The Giver

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Summary: conformity of the community
Review: Jonas community is different from our common society. They stress the conformity and sameness. They will receive the assignment at 12 age, and they should follow the assignment which was arranged each other. They don't know common thing like color, snow, pain, war and so on, because the community is very specially. Jonas would be able to receive the Receiver from the ceremony at 12 age, and he trained by the Giver. At the end of the story, Jonas leaves to the community with his brother who has same color eyes with Jonas. I hate the rule in the story because it interfere their freedom and choice for the future. In addition, they don't care death; moreover, they think the death is the real release So, I opposite to the side of the story. However, it might be right the community is perfect society. There are not any difference between people like poverty and rich, idiot and genius. If they don't know another society, they will be live very perfectly. I impress the part of training about Christmas. Jonas considered the family and love at there. It is one of the emotions, but in the community, their family is not real, and it is also already decided by community. They have a birth mother separately. The book is very differently other fiction, and I think about the common our society again, and I can remind the material who settled in the present because of the story.

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Summary: oh gosh, what a book.
Review: My goodness, I read this magnificent piece of art in grade 8...It is just such a beautiful, splendid book, I urge anyone of any age to read this, it's so pure, it is...It is just one of the most incredable books I have read and is something very sentimental to me, and hopefully to future readers. It's on my top ten list for best books for young readers! Read it. You won't regret it, take my word.

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Summary: What the giver gives to us
Review: The giver show to us kind of perfect world. There are some propositions in the book for to show perfect world. Firstly, everything is under control such as, there is no war or fear or pain even if, no feeling. Secondly, every person is assigned a role in the community when the person turns twelve. Jonas who is the protagonist in the book is assigned a role which is the giver. The giver is the only person who can feel the fear, pain, and so on. There are some reasons why I like this book. For example, the author¡¯s imagination that there is no feeling in the perfect is very interesting and funny. Moreover, the author describes the perfect world very specific with detail. That was stimulated my imagination. In addition, the author analyzes the perfect world very efficiently. This book is very useful for stimulating your imagination. I strongly recommend this book for you.

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Summary: How sad
Review: My step daughter had to read this book for school. How sad that we give medals to books that have no message other than that of a liberal perfect world. I found this book very depressing and not edifiying in any way. My wife and I read the book and can't believe that there isnt't a more positive book that the schools can promote. How sad.

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Summary: the best book ever written
Review: Personally, ever since reading this book in 4th grade I have loved it. it shows true emotion, speaks of struggles that are understandable, and provokes thought. This book is amazing in that there is no way you can read this and not take something out of it. I have read it at least 5 times and am still wanting to read it over and over. this book teaches me so much about life, and the value of what we have. it made me happy to know that i live in a "functional" (compared to disfunctional.. the way they live) community! i would definitely reccomend this book to any age, any gender, any time! this is my all-time favorite book!!!

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Summary: Review of Giver
Review: This is an amazing story of a world in "sameness". Jonas thinks about why and how things work, and tries to understand it all. They way that Jonas slowly discovers things that we normally take for granted, i.e.: color, hills/valleys, sunlight, and smell, its all very thrilling and exciting. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes a good adventure, or to someone who likes to read about heroes. Jonas definitely has an act of heroism.

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Summary: Give Me More Giver!
Review: Lois Lowry hits another one out of the park with THE GIVER. She gives us a wonderful taste of how boring life would be if we were all the same and had life decisions made for us. The community is as boring as watching coal turning to diamonds, basically sameness.
The book was done so well as Lowry out does her self this time while portraying a boy with a lost soul. Jonas (main character) is growing up in a world of no terror or fear, no hunger. Until he is given the job assignment as Receiver of Memory, he likes the life. As he sees all of these wonderful things that were before, he panics. This is easily understandable. If I were living in this world of no love or color or memory I would panic if I saw memories of holidays and love. He is too stressed, so he runs off to a journey of self-discovery.

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Summary: understanding how a "perfect society" works
Review: The Giver is a book that makes you think. It demonstrates how revolutionary thoughts come to mind in a society where you are constantly watched and told what to do. The Giver demonstrates a utopian society in which everyone follows the rules, and no one knows of anything different. The people of this city do not feel pain, or have emotions. People of the society live without having their own opinion, and can not demonstrate how they feel in any way. The people live with no purpose but to do their assigned role in the community.

I feel this books plot and setting are a masterpiece. If you want to understand how a utopian society should work, it should help you understand how different societies could work; besides the capitalistic society we live in today. The story will helps visualize a perspective of a utopian society, and can bring out flaws in such a society. It helps to understand political problems within such a government. Overall the story just helps in one to think better, and broaden knowledge of how a society can work. This book broadened my view on society where everything is perfect, but it also showed me such a society could only work if the citizens feel no pain, or emotions. To me it demonstrated how a perfect society like Marxism, cannot work in our world, because people do have emotions, and do want to voice their own opinion. I recommend The Giver to young children, because it is an easy to understand the story. I also recommend it to adults, because they can take the story's message on step further and give one a new perspective.

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Summary: Odd, though enjoyable
Review: Lois Lowery- I thought- had a very good writing ability and could make you see yourself like you where right in the character's shoes. Like many other books that she's written, the story tells itself well- but there's just a bit of a problem. The story itself (just in general) is really WEIRD! First of all the boy in the story where it takes place lives in this whole metropolis of people who are consistantly apologizing an speaking very good english, and are completly and totally brain-washed by the "rules." But also in an intresting sort of again weird way the whole entire story kind of wraps itself around the main focus of the story leaving you or the reader dazed and confused but yet at the same time, charmed and delighted.

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Summary: The Giver bites
Review: Jonas never knew that there was more out there. In the book The Giver by Lois Lowry, the main character Jonas lives in a totally controlled society, it is so controlled they can't even see color. In this story, the government controls everything. I do not like this book because it is written in a very formal style. Besides that, I think others might like this book because it is an interesting idea for a story.
This book is about a boy named Jonas whose life is totally changed when he turns thirteen. He gets a very special job. Because of his job, he gets emotional. He can see colors and he can know the pain of the past. This job is unique because only one person is chosen for it. After a couple of months working he realizes what a terrible world he lives in and decides to go elsewhere to change his life.
This book is written in a formal way that middle school kids might not understand. All the characters talk in a really stiff way. For instance, when Asher speaks angrily to Jonas, he then says "I apologize for not paying you the respect you deserve." The language is hard to read, and this makes the book it confusing. There are common terms, like "released", that seem unfamiliar because they are used in a different way than I am used to. The type of dialogue the author uses makes the book hard to read.
I would recommend this book for people who do not like action. This book is very slow. After I had read four two weeks, nothing had happened. I prefer book that are exiting like when you get into something right away. The story however had an interesting. Them that might interest some people.
I seriously did not like this book. The dialog was confusing and it was incredibly slow. If there was a bit more action, I might have liked it. However just because I did not like this book, does not mean you will not.