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Summary: Jonas has to make a decision that can change his community.
Review: This book was a great book. The intensity and realism of the book made me want to read and read and read. There was something about the book that didn't make it so mickey mousy. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to have a good laugh.
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Summary: The Book "The Giver"
Review: was not way beyond expectations. It was based on a utopian society, without feelings. Only the Receiver of Memory and The Giver knows the truth from the past. Now Jonas, the Receiver of Memory, has had enough. Without feelings its not worth living. He's on his way through elsewhere in search for a place where people have memories and there's no turning back. I like the way the book was told, but the ending wasn't bad or good, in the middle rather.
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Summary: A great book that makes you think about a perfect future
Review: I felt that it was a cool book and was very creative. I now feel that I can appreciate my life more, because I know how much worse it could be. I liked it becasue it was original and now I know how bad our past and present are very painful and this is going to effect our future generations. It taught me that we should try to make our environment a better place for us and the people of the next generation. I alos liked the ending because it left you hanging. Some people don't appreciate that, but I do because it can leave the rest to your imagination.
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Summary: A book that made us realize what we didn't appreciate
Review: We thought these people were completely satisfy with ignorance because they just did everything they were told to do and had no idea what they were missing. We liked that the author introduced to us a whole different view point of what a Utopian society is.
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Summary: It's a good book about a utopian society.
Review: I feel this book is very interesting. You can't get bored of it, not even if you read it many times. It shows you a perfect community probably in the future. Once you start reading it you can't stop. This book is so interesting because it has adventure and surprising scenes. It has a very surprising ending wich will leave you stunned. I sort of liked the ending. I liked the way the author describes everything with lots of details, and it's really fun.
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Summary: We felt it was a great story, it had adventure and mystery.
Review: The book was great. It had two major genres...mystery and adventure. I think that the ending was very disapointing. I wish you could give a little more information. But in the other hand, I could make up another one and invent it in my head. We think that it is one of the best books in the world, and it is certainly one of our favorites.
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Summary: A suspense filled novel that leaves you full of thoughts.
Review: This book really makes you think about how we treat our world because even though the community in The Giver seems very different it actually isn't. We liked the way the book brings up points you normallym don't think about. It makes you think in a different way.
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Summary: It was a book that brings out the best in people.
Review: I really liked this book, however I felt that there were some parts that were too vague. This took away from the development of the scenery and overall plot. I thought this because the story did not have much description about the scenery so every time there was anything about scenery it was amazing, but there was not enough detail for a person to be able to imagine what the place looked like in her mind. On the other hand the overall story was wonderful the characters were well developed and the suspense was well created. Like the memory of the poachers and the elephant and the elephant's mate. Another example would be the memory of warfare.
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Summary: a very good book
Review: "The Giver" was one of the most unique books I've ever read. It's somewhat like a folklore with a story that's based on a society that isn't real. The people in the controled community are like robots with no variation and no feelings. Since the people in the community chose not to have feelings, they gave the responsibility of carrying everyone's feelings to a chosen one such as Jonas and The Giver.The "shared rememberence" between Jonas and The Giver resembles a fortune teller showing someone's future or a witch implanting images or thoughts into a person's head. Over all I thought the book was great and I recommend it to everyone and not just young adults.
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Summary: An excellent book, I can't even begin to describe it.
Review: The Giver was an extraordinary book of a boy named Jonas and how he learned much from memories of the past. Jonas lives in a perfect community where everyone is the same and there is a guarantee for a safe life. Your jobs are picked for you, as well as your spouse, dwelling and children. Jonas was selected at a special ceremony to be the receiver of memory. What this title means is that Jonas receives memories of the past in order to advise the councel on important decisions. From these memories Jonas learns of different times when things weren't so perfect. And he decides that he must try to make the world like that again.
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