The Consperacy Theory

Dear Future Self,

If you are reading this you are still pondering the thought of Jonas and his absence. Did you forget, you helped him plan his escape? But you are wondering why? Well the main reason was because he saw what they were going to do to Gabriel the new child, yet there were other factors. He could handle the pain, for the most part but it was stressful trying to keep the secrets. In addition to that you are wondering why you would let him leave, leaving you to handle the havoc of the community? Well its not like it was your first time if you could do it with Rosemary you can do it again but this will take a lot more time. You did well on this choice get it out of your head and just give. But don't tell them the truth say that he drowned in the river and celebrate the loss.

Until You Think of This Again ,
The Giver

What Would You Do?

Authors Note: I am writing this piece because I need to get a 9-10 in predicting for any story and for this I chose The Giver.

Imagine being trapped in the set of I am Legend, a tragic zombie apocalypse; this is almost what it is like for Jonas in Lois Lowry's The Giver. Jonas is trapped in a world in which it seems as everyone is brain washed. In any novel in which the setting is a perfect utopian society it is most likely highly unrealistic. Since this is a perfect utopian world in which everything is controlled, it is most likely an irony in which the society knows nothing.


This realistic story can be nothing else but an irony. In the utopian society no one can fall in love but they can become attached to things. Becoming attached to things never ends in life symbolism; normally in stories attachment is terrible it gets ripped away and ends in death symbolism. For example this happened in Marley and Me the main character gets attached and loves this dog named Marley, then Marley cycles through her life and she dies. The first plot on the ironic plot line is world in chaos; yet their perfect society is because the giver isn't telling everyone what's happening or what has happened. Also the purpose of an irony is to make us feel better about ourselves, better about our lives. Their perfect society is terrible they can't do many things that we can even though they are perfect. We can love while they can't. We can ride a bike whenever we want while they can't. We can choose to do or not do many things; our career, our spouses and our lifestyle. Now on the plotline we have major conflict in which they are grasping for life or sanity. In this case I believe that Jonas will be selected as The Receiver and he realizes the pain and suffering that he will have to face for the rest of his life. Jonas can't turn away from these fears as the community had experienced before with Rosemary. Finally in an irony it ends with death symbolism; with death symbolism it makes many lives a living nightmare. Gabriel will be the cause of all of this mess; Jonas who had taken memories from The Giver will cause havoc just like Rosemary caused. With the prior knowledge to this I believe that Jonas battles the pros and cons of the situation and runs away with Gabe. I believe that they will not be able to survive and the community will be haunted by the terrible memories.


I can guarantee that it will not end well for the main character Jonas as he will become The Receiver; in which he becomes The Receiver he will encounter many obstacles to help a new child which he has become attached to. Concluding the thought of this bad life ahead most people think the receiver is almighty and powerful, wrong! The receiver A.K.A.(also known as) The Giver is a very lonely old man who is haunted by the terrifying memories but gets to laugh at the happy memories. One group of people of who he has a strong influence on is the elders (the chairmen of the community). I guarantee that this book will go out with a bang.

In Steven Gould's novel, "Jumper" David, the main character can "Jump" to any place he can visualize. This novel shows exactly what the giver is showing, a character deceiving society just like how the giver is deceiving society in the way that he knows all and can’t tell. I can guarantee the characters powers and thoughts won't last the test of time.

Much like David being able to "Jump", The Giver knows all and society knows nothing. Yet, Jonas is learning that the knowledge of the past is not always best; the society is use to the sameness and the unexciting environment. There is nothing that Jonas can do to save society and him. If Jonas saves one he destroys the other, see there is no such thing as a utopia and it will never be able to occur and if it does there will still be major flaws much like this one.

Character Analyisis

Authors Note: I wrote this character analysis to get a 9 or 10 character analysis and idea development on an open topic.

                           

If you’re walking down the street and you see a random homeless person doing bizarre things for money do you ever wonder why? Maybe it’s not their fault, maybe it was how they were treated when they were younger, maybe you knew him and he changed drastically? Would you pay attention then?

In the book The Lightening Thief the main character Percy Jackson is a little different than most kids. For example he can stay under water for as long as he wants. He has dyslexia so he gets pretty frustrated at school; finally he comes home to an unloving step- dad that abuses him. Yet almost all of it is no accident. Percy is the son of Poseidon which also makes Percy a half blood. He can stay under water longer because he is the son of the God of water. His dyslexia is a result of being able to read in Greek. His step dad on the other hand is realized by his father but he can’t do much about it except sit and watch to have Percy eventually figure it out.

