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How Does This Text Parallel The Giver?
Leo Padilla
Mr. Medina
Humanities/Q7
10/28/13
There are many examples of text from our media that parallel the book, The Giver. Some of these examples are articles about Edward Snowden, US. Incarceration rates, Arizona’s ban on books, and songs such as “Uprising.” All of these texts have strong evidence of how the Giver society parallels our society.
The first example is about the Edward Snowden situation and articles parallel the Giver society. Both of these societies have secrets, control, and surveillance. First reason is secrets, it discusses secrets in the Giver because 1onas can’t tell his dreams. In the Edward Snowden article the government has secrets. Second is control the elders have control over everyone because they pick everything for them, and Edward Snowden shared that the government has control over everyone because, they don’t let them do certain things such as choosing their job for them and choosing their spouse. Lastly is surveillance the elders watch everything that they do, and in Edward Snowden, they always look at what you are looking up in your phone, especially Verizon. “Someone says this is an invasion of privacy.” Overall, there is control, secrets, and surveillance in both communities.
In addition, the article about incarcerating the population of the U.S. parallels the Giver because it also explores control. In the article it says “No country incarcerates a higher percentage of its population than the United States,” this discusses control. In The Giver they want to keep them dumb by not letting them have books. “According to Advance 2012 counts by the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the U.S. prison population was 1,571,013 at yearend.” They control all those people by putting them in jail. “A lot was being reported about our nation’s prison system and the loaded population, but this is what it looks like when you take all of the countries that jail more people than we do and put them into one GIF.” The article about incarcerating the population of the U.S. parallels The Giver because it explores control.
Another example is the articles about Arizona’s ‘banned’ Mexican American books parallels The Giver because it explains about individuals not being able to read books. Both societies don’t want people to be reading books because then they’ll get smarter. In The Giver there are no books so people won’t know about elsewhere. In Arizona the principle just came into every classroom in the whole campus and took all the Mexican-American books. “TUSD confiscated Mexican books because they don’t want them knowing about other countries like Mexico.” In The Giver society the elders don’t want other people reading about ‘elsewhere.’
The last reason is that there are also many examples in music such as the song “Uprising” that parallels The Giver. For everyone, The “Muse” song it discusses about mind control. In The Giver the elders control the people because they make the choices for them. Another example is about taking drugs. That parallels The Giver because they have to take stirring pills to not fall in love. The last example is from the song “Rise up and take the power balk.” That’s what Jonas is doing, he is standing up to the elders. Those are my reasons of how the Muse song parallels the Giver.
To conclude, there are many examples of writing that parallels The Giver. Some examples are in the Snowden Article about secrets and surveillance. Banned books in the university in Arizona to keep people dumb and won’t know about other communities. And the ‘Muse’ song how it talks about taking drugs, mind control, and about standing up to it. So as you can see even though the Giver society is really jacked up, our society is also bad.
Works Cited
Park, Allen. Hero or Traitor? The Guardian. Print. 26 October 2013
Wing, Nick. Politics. The Huffington Post. 13 August 2013. Print. 26 October 2013
Rodriguez,Roberto. Arizona’s ‘banned’ Mexican American books. The Guardian 18
January 2012. Print. 26 October 2013
Muse, “Uprising” 7 September 2009
Zimbler, Suzanne Stephanie Kraus. Top Secret? Time for Kids. Print. 10 June 2013. 26
October 2013.
Lowry, Lois. The Giver. Laural Leaf, 1993.
How Does This Text Parallel The Giver?
Leo Padilla
Mr. Medina
Humanities/Q7
10/28/13
There are many examples of text from our media that parallel the book, The Giver. Some of these examples are articles about Edward Snowden, US. Incarceration rates, Arizona’s ban on books, and songs such as “Uprising.” All of these texts have strong evidence of how the Giver society parallels our society.
The first example is about the Edward Snowden situation and articles parallel the Giver society. Both of these societies have secrets, control, and surveillance. First reason is secrets, it discusses secrets in the Giver because 1onas can’t tell his dreams. In the Edward Snowden article the government has secrets. Second is control the elders have control over everyone because they pick everything for them, and Edward Snowden shared that the government has control over everyone because, they don’t let them do certain things such as choosing their job for them and choosing their spouse. Lastly is surveillance the elders watch everything that they do, and in Edward Snowden, they always look at what you are looking up in your phone, especially Verizon. “Someone says this is an invasion of privacy.” Overall, there is control, secrets, and surveillance in both communities.
In addition, the article about incarcerating the population of the U.S. parallels the Giver because it also explores control. In the article it says “No country incarcerates a higher percentage of its population than the United States,” this discusses control. In The Giver they want to keep them dumb by not letting them have books. “According to Advance 2012 counts by the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the U.S. prison population was 1,571,013 at yearend.” They control all those people by putting them in jail. “A lot was being reported about our nation’s prison system and the loaded population, but this is what it looks like when you take all of the countries that jail more people than we do and put them into one GIF.” The article about incarcerating the population of the U.S. parallels The Giver because it explores control.
Another example is the articles about Arizona’s ‘banned’ Mexican American books parallels The Giver because it explains about individuals not being able to read books. Both societies don’t want people to be reading books because then they’ll get smarter. In The Giver there are no books so people won’t know about elsewhere. In Arizona the principle just came into every classroom in the whole campus and took all the Mexican-American books. “TUSD confiscated Mexican books because they don’t want them knowing about other countries like Mexico.” In The Giver society the elders don’t want other people reading about ‘elsewhere.’
The last reason is that there are also many examples in music such as the song “Uprising” that parallels The Giver. For everyone, The “Muse” song it discusses about mind control. In The Giver the elders control the people because they make the choices for them. Another example is about taking drugs. That parallels The Giver because they have to take stirring pills to not fall in love. The last example is from the song “Rise up and take the power balk.” That’s what Jonas is doing, he is standing up to the elders. Those are my reasons of how the Muse song parallels the Giver.
To conclude, there are many examples of writing that parallels The Giver. Some examples are in the Snowden Article about secrets and surveillance. Banned books in the university in Arizona to keep people dumb and won’t know about other communities. And the ‘Muse’ song how it talks about taking drugs, mind control, and about standing up to it. So as you can see even though the Giver society is really jacked up, our society is also bad.
Works Cited
Park, Allen. Hero or Traitor? The Guardian. Print. 26 October 2013
Wing, Nick. Politics. The Huffington Post. 13 August 2013. Print. 26 October 2013
Rodriguez,Roberto. Arizona’s ‘banned’ Mexican American books. The Guardian 18
January 2012. Print. 26 October 2013
Muse, “Uprising” 7 September 2009
Zimbler, Suzanne Stephanie Kraus. Top Secret? Time for Kids. Print. 10 June 2013. 26
October 2013.
Lowry, Lois. The Giver. Laural Leaf, 1993.