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English term or phrase:
a female Five
English answer:
the number five / could refer to age
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a female Five
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What is the meaning of Five?
"Almost every citizen in the community had dark eyes. His parents did, and Lily did, and so did all of his group members and friends. But there were a few exceptions: Jonas himself, and a female Five who he had noticed had the different, lighter eyes. "
http://english.byu.edu/Novelinks/reading strategies/The Give...
"Almost every citizen in the community had dark eyes. His parents did, and Lily did, and so did all of his group members and friends. But there were a few exceptions: Jonas himself, and a female Five who he had noticed had the different, lighter eyes. "
http://english.byu.edu/Novelinks/reading strategies/The Give...
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the number five / could refer to age
I couldn't get your link to work but I managed to find this: http://itss229.ed.psu.edu/k-12/units/giver/chap3.html
A quick read (ingoring the typos) suggests that this civilization uses numbers to refer to their population (maybe a futuristic society)??
The text refers to other numbers such as Ten and Nine and seems to refer to age.
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The numbers could refer to age or just an identification for the classes / types of people in this society. Other examples of numbers in the text (I corrected the typos):
ATTENTION. THIS IS A REMINDER TO FEMALES UNDER NINE THAT HAIR RIBBONS ARE TO BE NEATLY TIED AT ALL TIMES.
ATTENTION. THIS IS A REMINDER TO MALE ELEVENS THAT OBJECTS ARE NOT TO BE REMOVED FROM THE RECREATION AREA AND THAT SNACKS ARE TO BE EATEN, NOT HOARDED
You know the Ten who lives around the corner?
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Here is a link with the Plot Overview: http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/giver/summary.html
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Reading the Plot Overview, the emphasis of the book is on AGE, especially age Twelve, so I would say the number Five refers to age, as well as a system of classifying the citizens of this Utopian society (but with the twist at the end.. is it really Utopian)? :-) Regardless, if you are translating this into Arabic, the word for number 5 should do. Shukran! :-)
More references to numbers (age).
"W'hen you're an Eight and start your volunteer hours, you can try some at the Nurturing Center," Mother suggested.
A quick read (ingoring the typos) suggests that this civilization uses numbers to refer to their population (maybe a futuristic society)??
The text refers to other numbers such as Ten and Nine and seems to refer to age.
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Note added at 17 mins (2006-05-23 12:47:15 GMT)
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The numbers could refer to age or just an identification for the classes / types of people in this society. Other examples of numbers in the text (I corrected the typos):
ATTENTION. THIS IS A REMINDER TO FEMALES UNDER NINE THAT HAIR RIBBONS ARE TO BE NEATLY TIED AT ALL TIMES.
ATTENTION. THIS IS A REMINDER TO MALE ELEVENS THAT OBJECTS ARE NOT TO BE REMOVED FROM THE RECREATION AREA AND THAT SNACKS ARE TO BE EATEN, NOT HOARDED
You know the Ten who lives around the corner?
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Note added at 23 mins (2006-05-23 12:53:42 GMT)
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Here is a link with the Plot Overview: http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/giver/summary.html
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Note added at 32 mins (2006-05-23 13:02:37 GMT)
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Reading the Plot Overview, the emphasis of the book is on AGE, especially age Twelve, so I would say the number Five refers to age, as well as a system of classifying the citizens of this Utopian society (but with the twist at the end.. is it really Utopian)? :-) Regardless, if you are translating this into Arabic, the word for number 5 should do. Shukran! :-)
More references to numbers (age).
"W'hen you're an Eight and start your volunteer hours, you can try some at the Nurturing Center," Mother suggested.
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Rachel Vanarsdall
: yes I think that's right - wish my kids were home, they both read this for school
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Thanks. I see now... it's from the book The Giver
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Alison Jenner
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Mara Ballarini
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a (fictional) social classification
You would have to read the original book (The Giver) to understand specifically what this means. It's probably some sort of hierarchical social classification in the fictional society of the novel.
Discussion
I have a problem posting the first link, please type "chastise lily" in google and view the first TWO results, they should be two links containing the extract.
http://english.byu.edu/Novelinks/reading strategies/The Give...
http://itss229.ed.psu.edu/k-12/units/giver/chap3.html