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Summary: A Very Good Book
Review: The Giver by Lois Lowry provides readers with a disturbing look at a world without ardor or happiness. Lowry draws the reader in with the enigmatic workings of this world, and ultimately reveals this seemingly utopian society for what it truly is: a cold and cruel place where people are forced to conform or be destroyed. This is a fantastic novel which captures the reader's interest and does not relent. Perhaps the only drawback to the story is that it is too short. There are a few major plot threads left untied at the end of the book which left me curious about the aftermath to the events which played out within the novel.
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Summary: A World without Memories
Review: Imagine living in a Utopean Society that is rotten at the core. For Jonas, a 12-year-old boy, just that happens. His exists in a community with the strongest sense of conformity. There philosophy is in the idea of sameness. They believe in this so strongly that they have removed memory, emotion, pain, and even color from their society. Jonas is chosen to become the Receiver of Memories. Everyone is so proud and confident in him, but Jonas will soon realize the corrupted community that is being controlled by. Jonas learns about emotion and freedom through an old man known as The Giver. He transfers his memories to Jonas, allowing him to experience love, pain, and joy first hand.
This book is a great and easy read for the science fiction fan inside of us all. If you like the myth or folklore, it will be especially exciting. Every turn of the page hold a new twist that will leave you guessing for more. Although, if your a big fan of solid endings, don't be upset if this book leaves you with unanswered questions. I give this book a very solid 4 out of 5.
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Summary: Simply Amazing.
Review: I thoroughly enjoyed this novel, as it brought me happiness as well as grief within its visually colorful scriptures. Jonas, a boy of only twelve, discovers that he is destined to do more than what meets the naked eye, no pun intended. His community, known for its equality, or rather today this can be labeled as communism, assigns Jonas to work as the keeper of memories, where he is to deal with the pain and strife that the rest of the population does not deal with. This is supposedly done to ensure the happiness of his clan. Ever so slowly Jonas realizes that his life had been shielded from reality. Jonas had been lied to about what life was supposed to be like, and in this trap of bland grays, Jonas decided that he had to escape.I felt that Louis Lowery almost perfectly described this utopia in which Jonas resided. Everything was explained in utmost detail to give everyone the distinct view of life through Jonas's eyes. Lowery's use of allusion to the topic of Communism was also a powerful topic that I felt was delicately embedded within the text. Very craftily it was used to depict a community where everything was 'provided and cared-for equally,' but not necessarily 'perfect.' I would recommend this book to any age group. It is simple to read for any age, but what you get out of the book lies in how deeply you understand its levels. To a sixth grader, this could just be a story about following your heart, but to a junior in high school such as myself, this is a story about the need to escape from a world of depressing equality to a life of color and true love.
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Summary: Very Juicy Novel
Review: Lois Lowry creates a perfect world in her novel, The Giver. With suspense, foreshadowing, and many other well-used techniques, Lowry paints a story of a young boy, Jonas, who is given the burden of becoming the next Receiver for his community. The Receiver is the person who has to nurture all the memories of the world, from the past and present, yet not be able to share his discoveries with anyone else. Jonas eventually becomes overwhelmed by this task, and persuades the Giver, the previous Receiver, to change the world, as they know it. Lowry's illustration of this Utopia is wonderful. It forces the reader to think about the benefits and the problems of a perfect, uniform world. Lowry's precise writing leaves the reader pondering these questions: Is peace worth losing all color and beauty in a world? Is unity worth losing all personal identity? Are all utopias mind-numbing and monotonous? Personally, I truly enjoyed The Giver. It was an easy read, yet so full of questions and morals. I thought the end was very abrupt, but it only added to the effectiveness of the book. It made me think even more about the messages Lowry was cleverly trying to portray.
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Summary: The Giver
Review: Lois Lowry's book The Giver is a book based on a community that lives in sameness to avoid conflict. They have no memories of pain nor love which we hold dear. They lived there lives unchanged until a young boy named Jonas is chosen to be the new Receiver of memories for the community. During his training he begins to see how blind and ignorant the people in his community are only because they have no memories of the past. Jonas starts to understand that you cannot truly learn if there are no memories of the past to teach you. He realizes he must do something to help his community to see the error of the way they live now. This book inspires the mind to realize how important it is to learn from the past but not to try and take away individualism. I believe this book is truly a one of a kind read that will defiantly open your eyes.
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Summary: A book of shared remembrance
Review: I enjoyed reading this book. Not only was it interesting but it was also an easy read. In the beginning, it started of by giving some backround to the story and their beliefs of the community. Then as the story goes on it shows how the boy learns that there is more to what he was brought up to know to be true. Towards the end of the book, he becomes rebellious as he starts to realize the truth. The giver's job was to give the memories of life to the receiver who turned out to be Jonas our main character and with those he felt that everyone should have the memories that the giver has fed to him. The only part I did not like to well was the ending. It was sort of a cliff hanger.
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Summary: It's good.
Review: I liked reading this book. It was very easy reading and has some little brain teaser like ideas that make you think about things. I felt that Lois Lowry has some very interesting messages to share with the readers. I think it is a book that almost anyone would like to read.
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Summary: owen marston orrhs mattaposeit mass * good book"
Review: The giver was an excellently writen book. The content is more adult natured but it is a good class room read. it opens the minds of younger children to the horrors of life that is all around them. to the things that they have become acostomed and desensitised to. maybe if everyone read the giver and was taught how horrible and yet natural a thing death is than things like colombine high school shootings would never take place. a good read, i belevie this book could change some people in some way.
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Summary: An Excellent Selection
Review: I found The Giver to be a shockingly realistic portrayal of what a conformist future may be like. Everything and everyone is the same, and variation is rare if it exists at all. It is here we find Jonas, a 11 year old boy about to turn 12. When a person comes of age at 12, they are assigned a job to do for the rest of their life. Because of this, I thought that the book may have had communist undertones. More in the sense of a Utopian communism than a communism in reality. Everyone is the same, and has the same things. The world is ideal. There is no pain, suffering, war, or grief. I feel that The Giver flawlessly depicts the struggle of an individual in a society that is unwilling to change. Jonas is forced to deal with how he feels, and the knowledge he is different from everyone else. I found the plainess of the other characters to be an excellent foil for Jonas's differences. The book leads to a stunning conclusion I found to be a perfect ending to the story.
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Summary: A Book for All Ages
Review: Although written on a 5th grade level, "The Giver" is a book for all ages. It illistrates the importance of having and sharing memories with one another. Jonas, the Giver, and the community learn a great deal about learning what it means to trully live, love, feel, and see. The story proves that without pain there is no passion, and without hate there is no love. I trully enjoyed the book and I recomend it for everyone to read. After reading the book make sure to sit down with a family member and share an intimate memory. The Giver recieves two thumbs up and five golden stars.
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