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Summary: This Book is THE BEST book I have ever read
Review: Lois Lowry is an exceptional writer. Many of her books, including The Giver carry a deeper meaning than the actual story presents. I found The Giver to be a book that really explains what a society would be like without the capability to feel emotion, or change. This book is an EXCELLENT book for a book report, (contrary to another review) because it gives the child a chance to think and really get the deeper meaning of the book. I would give it six stars if I could.
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Summary: Cool!!
Review: I loved the giver!! It was one of the best books that I have read and I have read alot of books, Believe me!! So please if you haven't read it yet... Just Do It!!!!!
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Summary: The best book I ever read!
Review: Very good book, awsome plot, good expression of feeling. VERY good book, recomend reading.
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Summary: What a great book, none the better as it goes with this one.
Review: This is a great book that I liked a lot, infact I have read it more then one time. Each time it gets better and better. It has a childish appeal in the type of writing I like. You will enjoy this book too. Just try it.
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Summary: This is a great book
Review: The Giver is a book that is about a child growing up in a place that is totally shut out to the rest of the world and because it is that means that all the people in this town have rules and regulations to follow but if you call that folklore than I have always had the wrong definition because I thought that folklore was a set of stories that people base their lives on. But in another aspect it is folklore because the way the people in the communtiy live is all based on the way things used to be so yes The Giver is an apppropriate book for the study of folklore it makes a person think real hard and wonder does this book fit the desciption of folklore and that has to me judged by the reader. I believe this is an excellent book to read if you want your mind to wander because I know mine sure did.
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Summary: This book shines a new light on life and it's possibilities.
Review: THE GIVER gives the reader an insight on lifes possibilities and questions the power of authority. Lois Lowry uses her incredible creativity a whole new world in which her charecters live. The society has rules and regulations that everyone must live and abide by or they will be "released" from the community. This is a heart touching story of a young boy and his quest for truth and freedom from the harsh judgements of his life. I would recommend this book to every age because it includes creativity for the young ones and a strong and complex sense of understanding and wit for adults. This is one of my favorit books and I Promise it will be one of yours too.
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Summary: THIS IS A GREAT BOOK!
Review: My 5th grade teacher read this book to our class, I soon bought it. It's soo great! I think people should read some of it. I couldn't get my hand off of it!
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Summary: I liked it.
Review: In the tradition of "Brave New World" and "1984", Lois Lowry changes from her mood from a very funny book writer to make her one and only science fiction book - and her best."The Giver" suggests the wonders and horrors of a Utopia. Jonas, the main character, when he becomes twelve, is assigned the absolutely most important role in his Community. It is to receive memories from an older man. No one else has memories. They look up to him for advice. At the end of the book, Jonas and the older man, The Giver, decide they need to share memories, and Jonas leaves the Community. When the Receiver leaves the Community, the whole Community begins to experience memories, and everyone goes crazy. Jonas's journey is to Elsewhere. No one in the Community knows what Elsewhere is, but Jonas finds out that Elsewhere is what we live in, not the dull, boring Utopian society Jonas is used to. Straight forward, "The Giver" is, by far, the most influential book I've ever read. From my point of view, it shows that if we don't change our ways to good, they'll be changed for us - for good. We also learn that a perfect life is definately not perfect by the standards of an un-perfect society, and that the only way everything will be perfect by both standards is when we are in Heaven. I encourage you to read this book. By the page number, you will think it's a children's book, but by the book, you will be influenced like you never thought possible by a book.
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Summary: Very interesting book
Review: I thought the Giver was a very interesting book, which I wouldn't mind reading again. By reading the book it made me realize that there are people who have it worst than I. I am glad that I live in a society which gives me choices and freedom. The book to me was a little sad though because nobody had choices. You weren't even a loud to pick your future spouse. They wouldn't even let you go into a future career that you were interested in. They picked it for you. The book though was good I think.
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Summary: A chilling narrative on the true nature of freedom
Review: In a society where pain, fear, and emotion have been deleted, one person known as the Receiver holds the collective memories of mankind. Now Jonas, a happy twelve year old, has been chosen to take the position of the Receiver. As Jonas learns more about the way humanity used to be, he comes to the realization that no society, no matter how well ordered and efficient, can compete with true feeling. He sees the hypocrisy and coldness with which his world operates, and cannot stand it. Now, he must find a way to bring emotion back to the world. And he will do it, even if it means doing the unthinkable. Lois Lowry has created a world that is so well ordered that it runs with little trouble. Much like the society that Adulous Huxley created in Brave New World, these people have given up the freedom to feel in favor of order and control. The Giver's society is completely socialistic, and this helps create a feeling of familiarity with our world. Lowry's commentary on socialist society helps us address the question of how anybody could live without personal freedoms. The Giver makes it easy to see how one could atrophy in a society which produces ease, simply submitting in favor of a good job and easy life over uncertainty. Because of this, Lowry's book succeeds beyond the likes of 1984, because her society seems close enough to be frightening. After all, a society caused by a collective submission could occur much easier than one caused by the worldwide takeover of a government force.
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