Boys & Girls Club Ad: Chapter 2

This ad for the Boys and Girls Club is saying that by sending your child or children to this clubs will help prevent them from participating in violent activities. When they come here, they will most likely follow their dreams or participate in a hobby that they love. This ad captures the attention of people by saying "The sound of a guitar or a sound of a gun." It gives the parents an ultimatum of having their child play a guitar or play with a gun. The parents would rather their child play with a guitar over a gun any day. I feel as if this ad captures the social perception and desire for success and happiness because the Boys and Girls Club does help establish those fundamental structures of success and happiness in their clubs everywhere. They want the kids who go there to have a great life and they help out the business parents. The parents or anyone who has a child or children they look at for is the the audience for this ad. I know this because I know that the Boys and Girls Club is for children and the children (depending on the age) won't grasp the concept of this ad, only a parent or guardian can. Also, children are the ones who are easily influenced and the comparisons in the ad are for children who are influenced easily. This ad symbolizing the change one person can have on an other. The overall message of this ad is to send your child to the Boys and Girls Club so that they have a change to be a kid and not get caught up in violence. I think this ad is effective overall because if I had a child and needed somewhere for them to go that would keep them from violence, I would send them to the Boys and Girls Club. Also, I have done a lot of volunteer work at my local Boys and Girls Club, and while I was there I saw how much the kids enjoyed it and how rules were forced. The kids actually did their homework because they made time for that in their schedule. Also, the people their enforced rules and when a child broke them, they had to pay the consequence which was a time out. I found it very helpful and you could tell that the kids were actually learning the fundamental structures of rules, success, and happiness at a young age. Which is great because they will benefit it in the long run. Overall, I think this ad is wonderful because it does make the comparisons of what could happen if a child did and didn't go to the Boys and Girls Club. I know a lot of children don't for some reasons, but I think it would be a good idea if they did especially if they aren't being supervised by an responsible adult. It would also ease the mind of the busy parents who are at work and can't keep an eye on their child if they did send their child to the Boys and Girls Club.

Ideal Commuinty Post- Perfect Harmony

Perfect Harmony is based on peace and equality. We believe that everyone should have the same opportunities as everyone else in education, job, and medical care. That's why we provide jobs to everyone, education (people from the age of 5-21 MUST attend school), and free medical care. We don't put up with discrimination or hate crimes or any crimes. If you commit a crime, you will face the city council and they will determine your punishment. We have a sales tax of 3.5% and gas prices of $2.15 per gallon. We are also an Eco-friendly community, we grow our own food. We also have a yearly election, which everyone is allowed to participate in. It's for one month, and we have conventions everyday to inform the people about each of the people for renewal of election and for people interested in joining the government. If this community sounds suiting to you, please stop our office at the city council office, off of Main Street.

5 Looks On A Book

Gripping- I find the novel very gripping. I couldn't put the book down for more than a few minutes without wanting to read it more and more. Reading the novel caught my attention because it was based on a society different from ours, yet the same. We all must follow rules like Jonas did and we all have had experience some of the feelings Jonas felt through out the novel. Like when Jonas saw how calm his dad was through the releasing of the twin. Jonas was socked and couldn't bare to look at his farther. We all have felt that way towards someone we love like a parent. We find out they did something we didn't like and become disappointed in them and can't look at them.

Intricate (complicated) The giver is very intricate because of how the communities is ran. Everyone must follow the set rules such as attending school til the age of 12 and then getting a job at the age of 12. Once they receive their job they must follow the specific rules given to them Jonas is given the rules of "Everyday, Jonas is to report himself to the attendant at the Annex behind the House of the old After each day of training, he is to go immediately to his family dwelling. He is also exempt from rules regarding rudeness; he can ask anything of anyone. He is not to talk about his training with anyone, however, not even with his parents and other Elders. He is prohibited from talking about his dreams or applying for any medication related to training or applying for release. Finally, he is allowed to lie."  (Lowery, 69) This takes Jonas away from what he has originally known and throws him into something he isn't sure about. It seems confusing and it makes things intricate. He was raised the way he was for a reason, and now he doesn't have to follow those set rules anymore, making him unsure of things.

Vicious-  The Giver was vicious because of the way the Elders would release people. They would release newborns who didn't grow or make improvements as fast as they like. Or when the pilot misread his directions or when someone doesn't conform the way they wanted to. I find it most vicious when Jonas farther puts the needle into the newborns head. Reading that part was almost unbearable. I don't know why anyone would do that to an innocent baby.

Emotionless- The community isn't allow to how emotions. They are created without emotions. Once they start to feel emotion they are given a pill to stop it. Jonas doesn't agree with this. He likes being able to have emotions. So when he becomes the giver, he is relieved that he can refuse to take medication. He believe the community should be allowed to have emotions. It would make the community better.
Robotic-  The community is robotic because the people do the same thing everyday. They get up and go to school or work and then the come do their volunteer hours or go to daycare. At dinner, they discuss their feelings and then go to back. Then the next day, they do it all over again. Everyone must follow the rules or they will be released. The Elders watch their people very closely to see if and when they mess up and to see what job they should select for the individual. The people have no say in how their lives are ran.    

The Giver- Are They Clones?

The impression I have gotten from "The Giver" so far is that the people of the community are controled by the elders. They can't make their own decisions, they must follow the rules or they will be released. I think that this type of control makes the people seem like clones. They do the same things as everyone else. Their lives are chosen from them and they are constantly monitored. They have no sense of freedom and the elders are "protecting" them from the outside world. I feel that the people don't know what it's like to actually live but they are to afraid to challenge the rules. I think the community relates to our society when it comes to people falling victims of media influence. It's like in the video "Beauty Pressure", it shows imagines of what females tend to do to make themselves feel accepted by society. Most of us do but why? It's to follow everyone and most people don't do anything about it because they are afraid to challenge it. I feel as if the people in "The Giver" and people in our society today should take a stand and be themselves. If they do this, then they will be very happy and satisfied with their lives.