Mueller Charter School Leadership Academy
“Big News”
Dillian Smothermon
Mr. Medina
Humanities H7
10/23/13
There are many examples of text from our media that parallel the book, The Giver. Some of these examples are articles about Edward Snowden, U.S. incarceration rates, Arizona’s ban on books, and songs such as muse. All of these texts have strong evidence of how The Giver society parallels our society.
The Edward Snowden situation parallels The Giver. They both discuss surveillance. For example, in The Giver, they have speakers everywhere and they can hear you. Another example is that both societies have whistle blowers. In The Giver, Jonas does not follow the rules in his work folder because he gives some memories to Gabe by telling him in sentences. In the US, Edward Snowden had a peak of some secrets of the US and he TOLD the WHOLE WORLD. Finally, we have secrets. In the USA, we have a whole bunch of secrets of files like alien files. In The Giver, they have many secret memories such as war, pain, loneness, and love. This real life stuff can realt to books.
The situation that the U.S. has the most prisoners then any other country this parallels The Giver.
The Giver has its entire people are prisoners. Because they are mental prisoners, they have a daily schedule that they follow every single day. They do not know they are prisoners except Jonas and the Giver. Every year the U.S. prison population is about 1,571,015 at the end of the year. This concludes my statement how prison can relate to The Giver.
Even a simple book ban can relate to The Giver. In The Giver, they do not have books. In Arizona, they have no Mexican books because they banned them. They both want their people to be mindless prisoners. In The Giver, they do that so there will be no change. In Arizona, they do not want to be ruled by a Mexican. All of all now you can see even a simple book ban can connect to The Giver.
In the song Uprising by: Muse it parallels to a book called The Giver. Because on line four it says “And hope that we will never see the truth around.” This parallel to The Giver by having everyone has no memory of the truth. Except the giver and the new receiver. In addition, on line eight it says “And endless red tape to keep the truth confined.” It is saying (by The Giver way) the giver keeps the merermoys a secret to the community. In line fithteen, it says “Indicating mind control.” It relates to The Giver by having them be mindless zombies.
Seems like books and real life just don’t come together. Well that is not always true from this assay I showed how a single book parallel to Edward Snowden, prisoners, a book ban, and uprising by: muse. If
you still say that is wrong it can’t something is jacked up with you.
Work Cited
Zimbler Suzanne, Kraus Stephanie “top secret?“ Time for kids June 10, 2013 Time for kids 10/25/13.
www.lyricsmode.com 10/24/13
Park Allen “Edward Snowden: Hero or Traitor?” 10/25/13
Nick Wing “ Here are all of the nations that increate more of their population than the U.S.” 8/14/2013 Octobor 26, 2013.huffington post
The Guardian 10/27/13
“Big News”
Dillian Smothermon
Mr. Medina
Humanities H7
10/23/13
There are many examples of text from our media that parallel the book, The Giver. Some of these examples are articles about Edward Snowden, U.S. incarceration rates, Arizona’s ban on books, and songs such as muse. All of these texts have strong evidence of how The Giver society parallels our society.
The Edward Snowden situation parallels The Giver. They both discuss surveillance. For example, in The Giver, they have speakers everywhere and they can hear you. Another example is that both societies have whistle blowers. In The Giver, Jonas does not follow the rules in his work folder because he gives some memories to Gabe by telling him in sentences. In the US, Edward Snowden had a peak of some secrets of the US and he TOLD the WHOLE WORLD. Finally, we have secrets. In the USA, we have a whole bunch of secrets of files like alien files. In The Giver, they have many secret memories such as war, pain, loneness, and love. This real life stuff can realt to books.
The situation that the U.S. has the most prisoners then any other country this parallels The Giver.
The Giver has its entire people are prisoners. Because they are mental prisoners, they have a daily schedule that they follow every single day. They do not know they are prisoners except Jonas and the Giver. Every year the U.S. prison population is about 1,571,015 at the end of the year. This concludes my statement how prison can relate to The Giver.
Even a simple book ban can relate to The Giver. In The Giver, they do not have books. In Arizona, they have no Mexican books because they banned them. They both want their people to be mindless prisoners. In The Giver, they do that so there will be no change. In Arizona, they do not want to be ruled by a Mexican. All of all now you can see even a simple book ban can connect to The Giver.
In the song Uprising by: Muse it parallels to a book called The Giver. Because on line four it says “And hope that we will never see the truth around.” This parallel to The Giver by having everyone has no memory of the truth. Except the giver and the new receiver. In addition, on line eight it says “And endless red tape to keep the truth confined.” It is saying (by The Giver way) the giver keeps the merermoys a secret to the community. In line fithteen, it says “Indicating mind control.” It relates to The Giver by having them be mindless zombies.
Seems like books and real life just don’t come together. Well that is not always true from this assay I showed how a single book parallel to Edward Snowden, prisoners, a book ban, and uprising by: muse. If
you still say that is wrong it can’t something is jacked up with you.
Work Cited
Zimbler Suzanne, Kraus Stephanie “top secret?“ Time for kids June 10, 2013 Time for kids 10/25/13.
www.lyricsmode.com 10/24/13
Park Allen “Edward Snowden: Hero or Traitor?” 10/25/13
Nick Wing “ Here are all of the nations that increate more of their population than the U.S.” 8/14/2013 Octobor 26, 2013.huffington post
The Guardian 10/27/13