Veterans poem

Thank you veterans for your sacrifice.

When you're out there on the field you never know what's going to happen

Just like when you throw a dice

When you get back home to your family, it feels like paradise.

Your friends who are also on the field might die
And there nothing else to do but cry
But when you look up high..
You know they are watching over you and our county from the sky
You deserve all of the respect
With all the your heart you protect
And that's a thing everyone can accept 

You are the effect to our cause 

Now we should pause and give these veterans a round of applause 

The Giver Theme Blog

October 17th, 2016

      Jonas is a dynamic character because at first when he first got chosen for the job of being the receiver, he was nervous. I could tell that he was nervous because when Chief Elder skipped his number it says, “ He felt dizzy, and couldn't focus his attention.” He became dizzy because he knew that he was going to be chosen for the receiver of memories. But eventually later on in the book when he finds out how sad it is of hiding all of these memories from all these people. He also thinks it's terrible and wrong because people have the right to have their memories and think back on happy and sad moments. So Jonas wants to change this and now he is mad instead of nervous. Now he wants to give back all the memories to all these people. In the book it says,” if you get away, if you get beyond, if you get to elsewhere,it will mean that the community has to bear the burden themselves, of the memories you had been holding for them.” This proves that Jonas is a dynamic character because he changes his feelings about being the receiver of memories

      The theme for the book The Giver is pain and pleasure because it causes us to be the person we are supposed to be as shown through Jonas. When Chief Elder chose Jonas to become the receiver, she also told him that, “The receiving of memory causes terrible pain.” This shows pain and pleasure because Jonas feels that this is an important job so he’s going to take it seriously but it also causes pain so he’s worried about that too. Jonas keeps on learning more things about being the receiver and he also can feel how love is. Now Jonas is getting more memories of pain and pleasure as we go through the story. One of those moments is when Jonas witnesses his friends playing war and feels disgusted by this. He shows he's disgusted when,“You had no way of knowing this. I didn't know it myself until recently. But it's a cruel game”(). Jonas told this to his friends who were playing a war game because Jonas had a flashback and a memory of war back then. Now he's telling his friends not to play this game because it's bad and he feels disgusted.

Book Vs Movie

October 17th, 2016

    In the book The Giver,Fiona is the Assistant Director of Recreation but in the movie she is a nurturer. I think she's a nurturer in the movie because that's a reasonable way to help Jonas get Gabriel and help him escape by distracting the people. 

    Even though the ending of The Giver in both the book and movie is similar, they still have a few differences. One reason why they are different is because when Gabriel and Jonas were going through the snow, in the book Jonas says to Gabriel, “we’re almost there, Gabriel. I remember this place, Gabe.” In the movie he doesn't say anything to Gabriel or not even to himself. In the movie Jonas just goes through this snow without any talking. I think the director chose to not put those quotes in the movie because in the movie you can actually see where they are at and you could tell that they are almost there since the house and where they were at was in snow. But they put those quotes in the book because the book doesn't have pictures so the author is telling the reader where they are at. 

    The movie made me understand The Giver because it was way more entertaining because reading makes me bored. So the movie is more attracting to me and makes me want to know more. Also, even though the book has more details, the movie is way easier to understand.