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Summary: The Perfect Community
Review: Jonas is almost twelve. Being twelve is a big event in his community. When he turns twelve he will be assigned his role at a Ceremony. Jonas's community does this in ordedr to create a sense of structure and utopia, a perfect world with no war, pain, or fear. However, in addition to this no one is allowed to feel emotion or make choices for themselves. Everything is given to them, even a husband or wife and children.Jonas's big day arrives when his name is about to be called and his role discovered, but the strangest thing happens, his name has been skipped. Never in all the ceremonies hes watched has anyone ever been skipped. Jonaswent on to discover that he had reacieved a very special job, The Reciever of Memory. The person who recieves all the emotion of the real world so noone else has to. Read this book to figure out how Jonas handles his new role in the community. This book is a great one for those who enjoy suspense. Its immpossible to put this book down!
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Summary: outstanding
Review: A "Brave New World" for the junior set, "The Giver" tells the story of a young boy who is forced to choose between living in a utopia or gaining knowledge at the price of pain and disillusionment from the people he loves. Of course, all is not "perfect" in the boy's world, but its inhabitants live free of uncertainty. If pain or fear are felt, it is only very briefly, there is always something to alleviate them. Had he not been chosen as his community's "Receiver" the main character might have gone on living forever unaware of the sacrifices his people have made in order to gain this painless world. How he comes to terms with what he has been "missing" and journeys toward a deeper understanding, is the main plot of this book. The ending will make you feel as if you've been dropped off a cliff, but the next two books in this trilogy will tell you what becomes of this character.
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Summary: One of a kind
Review: In a near perfect community where color is not seen, pain is not felt, and everyone lives to be the same age; Jonas a Twelve is cosen to be the Receiver of Memory. Memories from the past when pain and love was felt by all. When Jonas has received nearly all the memories, he does something no one in the community has ever done or knows about.
Lois Lowry tells an amazing story in this book. This book is probably my favorite I have ever read before. There is know other book quite like this one. I reach out to everyone to read this excellent writen book.
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Summary: it changed my life!!!
Review: This book is the best i've ever read! It really changed my whole life! Cause of the book and its message, i found the sense of my life! I am so happy, that i can see colours and that i have feelings, and emotions. I prefer our to the receivers one, i prefer pain to never have been loved by anyone.
now, i am the happiest human alive,
love to all of you!
your ruth
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Summary: A good school book
Review: We read this book in our English lessons. At first it was difficult to understand but after a while we couldn't stop reading. We were fascinated how our future might be. It was difficult to imagine living without feelings and being totally equal. The book gave us an impulse to think about our life and we realized how great ordinary things like snow, sunshine, colours and feelings, of course, are.
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Summary: A good choice
Review: We recently read this book at school. First it was a little bit difficult to understand, but later we really enjoyed reading it. Although the story is very unrealistic, the novel is interesting for "not fantasy-fans", too.
The novel is about a boy called Jonas, who lives in a world without colours, feelings, music, animals, etc. One day Jonas is selected as the new receiver which means that he gets all the memories from the past. And now everything changes. Jonas gets to know all feeling and colours and he wants to make all people share these memories. But that sounds easier than it is...
Start reading the book and you will never want to end!
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Summary: A Book you should NOT read!!
Review: I first read this book at age 9. On first glance it is a good, intersting book. If you read a little farther, it is a morbid trip into a land without color or compassion. There is no puberty, no love, no anger- therefore, nothing to make you sympathize with the kind of stupid Jonas.
This book made me cry. People die when they reach a certain age or are too light for this world of supposed ideals. But they don't just die- they are murdered.
The Giver was too much of a moody character for you to really, truly feel for. The best part of the book was Lily, Jonas' little sister. The end with Gabriel was over-the-top and pointless. While I love the Anastasia books by Lois Lowry, she needs a few lessons in good science-fiction endings.
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Summary: My Favorite with a Sad Ending
Review: This book has been my favorite sad book for a long time. I reread it a few years ago. I think I realized something very important to the book: Jonas, Gabe, and the Giver die. I thought this because jonas reverted to his favorite memory as he died, and since Gabe was with him, he died as well. When it spoke of Jonas faintly hearing music comeng from where he had been (the community), I think it meant that the Giver had died as well and that meant that Jonas also got to receive the memory of music.
This sad ending made me think. For me, the book did not end there, it was merely a beginning.
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Summary: THE GIVER
Review: In my opinion the novel "The Giver" by Lois Lowry has a fantastic content.
The novel is about a twelve-year-old boy Jonas, who lives in a strange community.
In this community there're several ceremonies, which icluded different advantages. I'm really fascinated by the secrets in the "perfect" community that you can find out if you read this book.
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Summary: A good read in class
Review: The Giver is a good choice for reading in class since it is written in quite an understandable language and contains a lot of helpful annotations.
I personally wouldn't have read this book outside school. I found it boring and not interesting to read. The story is confusing and ends too suddenly.
I would have wanted the Auther to continue the book a bit more to find out how the community develops.
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