https://padlet.com/elesecapell/kv9e1xva2fx7 Blogs of The Giver en-us 2017-01-10 14:29:19 UTC 2026-01-20 13:02:04 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Balance.png elesecapell https://padlet.com/elesecapell/kv9e1xva2fx7/wish/146771021 2017-01-12 13:45:48 UTC https://padlet.com/elesecapell/kv9e1xva2fx7/wish/146771021 elesecapell https://padlet.com/elesecapell/kv9e1xva2fx7/wish/146771656   A global issue that I realized was discussed in The Giver was population. In The Giver, they did different things such as releasing people to keep the population at a minimum. ""What does it mean to be released?" In the book, the term "being released" means to be given a shot which kills you.They also give a couple one male child and one female child. On page 11, the author wrote "Two children-- one male, one female-- to each family unit. It was written clearly in the rules". They did this because it kept the population to a minimum.
   Another way they kept the population to a certain number was only allowing birth mothers three children. After the three children, they started doing labor work. One other way they kept the population down was releasing the smaller twin if the birth mother was to have any. I don't think the author likes the idea of children being released. I say this because on 190, Jonas had a full break down because he witnessed his father "release" a twin child.
I think one pro of population control is having enough food and shelter for everyone. I think one con is the fact that many people are being inconvenienced. Population is not an issue in the world. Studies have shown that everyone in the world (yes all 7 billion people) could fit in the state of Texas.]]> 2017-01-12 13:47:49 UTC https://padlet.com/elesecapell/kv9e1xva2fx7/wish/146771656 elesecapell https://padlet.com/elesecapell/kv9e1xva2fx7/wish/147552349      So, theme is the moral of a story, right? Also, every theme isn't the same, right? So you may or may not agree with the theme I found in The Giver. 

   The theme I found in The Giver was once you have your mind set on something, it’s very hard to let go of. I say this because once Jonas had his mind set on escaping, he didn’t let go, no matter how much The Giver tried to convince him. Whenever Jonas begged The Giver to escape with him but he said no, he still didn’t give up. This is kind of like having your mind set on a certain grade, so you do whatever it takes to get that grade.

   Another theme I saw in the book was once you see how everything really is, you want everyone else to see it also. I say this because whenever Jonas started to get memories, he tried to pass them on. It didn’t work but he didn’t give up. He tried to pass memories to Asher, Fiona, Lilly, etc. The only person it worked on was Gabe, so he kept passing them to Gabe. It’s kind of like how you try to get someone to see something on a picture or something, but no one sees it but one person.

]]> 2017-01-17 14:48:38 UTC https://padlet.com/elesecapell/kv9e1xva2fx7/wish/147552349 elesecapell https://padlet.com/elesecapell/kv9e1xva2fx7/wish/148365416    My question is, why did the book end that way? Also, why were there only certain people with pale eyes? Did Jonas ruin the chance of there being another receiver of memories when he escaped? Why didn't The Giver wan't to escape with Jonas? How did  Jonas know how to pass along memories? How did Jonas see color before he was given the memory of color?]]> 2017-01-20 14:31:58 UTC https://padlet.com/elesecapell/kv9e1xva2fx7/wish/148365416