Essay Assignment

Auggie Li

Humanities 9

Dec 3, 2015

                                                           Essay Assignment

It is important for any community to make some laws. These laws make the community much more orderly. Also, these laws make all the citizens controlled by the government. If all citizens obey the laws, the community would become better and more peaceful. But if there are too many laws, some of the citizens would feel limited and protest the laws, which are limited their private life. In The Giver by Lois Lowry, the life of citizens are full of limits. Citizens have the same family units, the same style of speaking and learn the same knowledge. All of these laws, which make citizens similar to each other, make Jonas feel like his life in the community is not freedom. Although The Giver shows us that excessive control in society can make society orderly and rational, it also demonstrates that freedom is necessary in order to give members of the community emotions and a true purpose in life.

In The Giver, strict rules in the community control the society and help the society develop peace and order. In the first place, every family has the same family units, meaning this helps to make sure the population of the community not grow bigger. In the past, the giver told Jonas “the population had grow so big that hunger was everywhere.” (140) The society passes population rules to create a world with no hunger or war over food. Second, a conclusion can be drawn from the community in The Giver is that all the knowledge has been controlled. In fact, when the first time that Jonas went to the giver’s house, it was the first time that he saw such many books. The rules in the community limited the citizens to read only an English dictionary, a book of all the rules and the map of the community. Therefore, all the citizens don’t know what is outside of the community and nobody is interested in exploring the things outside the community, so that, nobody will encounter something dangerous. Specifically, without the giver and the receiver, everybody’s memories have been limited. All the citizens do not know the things, which have happened before they were born. So, nobody has memories of wars and carnages of the animals. Also the laws limit everything in the community. For example, in The Giver all the citizens in the community know their role. This rule gives everybody in the community a direction in their life. Also, nobody is allowed to break the law in The Giver. If somebody in the community breaks the rules, he/she would be released from the community.

In The Giver, the citizens have no emotion because they have no freedom in it. For example, this community controls the way of speaking. In addition to being limited by rules, all the citizens have the same style of speaking. “ I apologize to …” “We accept your apology.” (5) Second, “It’s just the pills. You’re ready for the pills, that’s all. That’s the treatment for stirrings.” (48) Show that taking pills prevent the citizens from feeling the love and pain.

In The Giver, the story shows that having no emotions makes life meaningless. When Jonas through memories, realizes how beautiful life with freedom can be, he know how meaningless his life was before. First, nobody in the community can see the colors, but colors are a way to explain feelings. The first time that Jonas knew what colors were, “It was the colors that fascinated him.” And he asks, “Why can’t everyone see them? Why did colors disappear?” (120) Second, nobody knows what love is. After he saw the memories of love, he felt that “I couldn’t quite get the word for the whole feeling of it, the feeling that was so strong in the room.” (157) It shows no one in the community know what does love feel like. Third, no one has memories of dancing and music in the community. All the citizens can’t relax by listening to music or celebrate by dancing with others. The first time that Jonas listened to the music, it brought happiness to him. “Jonas felt the joy of it as soon as the memory began. Some times it took a while for him to get his bearings, to find his place. But this time he fit right in and felt the happiness that pervaded the memory.”(154)  

poem of my school

I miss the moment that my classmates give me the photos of all my memories about my class at the graduation.

I miss the time that I laugh at my classmate when he shot an airball in the PE class.

I miss the seconds reading with my classmates when we have the free time.

I remember the classroom in my school, the desks in it have been changed every year, but I can still find the doodles, which belong to me.

I remember the back yard in my school, the trees in it have been felled many times, but I can still find the memories, which belong to me.

I remember the teaching building in my school, the paths in it have been repaired over and over again, but I can still find the footprints, which belong to me.

When I return, I will go and find the memories of the past, and the youth I have lost.

Name and describe the Hero

The hero symbolizes important ideals and values of his or her home culture.

His name is Augustus, the heir to the throne of the Roman empire. Also, he is a resourceful person. He is not very handsome, but he has eyes with a piercing gleam, all the people who live in Roman said that his eyes could let him and his country far away from the darkness. Although, he is one of the aristocrats, he is easy to make friend with. Also, he is the youngest hero in the Roman empire.  He has built a lot of theaters and fanes to made the citizens enjoy their life.

Unusual birth

The hero's birth is surrounded by unusual circumstances.

All the stars are shining, and the sky is gules.

The call to adventure

The hero is called to leave home, and he or she willingly or unwillingly goes.

After his stepfather has been assassinated, he sweard that he will revenge for his stepfather.

Supernatural helper

The hero is aided by someone, often old and wise, with magical and mystical power.

Sometimes when he didn't know what should he do with the difference he met, he will ask the god, and the god will help him.

Talisman or special weapon

The hero has a weapon or protective device given to him or her that will be useful on the journey.

Excalibur Sword.

Crossing the threshold

The hero leaves the familiar, safe world of home and enters fully into the new world of the journey.

After his stepfather has assassinated, he always practiced his swordsmanship.

Trials

The hero has to succeed at a series of trials that challenge and build his or her moral strength and character.

He used his own thinking of the wars to end the civil war , which has been continued for almost one century.

Achievement of goal

Upon successful completion of the trials, the hero achieves the goal of the journey.

His goal is to make the Roman empire has a long period of peace, and period of prosperity.

Reconciliation with a father figure

If a division or conflict with the hero's father or father figure is part of the hero's journey, reconciliation or healing with the father occurs.

Caesar adopted Augustus when he was young.

Return home

The hero, sometimes willingly and sometimes unwillingly, again crosses the threshold and returns home.

After he back to his country, he made his country became the most secure and peaceful country at that time.

self-introduction

My name is Qigang Li, and my English name is Augustus. Augustus  is the first king of Rome and resourceful. Also his foster father is Caesar who is one of the greatest Roman in our mind. So, that is why I choose Augustus to be my English name.

After I graduated from my country, I have came to Seattle, where is like my hometown, Shanghai. I love this city, because of the air  here is very clean, without haze, and the sky here is very blue.