Precise Language in The Giver

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who break the rules three times? For the Old? Do they kill the Old, too?` ´Yes it´s true´” (Chapter 20) For the community, “Elsewhere” is an unknown place, where they can´t go; only people that were released live there. For example: when Gabriel was going to be released, Jonas thought that he would grow on a different community; but “Elsewhere” didn´t exist for released people. The real meaning of “Elsewhere” is told when Jonas escaped from the community. Then, “Elsewhere” was a big city with families, colors, feelings, lots of different houses, different animals-just as the place where we inhabit.
To keep the community controlled, it is important for every inhabitant to use precise language. “The discipline wand, in the hand of the Childcare worker, whistled as it came down across Asher´s hands. Asher whimpered, cringed, and corrected himself instantly. ´Snack, ` he whispered. ” (Chapter 7) This is a fragment of the book where we can see that when someone used a wrong ...

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