Precise Language in The Giver
The Giver by Lois Lowry is a novel that presents us with a particular community where everything is controlled by the Elders (a group of adults). People live a happy life and all decisions are made by the Elders. No one has to worry about their future, and rules are most important there. If you transgress three times the rules, you are an old person or a weak baby, or you just don�t like the community, you are released. Memories are not part of the citizen; only the giver has some. To maintain such a community, precise language is needed. In this essay I am going to talk about how the real meaning of the words are hidden, the importance of speaking with precise language in the community, ...
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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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