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Summary: A Book That Stands Out From Everything Else
Review: The book The Giver was different from any other book. The lesson that it taught us was having an opinion and being an individual. It makes us think outside the box and it helped us to understand how fortunate we are. I believe this book has a good lesson and is not about courage, but breaking the rules. The author had such good discription and action that it seemed so realistic. That is one thing that isn't always in a book. But, at the end of the book it just ended and you didn't know what happened. Although some parts were good others weren't as good. Like when Jonas said that the apple had changed ,but not in shape or in any other way I didn't know what he meant. Along with when Jonas got mad at the children when they were playing war. I thought that it was confusing with what he felt. It was like he was all mixed up. Then the last part that wasn't as good was when I realized that Jonas's father killed babies that weren't normal. That was very sad. Some things that I liked about The Giver was when Jonas would receive the memories and would be happy. It felt like you were actually there. My other favorite was the Ceremony of the Twelves. That is what I thought of the review.
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Summary: My Review on The Giver
Review: The Giver was a well written book. You Could not guess what was going to happen next. I have not read many books that are insteresting most of the way through. The book kept saying people get released and go to Elswhere so you think they go. Actually they are killed. Though in the book every thing happens the same way except for the memories,and when Jonas ran away. They had their own story line.
The only part that I thought was bad was the ending. Personally I thought it was just plain dumb. They were going down a hill and Jonas heard music and it just stopped. To me you don't just stop an ending like that if you are not going to write a second book. She could at least have told whether he made it or not. Except for that, the ending was good. She described it well and left you in a lot of suspense. The end was the only part I thought was half bad.That's what I thought about The Giver.
7.3EC
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Summary: 7.3J.I.M.
Review: This book was very interesting and mysterious. It was almost like you were in a different world. The people couldn't see color. They didn't know about many of the things we have, for example weather. They also thought animals were imaginary. It was amazing how much was taken away from them. Even their emotions were taken away from them. They kept trying to make a more civilized society. Though they seemed to get more cruel.
For example, they didn't even care when they killed a twin of a baby just because they had a twin. They were very mysterious about all the deaths and the memories that the main character Jonas is suppose to receice. Though he thinks it is unfair to the people that they can't have the memories and feel the beautiful feeling like love. Though along with these beautiful and invigorating memories he has to recieve terrible ones of war. Though sometimes there is a price to pay for true happiness to be discovered. Overall I think this book was mysterious and also a bit sadning at parts like when the people were lost.
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Summary: Review for The Giver
Review: In my opinion I would give The Giver 3 stars,because the book was only okay. It was a little boring, but I liked the part when he was learning to become the Receiver. The end of the book didn't have enough detail to attratct my attention.
I think the best part about The Giver was hoe they were similar.It taught me how lucky I am to be capable of making my own decisions. I think their world was too complicated to understand sometimes... Other than some of those things I would say The Giver was a pretty interesting book.
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Summary: It's not a book, it's an experience to change your life!
Review: The Giver, a book written by Lois Lowry, is about a twelve-year old boy, Jonas, who has been chosen to be the Community's new Receiver of Memory. He has the ability to see beyond - see colors (the people in the Community do not see in color.) In training to be the new receiver, he experiences pain and pleasure unimaginable in the Communty, and thinks it unfair that the Community can not see these things... I think The Giver is a remarkable book and is great for all ages. Lowry's use of words really move you and that is what makes a great book even better. One scene in the story is where Jonas is receiving a memory of snow, and the crash.
She describes the motion and pain so well, it feels like you're really there. I gave The Giver five stars, hands down
because of the use of words, creative ideas, and the story itself. If you want to read a book you will really enjoy, select The Giver. : )
7.3HEC
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Summary: Great body, Disturbing Ending
Review: I really liked the book's body. I thought wow, this is a great book! Then when I found out how people were released, it socked me. I didn't expect that was the way they released people. I thought they just outcast people, not exicute them. But overall it was an o.k.
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Summary: A great read for anyone.
Review: The Giver, by Lois Lowry, is about a boy who lives in a Community where everything is the same because of something called Sameness. I liked this book because of the job the boy, Jonas, was assigned and how it changes the way he looks at his life and the lives of his family. In December at the Ceremony of the Twelve's, all the Twelve's get their jobs. While the Twelve's where being called on stage Jonas was skipped over. After everyone had their jobs Jonas was called on stage. Jonas had been selected for the most honored job in the community, The Receiver. The Receiver is the person in the Community who holds all the memories from many generations before, and is called upon for wisdom and guidance. Another reason I enjoyed this book is because of how Jonas's life is so different from what we could imagine, because of Sameness. For instance, everybody in the Community is assigned a job, spouse, and two children, and everybody, with the exception of Jonas, can only see in black and white. They also do not have any hills, mountains, rain, sunshine, or animals and most citizens don't even know they exist. The final reason I enjoyed this book is because of the relationship between Jonas and The Giver, the previous Receiver. He acquires much wisdom and discovers unknown bravery during his time with The Giver. The Giver is a great book for people who enjoy the unusual and stories of bravery.
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Summary: GREAT BOOK!
Review: I thought this was a very good book!! I liked it very much.
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Summary: The Giver-Good now,Good forever
Review: I think that Lois Lowry's,The Giver, was a great work of creativity and imagination. The way that she used the importance of human interaction, choices, change, and other themes, helped the book flow and gave it a good lesson in the process of a great story. The whole idea of the signifigant role a young boy plays in changing a whole community just blows you away. There is, I think, a down side or two to The Giver. In the end... I meen she should have put just one more chapter in there or write a sequal, to tell us what happened to him and Gabe, if they died and what not. It was an overall good book, and I gave it a goog word for future readers of America.(children of corse). And give it two thumbs up.
7.3 LRD
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Summary: Enchanting, yet easy to put down when reading
Review: This book wasn't that bad. I've read it very few times and still am not moved in any way by the storyline characters or descriptions. I don't really like Lois Lowry's writing style. It is sort of boring. Don't get me wrong it was a great idea for a book. She should have thought it out more. It seemed like she wanted to write a book and she took the first idea that came to her. The main low point that I didn't like was the ending. All it says is that Jonas heard music. It ends it okay, but leaves you with no imfrmation of what could or should happen next. It doesn't even leave you in any kind of suspense. The descriptions were not as creative or mind boggling as some other books that I've read. The story line was the main high point. Given memories, nobody else knows pain or love. Very clever! The main things that bugged me were the characters. Lily was something you see in every book. I mean nearly every book. Asher was one of the guys that they could have used more throughout the book. He was a fun-loving goofball with a very small role in the story. Fiona was the one I especially liked. One that was so mysterious that Lois Lowry could have done anything with, but she chose not to. She was your average,beautiful, yet very shy girl that could have been used in some way or another to make the story more interesting. So what I'm really trying to say is that overall it was a pretty good book until it go to the ending. 7.3JH
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