Percy has always had a can do attitude. I mean he risked his very own soul for his moms by going to the underworld and never gave up while also being very ignorant because he fails to understand what's really going on. He values and cherishes his mother a lot because she is one of his closest family members the only one he knows well; like I mentioned earlier he risked his life for hers. But over the course of the book Percy realizes that the nonsense of being a half blood and the gods and goddesses were true; Percy had also believed that his dad had left for sea when he was born( which he did) but he soon found that his mom had been lying and that he was part god. Percy truly changed over the book and became a smarter more sophisticated person.

Percy reminds me of David the main character of Jumper. They both realize strange things that they can do, Percy can do many things with water and David can go anywhere he can visualize in his head. These are both very special talents but one thing they both lack is one parent David is missing his very loving caring mother( she was abused by his father) and Percy is missing his dad left with his loving mother and abusive step dad. All in all they both had it rough until they found out their lot in life running away; but if you really would have noticed them and their lifestyle they could have been the freak on the corner because when they ran away they lived a better life.

Song Annalyisis

Authors Note: I wrote this piece for fun but not necessarily in a fun way, it's supposed to show what we don't normally think about and to encourage you to do more with your life.

Nothing good will ever happen too us. We don't just say but we act it out, our lives are going nowhere unless we take action. Yet lots of good things happen in the world. We feel bad for those who feel this way but we don't really know their life and experience it. I'm sure if anyone who lived in the ghetto as a child has had one thing happen that has changed their life. Lupe Fiasco understands and pushes people in this situation in his song " The Show Goes On," and has touched those people in the way that it shows  at least someone cares.

Anybody can make a huge mistake or a great finding, all in the matter of seconds. Right when we see what we have done we notice if we made a mistake or if we did something good. Lupe explains it if as a ghetto boy or girl, they've never been noticed because they aren't in the best place. They need to rise up to the occasion and do something great. He shows that because the way he says those things in his song trying to encourage them. They need to do something great to get out of the enclosing darkness of the ghetto.

I have experienced having to prove myself many times to get noticed by classmates, my brother and my step dad. I try out for many teams for the past 4 years I've tried out for the baseball team, I made it the first year but the next year changed me. I got cut from the team I felt terrible if there was only one way I could get back onto that team I would be happy. So then I realized what it felt like to get cut from the team and still keep trying out for it just like all the other kids. So I worked during the season by playing pyb( Pewaukee youth baseball) but there wasn't much competition there. Then I went to a camp with some friends and got great evaluations and to top it all of in the off-season I worked with one of the coaches until tryouts. After the tryout I had gotten my letter. I was frightened to open thinking about last year. Then I thought is this really what I want to hide from things I couldn't do? Finally all of that hard work payed-off and I made the team. Another special thing happened that year my team went to Cooperstown, NY for an all-star tournament. But thanks to that year I had learned very much about many things.

In Lupe's song it talks about being in your dream waking up and living it but its underlying meaning is clear: You can do anything you put your mind to. Don't think your nothing. Don't wait to get sucked into the darkness of life just stick to your head and be the person you can be. But it all starts right now. So live your life.

Prediction For Dead Mans Path

Authors Note: I am predicting what will happen in the short story Dead Mans Path.

In the story Dead Mans Path  the main character Michael Obi got a promotion in his teaching job; he was to become the headmaster at Ndume Central School. With his promotion he got a new house and a fresh start. One day when he was admiring his bushes he noticed a path; he asked a neighbor what it was used for and all. Michael was shocked when he heard the response; the trail was used for villagers to take dead relatives to bury them and perform rituals at the school. Then Obi thought about the inspector what if they have a ritual what will happen to his school; Obi is now troubled. He is resorting to his only option, blocking the path.

What's going to happen? Will Obi lose his job? Is the school going to shut down? Will Obi be haunted by the dead spirits? Are the villagers going to break through the barricade and start to demolish the school; the villagers need to do their rituals don't they? Those are some examples of what I think is going to happen in the story Dead Mans Path.

Speech Predicton

In the book The Giver due to all things that happened in this book I believe that Jonas( The main character) will start to figure out what is happening in their utopia and will become the receiver while helping Gabriel in the process; Jonas is always noticing things that are happening that are unusual.  Based on this ironic plot line I think Jonas will find out Gabe will get released and will try to help him.  I also believe this will happen because in a book I read previous to this named Jumper David fools society by deceiving them like the receiver fooled the society and knew something was wrong.