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Summary: A High Schools Students Opinion
Review: The Giver by Lois Lowry was a fairly simply, straightforward book about a boy named Jonas living in a community where sameness is everything. In fact, it is desired. He's content with this sameness until he is chosen to become the communities new Reciever in training. There, the Giver awakens Jonas to the possibility that everything does not have to be the same. Colors, music, emotions, and pain do in fact exist and are very real. I liked this book, simply because it was a quick read (Only about 180 pages)and presented the theme that sameness is not ideal. There is no such thing as the perfect society. You cannot feel satisfied as a human being by living without love or pain or anger or truth. The Giver was an excellent novel about trust, awakening, and love. This book reminded me quite a bit of Aldus Huxley's "A Brave New World" much in the way that everything in Jonas's community is regulated and controlled with a fear of difference. A good read for a book report when you don't have much free time.
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Summary: A Ten Year old reader from Denver,Colorado
Review: You will be stuck to this book from the first chapter unless you like books about real live stuff but then whats the fun.
It startes out when jonas[main character] is nervous about the ceromony of twelve witch is were you get your life assinment in a "perfect" world.Jonas over comes his fears then gets skipped at the end of the ceromonyhe finds out he has been selected to be the most worshiped part of the community and the most confidential part of the community the Receiver of Memory. When he gets all the memories he realises that all of life should be like this and then he the Giver[old reicever of memory] and Gabe [his brother witch has transferd memory from Jonas]run off and leave the community through the river giving back all memories he has. Once you start your teacher can't stop you.
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Summary: 2 thumbs up
Review: I especially liked how the book was written. I like the point of view. The Giver, like 1984, gives an impression of what the future could be like. In The Giver Jonas is selected as the Reciever of Memory. This position give him the training to get all of the memories that the other people of the community don't have. The others don't have feelings, can't see color, and everything is planned out. Jonas decides that he wants to be free of the community and go to the "elsewhere". He steals the child that his family was caring for and escapes. He does this without preperation bacause the child was scheduled for release, to be killed, the following day. This almost cost them their lives. At the end of the book Jonas finds the sled in his memory and slide down the hill.
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Summary: We can all change the world
Review: The Giver is a young adult book by Lois Lowry about an utopian world where everybody are happy, everybody live in peace an harmony, life is good. At least that's what people are thaught to believe.
12 years old Jonas is a common boy in this society, at least he thinks so himself, But when he comes to the annual ceremony and all his companions are choosen to their common jobs he gets something very special. His task is to become the next "Giver" in this perfect society.
Through his meeting with the old Giver Jonas discovers that his world is breaking up into peaces. His life gets a new dimension, or actually several dimension, and he is given the choice to save his world.
All young adults should read this book, to learn that their life is important and that what they do, the way they live can make a change. To the better or to the worse. But as individual human beings we all have the possibility, and the human right to choose our path. And the way we live is not only ours. We live in a world together with the rest of the creation, and the way we live make us responsible for the rest of the world.I gave the book a four, due to the ending. The ending was short and also kind of weak in my oppinion. But all in all the book was very good, and a must to read for all of us. Britt Arnhild Lindland in Norway
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Summary: The Giver in Review
Review: Would you like to live in a "Perfect" community where every family is the same? Well in the book The Giver that's practically how it is. Jonas, the main character, lives in a community like this. Jonas is eleven and every year all the kids that are eleven turning twelve get their assignment or job at a ceremony held in December. It is time for the ceremony and Jonas will be getting his assignment and he can't wait. He doesn't know what his assignment will be, but he hopes for it to be something important and fits him well. This book is something you should really take time to read because it is interesting and enjoyable.
The book The Giver is very interesting. One part of the book that shows this is when Jonas has his weird dream and his mom said it was his first stirrings. Another interesting point in the book is when Jonas is at the ceremony where he will find out what his assigment will be and it is very suspensful.
This book is also enjoyable. One enjoyable part is when they share their dreams each morning from the night before. Also it was enjoyable how Jonas helped out at different places like the house of the old as volunteer work.
The best age for this book is probably about ten to eighteen. This is because there are some parts and some words that younger children wouldn't understand. This book might be boring for older people but some still might enjoy it.
You should really use your free time wisely and read this book The Giver because it is very interesting and also enjoyable.
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Summary: AMAZING BOOK
Review: I love to read. My little brother hates to read. I read The Giver in high school, and was so captivated that I ended up reading it several times. My brother heard me raving enough that he bought me the book for Christmas (the perfect gift). Then he--the boy who never reads--actually read it. Even he loved it. Other reviews will tell you why this book is so amazing (read them!). I just want to say that this book will touch you, whether you love books or hate them.
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Summary: A Frightening Future
Review: I realy enjoyed The Giver by Lois Lowry. It was very interesting. It's about a boy named Jonas who is eleven years old.
He will soon be twelve. Jonas is going to be in the ceremeny of the twelves. That is when you are given a job in the community. Jonas gets picked as The Giver. The Giver has memories of the past that no one else has. But will Jonas be able to except the memories? You will have to read The Giver to find out.
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Summary: The Giving book!!!
Review: I just finished Lois Lowry's book The Giver and it was all right. There was no action in it. He lives in a society unlike ours. There is no color, pain, fear or war. At 12 you get your life's occupation. Although I wouldn't want to live in a world with pain, fear or war, I would like to make decisions, like my job, spouse and have my own children. If you want to read a book about a different society The Giver is your book.
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Summary: It was ok
Review: It was a little good at first but then it started to get boring.
the conflict was lame, I could have solved it in less than an hour.I wauld recomend this book to people who like to read hours
and wont fall asleep.
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Summary: THe Best Book in my Life
Review: The Giver was the best book that i have ever read. I really liked the fictional idea of the community, and how the people in it were very well described. The only part that i did not like was the last line where it says, "But Perhaps it(the music jonas heard) was only an echo." I though this line really ruinged the end of the book, and it weakened the boldness of it.
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