The T.I.E.A.C. Paragraph
T = Topic Sentence
Write a sentence introducing the main idea of your paragraph
I = Introduce the Example
A few sentences setting up the context of your example
E = Example from text
A direct quote/line of text from the book/article you are citing.
A = Analysis of the Example
A few sentences explaining the meaning of your example
C = Concluding Sentence
A sentence summarizing the main idea of your paragraph
The novel, “The Giver”, is set in a dystopian world very different from our own. The society had created a world where everything is the same. The people all dress the same, they cannot see color, and even the society altered the environment to make everything the same. “Climate Control. Snow made growing food difficult, limited the agricultural periods. And unpredictable weather made transportation almost impossible at times. It wasn’t a practical thing, so it became obsolete when we went into Sameness.” (84) The society in “The Giver” was so fixed on every aspect of their community being equal, that the makers used technology to even alter the world. The landscape is so flat, and bare, that Jonas does not know what a hill is. The world of the novel shows us what can happen when the desire for equality, mixed with technology, can have negative effects.
Sandler doesn’t make the journey easy for both Kayla and Devak and both experience setbacks in their search. If the journey to find each other had been to easy, then the pay off would not have been worth it. Through the first two books Kayla and Devak learned that rebellion against society is hard and comes with a price, and in Rebellion, both learn that the same costs come with fighting for one’s own freedom. Kayla ponders at one point, “It was starting to seem that FHE’s treatment of her wasn’t much different than the outsider trueborns’, or Zul’s and the Kinship’s. They all wanted to control her. She hated it, but it just pushed her all that much harder to find a way out.” (113) Her determination, much like Devak’s, to be free from the organizations who wish to use them and be able to love each other, is what keeps them fighting. I loved that aspect of both of their characterizations and it felt realistic. It took them two books to realize how much they love each other and in this book, they were willing to do something about it. I really loved this aspect of the story and rooted for Kayla’s and Devak’s happy ending.
T = Topic Sentence
Write a sentence introducing the main idea of your paragraph
I = Introduce the Example
A few sentences setting up the context of your example
E = Example from text
A direct quote/line of text from the book/article you are citing.
A = Analysis of the Example
A few sentences explaining the meaning of your example
C = Concluding Sentence
A sentence summarizing the main idea of your paragraph
The novel, “The Giver”, is set in a dystopian world very different from our own. The society had created a world where everything is the same. The people all dress the same, they cannot see color, and even the society altered the environment to make everything the same. “Climate Control. Snow made growing food difficult, limited the agricultural periods. And unpredictable weather made transportation almost impossible at times. It wasn’t a practical thing, so it became obsolete when we went into Sameness.” (84) The society in “The Giver” was so fixed on every aspect of their community being equal, that the makers used technology to even alter the world. The landscape is so flat, and bare, that Jonas does not know what a hill is. The world of the novel shows us what can happen when the desire for equality, mixed with technology, can have negative effects.
Sandler doesn’t make the journey easy for both Kayla and Devak and both experience setbacks in their search. If the journey to find each other had been to easy, then the pay off would not have been worth it. Through the first two books Kayla and Devak learned that rebellion against society is hard and comes with a price, and in Rebellion, both learn that the same costs come with fighting for one’s own freedom. Kayla ponders at one point, “It was starting to seem that FHE’s treatment of her wasn’t much different than the outsider trueborns’, or Zul’s and the Kinship’s. They all wanted to control her. She hated it, but it just pushed her all that much harder to find a way out.” (113) Her determination, much like Devak’s, to be free from the organizations who wish to use them and be able to love each other, is what keeps them fighting. I loved that aspect of both of their characterizations and it felt realistic. It took them two books to realize how much they love each other and in this book, they were willing to do something about it. I really loved this aspect of the story and rooted for Kayla’s and Devak’s happy ending.
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