridge https://padlet.com/dreah_eldridge/6hkho980p112/wish/287423639        Works Cited
Lowry,Lois.The Giver. Bantam Doublebay Dell, 1993. 

nyarod1000. “Interview with Lois Lowry (The Giver).” YouTube, YouTube, 4 Mar. 2010, www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYGGs2lxtjY.

“Selling Into The Sea Of Sameness.” LinkedIn, www.linkedin.com/pulse/selling-sea-sameness-gerhard-vierthaler. In-text Citation.

“The Giver.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 5 Oct. 2018, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Giver.In-text Citation
]]> 2018-10-01 03:01:12 UTC https://padlet.com/dreah_eldridge/6hkho980p112/wish/287423639 Back Ground dreah_eldridge https://padlet.com/dreah_eldridge/6hkho980p112/wish/290547310 (I thought this was a good back ground because in the book Jonas asks his friend Asher if he can see the color in the flowers and it reminded me of that part of the book)]]> 2018-10-09 03:04:18 UTC https://padlet.com/dreah_eldridge/6hkho980p112/wish/290547310