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Summary: New Impressions
Review: The book the Giver from Lois Lowry focuses on a community without feelings and how the feelings are brought back to the community. At the beginning I thought it was hard to understand the sense because the community is so different to our life. But the farer I read the more I understood. From that point on it was very interesting. I likek seeing how such a world would be, would work and that it even has some advantages to our world (which I hadn't expected at the beginning). The end came pretty fast but I liked that it is an open end and everybody can imagine his/her own end just the way he /she understood the book. Because of the different interpretations of the book it was interesting to see the opinions of others.
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Summary: My review
Review: The book "The Giver" from Lois Lowry deals with a community which seems to be a perfect world. In the Ceremony of Twelve Jonas receives his assignment which is "Receiver of Memory", where he finds out about the secrets of the community.
I found the book very interesting because this community was so different from ours. Everything was organized and it seemed to be a perfect world. For me it would be unimaginable to live in a world without colours,feelings and memories. I liked the author leaving the end open and giving the reader the chance to imagine his own end.
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Summary: The review of reviews
Review: The book "The Giver" by Lois Lowry deals with a "perfect" organized community, in which the 12 Year-old boy Jonas gets to know the bad sides of his "perfect" world. At the beginning of the book the boring style was pretty difficult to read, also the many new vocabularies made several problems. But the more I read, the easier it got, and in the end it was as easy to read as a german book. At first it was difficult to imagine to be a person who isn't able to see colors and to feel things like love. I also became a little frightend, about the thought that such a community really exists, because before the truth about being released was mentioned, it seemed to be a perfect community; and why shouldn't such a community exist (become true)?
But the more I read I was able to see the things with Jonas' eyes.
A great book, resonable thoughts, nothing unreal, no fantasy at all!
Read it and make your own opinion!
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Summary: Looking back on "The Giver"
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The book "The Giver" tells about a very different life style of people, living in communities where everything is ruled and where no colours, feelings o climate exist.
I liked the book very much because it was very interesting and surprising to read about this completely different way of life which I could never have imagined in this way before. This story made it clear to me, that people just can't know everything and we don't have the power about everything.
I hesitated at every new rule they wrote about in the book and it was one of those few stories, I really talked about to my friends in my leisure time and even those friends, who didn't read the book seemed to be interested in it. It also was full of suspence, because I always wanted to know if Jonas would reach his aims and if the people in the community will once have a world with feelings too.
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Summary: My Review
Review: The book "The Giver" by Lois Lowry deals with a perfect organized community, in which Jonas, a 12 Year-old boy, gets to know the bad sides of this perfect world. In the beginning it was a bit boring, because they told details about the community and how it works. But then, when Jonas was assigned, it got better and better. The style got better and more interesting. It was not very difficult to read, because you could guess the unknown words from the context, and the more I read it became easier. In the end it was almost as easy to read as a german book.
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Summary: A great content ... Nevertheless easy to understand
Review: Lois Lowry tells an amazing story about a young boy called Jonas who lives in a world where everything is under control. Everything is planned out for everyone and if someone breaks a rule, he "gets released" from the community. On the day of the big "Ceremony of Twelve", Jonas is selected to be the next 'Receiver of Memories' - the person who gathers the memories of the past. This job includes pain, sorrow, and happiness. Jonas realizes that the world he lives in is not as great as everybody thought.'The Giver' gives an important message to the reader: Living in a world where there is independence and choices is better than living in a world where everything seems to be perfect. The exceptional feature of this story is that everything is written as easy as possible and sometimes you get the impression that it is just fun but this book is one of those with the highest level of hidden social critism.
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Summary: The Giver Review
Review: There lives a community not like ours. This community is an UTOPIA to the people who live in it. Everything is the same and everything is done for you. A twelve year old boy, named Jonas, has been selected to be the Receiver of Memory. The Receiver of Memory is a person who has all memories of the past. After almost a year, Jonas has come to realize that the community is not so perfect, it is far from perfect. So Jonas and the Giver, the old Receiver of Memory, come up with a plan. The plan is that Jonas will run away from the community, leaving the community with all the memories. Jonas changes the plan so that a newchild named Gabe, will come along with him. Jonas also steels his father's bike. This book is different from all others. It makes the reader think of how lucky we are to live on Earth. It is a one of a kind book!
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Summary: The Giver Review
Review: The Giver Jonas lives in a so-called perfect world. Everyone believes this because they don't know any better. Jonas believes this until he is assigned Receiver of Memory. This means he receives all memories from the past. When Jonas starts receiving memories from the Giver, he starts to find out that the way the world was is better than the way it is now. My teacher told me about how schools in the U.S.A. particularly, are banning this book from libraries because it shows affection, suicidal ideas. To me this was not a issue. I found more important issues in the story. I found that this book gave me strength and that the world I live in is better then I thought. I would definitely recommend this book for children 10 years old and up. I gave this book a well deserved, well written 4 stars! Great Book Mrs. Lowry. Have fun reading!! By: ...
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Summary: The Giver
Review: Jonas' world is perfect: everybody gets along, everybody has a job, and there is happiness everywhere; but throughout the story Jonas finds it is not a perfect world after all. In each family unit there is a mother, a father, a brother and a sister. When each citizen turns twelve they are assigned a job in the community, Jonas was chosen to de the Receiver. He would receive memories of happiness and colours. When Jonas sees that the real world is full of sadness, fear ,and pain he is scared. After a while Jonas escapes the community to find the real world. The author leaves you hanging to choose what happens to Jonas and the baby Gabe.
I like the idea of a perfect world, but in some cases this isn't even a perfect world. Differences cause conflicts but complete sameness is not good. I think this is a great book to read in school, it shows twelve year old that they don't have to be perfect and now maybe more than ever they have to realize that.
I give this*****(% stars)
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Summary: The Giver Review By Rich Allen 7CC
Review: The book,"The Giver," by Lois Lowry, is about a twelve-year old boy named Jonas. It is based on utopia and sameness. He lives in a community which is completely different from our society today. Everything the people do in the community is planned and discussed. In this world there is no anxiety, terror, pain nor war. In this book, there is a December ceremony which is something like a birthday in our world. At the ceremony people who are twelve get their assignments or tasks. Jonas is selected to be the " Receiver of memory" which is a powerful task in this community. The old receiver becomes The Giver and transmits memories from the past to Jonas. After revealing memories of joy, death, colour and love, Jonas discovers that his world is totally controlled by the Chief Elders. After finding out about his community, Jonas assembles a plan to escape. He takes his best friend or so-called brother Gabriel with him. By escaping from this world he's letting out memories that the people of this world have never experienced before.
I think the end of the book put my class in awe because they didn't know whether Jonas and Gabriel died or survived.
I thought this book was very fascinating and amusing. The way the author has written this book makes you want to read on further and further looking for another adventure. I think Lois Lowry wrote this book for children who entrust the future because she wanted to warn us what a perfect utopian world would be like.
I think she wrote this book because she wanted the reader to use their imagination and intellect. In this novel, I think that the author presents us with a powerful thought of what the future may stand as and how marvelous our lives are. I would recommend this book to all readers who like both exhilarating and mournful books. I gave this book four stars because it was a terrific book. I thought Jonas was very brave when he crossed the bridge not even knowing where Elsewhere was. At the end of the book, I almost had tears in my eyes because it was so depressing. I found this book some-what confusing but all in all I thought this book was an exceptional read.
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