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Summary: A Remarkable Piece Of Literature!
Review: I was looking through this site, and I decided to look up reviews on The Giver. I was appauled to find so many bad reviews!The Giver is one of the best books I ever read. Those who didn't understand it, or thought it was too advanced for young readers, DID NOT fully understand it! While, I admit, there was violence, and the like, it was realted to the storyline, which makes it all right. And too those who say that parents 'should not let thier children read this book', or something like that- I read it at 10 WITH my mother, who urged me to read it. So it really depends on the parent, the child's level of reading, and personal taste. But hey, I'm justr a 14-year-old kid. What am I doing, telling these adults what I think?
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Summary: The Giver
Review: If you like really interesting books, you should try reading The Giver by Lois Lowry. I did, and I liked it. It is about the distant future when everything is colorless and the same.
The main character?s name is Jonas who was selected to be Receiver of Memory. The Receiver of Memory?s job is to receive memories of pain, sadness, and agony so the people don?t have to experience them. But he also receives memories of colors, happiness, and joy so the people will have no feelings and all be the same. I recommend this book to everyone over 10. Even though this book starts out weird, keep reading. It gets better.
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Summary: Great
Review: this is a great book with tons of adventure and stuff like that. it may seem a little weird and stupid at first but in the end it is a great book. Read it!!...
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Summary: not good, not bad...
Review: The Giver written by Lois Lowry is about society and humanity. The main role is played by Jonas who lives in a community with „Sameness". Jonas thinks that he lives in a normal world and that he has a normal life in the community until his 12th birthday when he becomes a Receiver of Memories. As a Receiver of Memories he receives memories which are transmitted by the Giver. These memories contain feelings or colours. After that Jonas recognizes that the community is controlled and that everybody has to obey the rules. Nobody in the community knows what feelings or colours are, except Jonas. He cannot bear the situation that nobody has an individuality in the Community and that is the reason why he escapes in the end. You can clearly see Jonas changing in the book. At the beginning he is happy and satisfied with his life, but trough receiving memories he changes and becomes more critical and more complex. The message of this Text is to make readers aware of the world they live in. I think everybody has a right to be individual and free. And everybody can decide for himself and nobody should change this. I read the Giver only once. The themes in the Giver are interesting, but the end does not meet my expectations. Because I would like to Know what happens with Jonas in the end, when he is in front of the house. This open ending does not say something about this. Because of this I give only 3 STARS.
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Summary: Very stupid...
Review: In the book „The Giver" the author Lois Lowry describes life in a community which is completely different from our society. The 12-year-old main character Jonas is chosen to be the new Receiver of Memory whose task it is to contain all the memories of the past. All other members of the community live without memories. The community controls and watchs over what everybody does in the community. People do not feel any pain or other things and the people in the community cannot see colours or choose on their own. The Giver transmits the memories to Jonas and will be released when he has finished. At the end of the book Jonas and Gabe leave the community, because he cannot bear his life in the community.
Jonas and his family live in a dwelling. Jonas is a typical child of the community who plays with friends, attends school and does volunteer work. Jonas cannot speak to anyone only with the Giver who gives him the memories. Jonas feels lonely, because he cannot understand his friends and the people. Jonas has his own opinion on everything and he sees the community from another view. He has many qualities for example intelligence, integrity and courage.
The book has an open ending so that the reader can imagine his / her own ending. With the book "The Giver" Lois Lowry wants to say that people need freedom and memories and not control. People independent on the community, and this is not right. They must be independent and they must have feelings to go their own ways.
I do not like this book, because it is too unrealistic for me. The book does not have any tension and it is difficult to read. The book is not interesting. And the open ending is stupid, because it does not say anything. The book is so boring that I would not read it if I did not have to read it.
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Summary: Good...
Review: The book the giver by Lois Lowry is about an 11-year-old boy named Jonas who lives in a community which is completely different from our society. The community is controlled by the committee of Elders. There is no fear, no pain and no war. At the Ceremony of Twelve where the 12-year-olds receive their assignments, Jonas is chosen to be the new Receiver of Memories. It is the most honoured job in the community. The Giver, an old man, transmits the memories of the past to Jonas. He and the Giver are the only ones who have these memorys. Jonas receives memories of nature, of joy, pain, colors and feelings like love. After receiving all these memories, he begins to understand that life in his community is strictly ordered and manipulated. Because of this he decides to leave his community with the hope to give the members their memories back. The ending of the book is open, because we do not know if the members get their memorys back or not and if Jonas has a new, better life then. Lowry's intention is to make the readers aware of the world they live in and to warn them of an oppressive regime.
