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The speaker contrasts honor with power, saying they are not the same thing. The line suggests that having honor does not automatically give someone control over others. It also implies that power and moral worth can be separate qualities.
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About Lois Lowry
American writer
Lois Ann Lowry is an American writer best known for her books for children and young adults. Her work includes The Giver Quartet, Number the Stars, the Anastasia series, and Rabble Starkey. She is noted for taking on difficult subject matter in writing for younger readers, often through dystopian settings and other complex themes. Her books have reached a wide audience across children’s and young adult literature.
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Books by Lois Lowry
The Giver
1999
Number the Stars
2003
Gathering Blue
2001
Messenger (The Giver #3)
2004
Anastasia Krupnik
1995