How are the books A Wrinkle in Time and The Giver similar?

Answer 1

In The Giver, Jonas has to conform to his

community's expectations and has to be the same

as them to do this. Text evidence can be found on

page 70 "females lose their braids at age ten, and

males, too, relinquished their long childish hair and

society, he has to conform and dress a certain way.

Another example of this can be found about

dressing to signify your conformity and therefore

conformity is a theme in The Giver. In A Wrinkle In Time, conformity is a theme. On

page 5 when Meg does not act the way her

classmates do and expect, a girl says to her "After

all Meg, we aren't grammar school kids anymore.

Why do you always act like such a baby?" Meg

wants to conform with the society around her and

fit in. In chapter nine, when Meg confronts an

extension of IT, IT suggests that Camazotz is a

perfect society "Everybody exactly alike." Meg finds

that everybody conforming as one being is not a

perfect society and that being the same does not

put everyone on the same level saying "No! Like and

equal are not the same thing at all!" This shows that

in the beginning of the text Meg longs to

conform to society's expectations but by the end

thinks that everybody conforming and being alike is

bad and embraces that she does not meet her

worlds expectations.

Answer 2

Both "A Wrinkle in Time" and "The Giver" are young adult novels that explore themes of conformity, individuality, and the search for truth in a dystopian society. They both feature young protagonists who challenge the status quo and question the rules of their worlds in order to discover their own identities and truths.

Answer 3

If you talk solely about one place in each book, then yes, they would be similar. If I chose to compare Camazotz and the Community, there would be many similarities. There is the thirst of sameness in the community, and everything is so organized in each community.

Answer 4

1. Recievers such as Jonas and Gabe, as well as those who have the potential to be one, have pale, light grey eyes. Others have dark grey.

2. In chapter 3, we learn Jonas once stole an apple from the recreation center and was chastised over a loudspeaker. Although the speaker did not use his name, Jonas and his parents knew it was directed at him, and Jonas is ashamed and apologizes.to the Recreation Director.

3. Jonas saw a flash of red in the apple. Before, he, like all other members of the community, saw only in shades of grey. However, in chapter 3, when the event occurrs, all we know is that the apple "changed". We do not know what happened until later.

4. Larissa, an old woman Jonas bathes, tells Jonas a speech talking about the exciting life "Roberto" was read before he was released. However, Larissa says every speech is written to make the person's life sounds meaningful. She says that she believes every person's life is meaningful. Here, you can point out that Lois Lowry is satirically implying that although people in the community believe they lead meaningful lives, they actually lead meaningless lives directed by society. So you could argue that no person has an exciting life.

5. Every morning, families share their previous night dreams with eachother.

6. The treatment for stirrings are pills, which every person in the community takes after feeling their first romantic attraction to another human.