The characters in the book are all the same. There are no differences between them. Jonas and the Giver are exceptions.
For German people, the giver is difficult to read except you are a person who is very good at English like English teachers.
The Giver is structured chronologically. The author Lois Lowry does not write anything about the setting at the beginning of the book. You are thrown into the story.
At the beginning of the book it was difficult for me to read it, because there were many new English words which I do not know . First I did not like this book ,because you are thrown into the story and do not know anything about the setting. But when I read it further, it became more and more exciting. It was interesting for me to experience what it is like to live in such a community which is full of rules, manipulation and no chance to change something. It makes me think about our society and how I would respond if I were in Jonas situation. All in all I would say that The Giver is very good. I would give it 4 stars.
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Summary: "disturbing" is a good thing
Review: While reading some of the reviews that gave the book less than five stars, I was simply shocked. I loved this book. I believe I have 3 copies at home, and I've read it at least 8 times. Some of the reasons people gave for not liking the book were that the novel was confusing, they didn't like the ending, it didn't explain things enough, or (and this is the worst) it was "disturbing". I'm sorry, people, but that is the whole point of the book. I'll first address the fact that this book is confusing. I think it is a valid point, the book does confuse the reader. The reader goes into the novel with assumptions, and the author takes those assumptions and smashes them down the garbage disposal. The frist thing you must realize is that this world is entirely fictional, but like "Fahrenheit 451" and "Brave New World", it is set in the future of humanity. Any confusing events are there to make the reader think. If you are wanting a simple read, just to take your mind off life, I do not reccommend this book. You are just one of those people that this book is against. The book is thought-provoking. Lessons are revealed on many levels, and after many reads. If you find the book confusing, stick with it, read it again, and again, and I guarantee it makes sense. The ending of the novel is just another method the author uses of involving the reader, making the reader think. I won't describe it (you'd all hate me forever), but the ending is basically a fill in the blank. It kills me every time I read it, but every time, I fill in the blank with hope. You'll understand when you get there. Basically, it is ambiguous for a reason. The question the author is asking you is, how will you make the story end? Will you give up your humanity for peace and contentment and boredom, or will you fight for your right to feel, and see, and think? As for the people who thought the author didn't explain things enough, just deal with it. The author wrote the book the way the author wanted to write the book, and maybe the explanations have a reason for being ambiguous. The novel isn't a detailed science report, it is a book with a message, and the author is entitled to whatever poetic license the author wants. Think about the ambiguity and maybe there is a purpose behind it. Facts that don't illuminate the message would just detract and confuse people. And now for the other point. Granted, I only read one that said that the book was disturbing, but that made me so angry that I had to put down my thoughts right away. The book is SUPPOSED to be disturbing. If you didn't think it was, then you are disturbed. But the point is to look at the disturbing parts. It disturbs you to make you look at your life. Are you the kind of person who would go along with this society that murders babies, murders those who don't conform? The message is about the price of individuality. Don't just take a shallow view of this book. If you want shallow, read "The Boxcar Children." This book is for kids, a lesson against peer pressure, but also for anyone who is willing to take the author's challenge and actually THINK for once.
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Summary: The Giver
Review: This book, The Giver, was very entertaining and interesting. I enjoyed finding the ups and downs of a "perfect" world. This book talked about a boy who lived in a "perfect" world, and was discovering throught the special "assignment" given to him-the Receiver of memeories-that the life and world he had always know was not as wonderful as it appeared. He learned that sometimes you need to break the rules to achieve something. Overall, this was a very good book, and I highly recommend it.
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Summary: An adventurous thriller
Review: The Giver was an extraordinary novel if you like fictional but adventurous books. Here is a little about this book. Jonas is a little boy who frequently sees a man by the name of THE GIVER and Jonas finds out about the world and wants to explore it to see for hisself. Jonas takes hemself and his baby brother GABE to run away and find out what the world is like. If you want to learn more read the book.
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Summary: A adventurous thriller
Review: This book would be a great book for you if you like adventures and fiction. Here is a little about the book. Jonas is a young boy who goes to an old man named the Giver. He gets ideas from the Giver about what the world is really like so he decides to take his little brother Gabe and hisself on an adventure to see the real world. If you want to learn more read the book yourself.
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