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Summary: I don't know what to think about this book.
Review: The Giver by Lois Lowry was captivating and interesting through out it's content. The setting is familiar, yet not, and so it kind of makes you use your head to figure out just exactly what is going on. The main characters are interesting enough but towards the end they get to be redundant. The plot left a little something to be desired too. I was very disapointed at the ending, to me it was a let down. I read this book in three days and it wasn't a big waste of my time. I liked it a whole lot better when I was in the middle of it though, then I just couldn't put it down. Latter I got to the ending and it was very disappointing. It left me with a bad taste in my mouth so to speak. Read it for yourself and let me know what you think, obviously not every one has the same thoughts as me on this book.
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Summary: The Giver shows us how important memories are
Review: The Giver by. Lois LowryThe Giver shows us that memories are important to all individuals and societies. In the book the community that Jonas live in is strictly controlled by a group of elders. The citizens have very little decision making to do, all aspects of everyday life is controlled for them, in the book it was called "Sameness". Everything was the same because the citizens had no memories of what life was like before they converted their life to "Sameness". These memories help people perceive the world and without them they are not really experiencing a fulfilling life. Jonas found this out after he had been passed on memories by the Giver, he realized that his life had not been whole and fulfilling without "first generation memories". Memories play and important part in a culture because they make each culture distinct. In the book the culture that Jonas lived in did not differ very much from the other communities in the surrounding area. Part of a culture is its folklore and stories of that kind and these stories are passed on from one generation after another, there is no such passing on of information to the next generation in the book and this creates somewhat of a separation of each generation, even though the citizens do not realize this. Folklore give a culture color and wholeness and since part of folklore is memory the society in the book did not have the color and wholeness since there was no memories that were not "first generation", there was no color and wholeness in the community.
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Summary: i did not understand it too well
Review: can anyone help me with the ending... did the people thingk that he was dead....? but then he went back ...what happened?
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Summary: The Giver was a very enjoyable novel.
Review: The Giver made me realize what a totally controlled society could be like. The Giver is really a moving book, that make speople realize how much pressure someone can be under. It is placed in the future, when everything is controlled by the Elders. People no longer see color. And there are so many rules, I would want to run away.
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Summary: This book was GREAT, EXELLENT, SUPER!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: This is the best book I've ever read! I think that everyone, adults and children, should have the chance to read this book. At first it may be a little confusing but once you get into it you can't put it down! I've read this book three times and each time it is just as good as the first. I highly recomend this book to anyone and everyone. IT'S GREAT!!
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Summary: One of my Favorite Books!!!
Review: The Giver is really one of the best books I have ever read. It is about a boy who lives in a world with no feelings, no color, no happines or pain. It tells about his quest to bring life back to his "community" and how he learns on the way. The Giver is full of inner meanings, if you like books like that, and makes you think deeply about what you're reading. I highly reccommend this fabulous book to anyone who likes powerful, meaningful books, that also are suspenseful and enjoyable to read.
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Summary: This book kept my students up all night.
Review: This book turned students who did not like to read into readers!
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Summary: A great but a bit strange book
Review: The giver in cludes the the characters jonas his friend asher, sister lilly and his mom, dad and the giver along w/Gabe
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Summary: Cold comfort, wan hopes
Review: I read this book because it is on my daughter*s reading list for school; once I glanced at it, I was hooked--had to get to the end. What I found was a sad, safe, uneventful world where no mistakes would ever be made. No mistakes, because there were really no choices to make at all; as Jonas, our protagonist learns, choices are forbidden *because people might choose WRONG.* The result? A peaceful world of health and plenty, wherein all might fulfill thier potential, where bigotry and violence have been eliminated, where humans live in perfect balnce with themselves and nature. The cost? Any differences, no matter how slight. Even color had been all but phased out. Apologies must always be accepted for even the smallest disruption, and all those who even remotely threaten or weaken the careful social order are *released*, which tranlates into being killed, as Jonas discovers. He learns all this from the Giver, an old man charged with retaining all the messy things such as emotions, mistakes, sorrows. This is ultimately a sad book, as the full ramifications of the carefully balanced world unfold in the telling; even such harmless things as grandparents, twins, pets, and candles have had to be phased out, in the name of public welfare. Only the Giver is allowed/entrusted to bear the dangerous burden of Mistakes. In the end Jonas has to decide between his lauded position as the Giver*s apprentice--and of saving the life of an *unfit* baby he has come to love. I find the ending frustrating-- Jonas and his *brother* set out for the mythical Elsewhere, only to be lost in the snow. Though Lowry envokes the power of memories she does not resolve the tale either way, i.e. either with Jonas* death and subsequent release of the pent-up years of memories into the general populace, or with his finding anyone else to take them in. This kind of ending leaves me frustrated; tho her point is well-made, the resolution is left unfinished. Jonas* sacrifice is almost in vain--I wonder if anything will really change. We worry about making mistakes, we see what happens if we are not allowed to make mistakes. A disturbing read.
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Summary: A book for all ages, targeted to the young
Review: I read this book. At first it was a summer reading book so I neglected it. I read that it is a bk for 6th grade and I am in 12th grade. I wondered why the jump? I read it in 5 hrs one day and finished it. It was really good. I was surprised. A world with many restrictions but still safe. I wouldnt want to live in it, though. Jonas is a such a brave person to bear all of memories of all time.
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