A Reading Guide to the Giver (Scholastic Bookfiles)

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Summary: Superb
Review: The book tells a village, no wrong word, it's community, which everything is "Sameness", that means everything is the same. The people there can't see color, nor feel any feelings. There is this child, Jonas, which been select to be a Receiver of Memory. The Giver, which was the previous receiver giver Jonas memory of feelings, color, and pain. But, Jonas felt alone by having the power, he wanted to share the feelings. Then he made one with the Giver. I'm not going to tell you the rest. I want you to find out the unexpected ending.

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Summary: Sameness is not a virtue
Review: The most peculiar book that I really enjoyed is entitled The Giver by Lois Lowry. The Giver is about a boy named Jonas whose world is perfect. Everything is under control. There is no war or fear or pain. There are no choices. Every person is assigned a role in the community. When Jonas turns twelve, he is singled out to receive special training from the giver. The giver alone holds the memories of the true pain and of life. Now it's time for Jonas to receive and hear with the truth. This will cause a problem that Jonas cannot turn back on. Some of the things I learned from this book are that many people share fear and pain in the real world. But no one forces the pain on one person or another because that is selfish and cruel. However that is exactly what the members of the community forced on Jonas and the giver, which is completely wrong. I would recommend this excellent book to readers who are interested in weird, complicated, and different books. If I could compare this book to another such as The Pearl, I would rank them the same because they both were excellent books that I really enjoyed.

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Summary: I enjoyed reading The Giver with my class
Review: Being a teacher at a Bavarian grammar school, I know that it is not always easy to find class reading material that inspire both teacher and students. As "The Giver" was recommended by a colleague of mine, I suggested the book to my eleventh class. They are in their seventh year of English and it was their first English novel. I had the impression that my students were really fascinated by "The Giver". They were always well-informed about its content and speculated eagerly about remaining open questions. I can only recommend this book to other teachers who teach English as a foreign language. With the language being easy to understand, students don't lose track of the plot. In addition to that, the book never got boring, neither to me nor to my students. To all my fellow colleagues: Give it a try, you won't regret it!

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Summary: Why The Giver is a Good Book
Review: The Giver is a book that stimulates the imagination and makes kids and adults realize how lucky they are to be able to make their own choices. In the book the community makes all the choices. The main character thinks this is wrong. He leaves the community to do something about it. I think the book is only for fifth graders and older because the younger children would not understand the plot.

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Summary: Book Review on the Giver
Review: If you want to read a wonderful novel choose to read "The Giver." At times this excellant book might seen out of this world, but it shows many descriptions of our world. The book features a boy named Jonas who is stuck in a world of sameness. This community is banded from many of the beautiful daily happenings of life. The members of the community cannot see colors or even feel different emotions. You are set into age groups by what year you were born in and do not have birthdays. After you turn twelve and you have received your assignment your assignment for and occupation you don't keep track of your age at all! Jonas is having a great life with his friends Asher and Fiona until he becomes a twelve and receives his assignment of receiver of memory. Slowly his friendships start to disappear as Jonas gathers restrictions given to him from his rules for his occupation like being able to lie. Jonas starts to see colors such as red and orange while even more come to him everyday for he has the power to "see beyond." Jonas goes to the old receiver of memory or now known as the Giver to receive his training. The Giver gives Jonas many memories of joy and happiness, but is also forced to give him memories of fear and pain. As Jonas learns more about the life in Elsewhere the more eager he becomes to travel to Elsewhere no matter how far he must travel. If you want to find the ending of this book you will have to read this novel. "The Giver" is a novel that should be shared for many generations to come.

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Summary: My Giver Review
Review: The Giver is a pretty good book to read. I recommend it for advanced readers so that they understand it. It is about a boy named Jonas who has an important job. He is the Reciever of Memory. Jonas recieves memories that his Community never saw. There are a few things that the Community doesn't have that Jonas saw before. There is one bad part. The book describes a release. Overall, The Giver is an okay book.

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Summary: Book Review on the Giver
Review: I thought the Giver is a really good book because it was exciting to read. This book is about a boy who lives in a perfect world. He gets the most important job in his community which is Reciever of Memory. It is his job to keep these memories until a new Reciever is chosen. I would recommend this book to read because it is very exiciting.

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Summary: THE GIVER
Review: The Giver is an excellent book. It is not the best book for younger readers. I did not understand it at first. Then I got with the picture. It is about a young boy who is about to get his job. Then he finds out he has the most important job in the community. He is told he would receive extreme pain. He was very worried until he started. It turned out he just had to receive memories. Some were very painful. He turns out enjoying it. It is a confusing, but excellent book. I think older people would like it. I really enjoyed it.

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Summary: The Giver
Review: I do not think the book "The Giver" was a good book. I do not like how the community was controlled. The book takes place in the future but there technology is not any more advanced than today.It was odd how they released the elderly and the newborns.It was heartless how they released people.I thought it was wrong. It was a somewhat interesting book but I DO NOT recommend it.

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Summary: Giver Review
Review: I think that the Giver is a good book. I would give it a three out five. It is about a perfect world. You can't get hurt and you have no feelings. You can not pick your job, you are assigned one. If you are the Reciever of memory you can have feelings and you can get hurt. I think that the Giver is a good book. It is for more advanced readers because sometimes it is hard to understand.