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Summary: It still Haunts me to This Very Day
Review: I've read my share of books day in and day out of my life but few stay with me like Lois Lowry's "The Giver." I first picked it up in fifth grade and never understood it leading me to buy a copy and re-reading it to see what I missed. Little did I know it turned out more haunting the more times I read it.The title character Jonas goes through a rollarcoaster ride in this novel that even adults should read as well. Imagine living in a "negative society" like that of 1984, this book does just that again but everything is more controlled. Imagine having no pain, no true feelings, no love, and this books strips you clean and makes you proud of the world you live in today. The ending is left unexplained like my weekly "X-Files" and left for the reader to decide what really happens. The books is sad, I've read it at least 8 times now, and I'm 17 years old. This is how much this book has molded me into a greater person. No doubt if you pick up this book it *will* change your life.
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Summary: The Giver A HORRIBLE great book
Review: My 7th grade class is currently reading the giver by Lois Lowry. The setting is in a futuristic perfect community. As a child, the members of the community are observed by a comity and their jobs are selected for them. The main character in this book, Jonas, is selected to be the receiver of memory. Jonas no longer has to follow the rules of the community. He has the most important job in the entire community. He goes through strenuous training to absorb the information that his tutor, the giver, is passing to him. He is a very important person to have in the community because if something bad was about to happen he could warn them of what happened before. The wording in the book is very difficult to understand. It takes a lot of thinking to understand the concepts in this book. This book is supposed to portray a perfect world but I think that the community is far from perfect. Everything in the community is based on sameness. This means that there are no advances and no differences among people. I think a world like that would be very boring because you would wake up every day and know what was going to happen. There is very little change in the daily schedule. A major reason why I think this wasn't a very good book is because the author's idea of a perfect world isn't mine. I gave this book two out of five star for three simple reasons. First of all I didn't agree with her idea of a perfect world. Jonas's world is far from anything that I would consider perfect. Secondly, I didn't think this book was very interesting. I had trouble reading more than two chapters at a time because the concepts of the book bored me. And lastly, I disliked the ending. I can't tell you about it but if you read this book after my review you will probably agree with my opinion of the ending. I would recommend this book only to those who like slow reading books.
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Summary: Best Book I've Ever Read
Review: This book was awesome! If you liked the Matrix, you'll love this. The time where no weather, disease, or starvation can harm you, young Jonas is faced with a difficult challenge. His decision will decide the future of the world. You must read it to find out, and it is worth it to wait. Trust me, best book you'll ever read.
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Summary: A good dystopia style book
Review: This book is similar to many of the anti-utopias such as Orwell's 1984, Zamyatin's We, and Huxley's Brave New World. This book is targetted more at younger audiences than the other anti-utopias, but it is still a very interesting book. It is about what life is like when you have escaped from freedom in the name of happiness. Much like We, the people in this community of sameness are proud to have surrendered differences and freedoms, because noone has ever been as consistently happy as them. If you like The Giver you should definetely also read We and probably some other dystopias as well.
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Summary: Please! Read this book.
Review: This was an excellent book. In the beginning, it seemed as though Jonas lived in a perfect world and yet there was a feeling that something about it was wrong. This book made me realize that while being the same as everyone else can cut down on prejudice and disagreements, one can't have any spirit of individuality. This book is a must read!
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Summary: A truly unforgetable novel with a captivating theme
Review: I am 12 years old and simply love "The Giver". I began reading the book as a leasure activity before my amazing teacher decided to do a unit on the book by reading it aloud to the class. I admit, it was even better the 2nd time around! [if possible] I began my book report on the book with the simple scentance: "Jonas lived in a world without choices. A celestial community, a utopian society." My report went on including the basic plot about how after the ceremony of 12, Jonas discovers that he is different from the others in his community and how he began his training with the Giver. Anyways, I won't go on because there is soooo much in this book that I cannot fit into 1,000 words. So all in all, I am simply agog by the content of "The Giver" and thuroughly congratulate Ms. Lowry's fine work.
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Summary: Newbery's finest
Review: Welcome to the ideal world: a world without conflict, poverty, unemployment, injustice or inequality. Welcome to the annual Ceremony of Twelves. Each 12 year-old receives a life assignment by the elders. Jonas is selected to be the Receiver of Memory, this assignment was last given 10 years ago, and the youngster failed miserably. Will Jonas fail asd this awesome task? He meets The Giver, an elderly man who gives Jonas his memories of the past. Jonas learns about snow and sunshine, he learns about color and most importantly he learns about love. Which way of life is better? The old life has pain, yet a life without pain holds no joy. I'm never shocked at the reviews of this book...it is easy to see age of the reviewers, especially when they write..." what a dumb book, who could imagine a world without color." I just hope at some point these young folks will return to and read this book...it's magical and one that will last forever.
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Summary: Lois Lowry writes a great book
Review: The Giver is a great book which you most likely have heard people talk about. It is a suspensful book which you won't want to miss. The main character of the book, Jonas, lives in a community where EVERYTHING is controlled by the government. THere is an endless list of rules which every citizen of the community has to follow every second of the day. There is one rule in which every child that bocomes twelve is given a job for the community. Every adult was assigned one when they were twelve. There were jobs like the Nurturer of Babies, THe speaker, and so on. When Jonas is assigned his job, you will not believe what it is. His job (like all jobs) needs special training. His training is painful at some times, and joyful at others. Then, Jonas accidently gives something that can be harmful to a baby, Gabriel. Then, Jonas, and the person Jonas receives training from for his job, plan an escape that breaks tons of the community rules. What is Jonas's job? What is the plan? Read this wonderful book to find out.
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Summary: My class and I certainly did not like this book.
Review: Okay, my teacher assigned the whole class to read this book, The Giver, and the kids who were able to actually read the whole book, didn't like it. Maybe we are a class who just doesn't like science fiction books, or maybe the book wasn't that good. But a lot of people did enjoy the book, so it isn't the latter. The book was just too weird. Creative? Yes. Well- written? Yes. Boring? Heck yea' ! Jona's world is a world without color, a lot of technolodgy is missing, feeling, and just about everything good and bad of life is gone. Everyone is assigned a job. There are the birthing people, the doctors, etc. But Jona's job is the job of the highly respected Giver. The older Giver gives the kid feeling, and what it is like in the real world. Plus, the ending was so confusing. NO one understood it. There were too many questions not answered in the book. However, many people obviously loved the book, and some just didn't. If this sounds like your kind of book, buy the Giver. And if this review sounds like something you would write, then don't buy the book.
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Summary: socialist "utopia"
Review: This is one of the BEST children's books I have ever read for exposing the sick reality of what a socialistic society would be (the "ideal", could it actually be reached). I recommend it HIGHLY.
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