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Summary: Shared Remembrance
Review: Jonas is a young boy that is growing up in a plain community. There is no color and people get released from the community for little reasons that we would find weird. Jonas is anticipating his twelfth ceremony; it is so exiting to him. He is given the task of being the new receiver. At first he is scared about it because he doesn't know what to expect of it. After a while he is more comfortable with his assignment. He sees what life use to be like and he wishes that it could go back to the old ways instead of having sameness. He wants to have color instead of black and white. There is a little baby by the name of Gabriel and he could not sleep on his own so he gets to stay with Jonas' family. One day while Gabriel was being noisy and upset Jonas accidentally gave him one of his memories and it seemed to sooth the little boy. After that he did it to calm him down and his parents would let Gabriel sleep in the room with Jonas because he would sleep easier. Jonas was sick of living in the community and he wanted to get away and find something else, something that existed else where, where they played music and had color.
He learned what it really meant to get released from the community and he didn't like it at all. In the community they could not have identical twins. The smallest one of them would be released from the community. Since the baby's arm did not have big enough veins, a shot was put into it's forehead and it's body would go limp. This was going to happen to Gabriel because he would not sleep though the night. Jonas loved Gabriel, also known as Gabe and he didn't want that to happen to him. The Giver decided that he would help Jonas to get away from the community, but Jonas knew that he would never be able to come back again. They traveled for what seemed like forever and they were running out of food. The weather started to change and it got bitterly cold, with lots of snow falling down. They had to use the memory of warmth to survive. Helicopters were out looking for him and the baby but they soon gave up on it. Jonas and Gabe found a sled on top of a hill and they hopped onto it with all the strength that they had left. They flew down the hill and when they reached the bottom they found a house with lights all around. People were gathered around and there was music playing. Jonas thought that maybe he heard laughter and music from the community that he just left but he figured that it was probably just an echo from the house that they just had found.
I really found that the book was very interesting to me. The only thing that I did not like was how the people were released from the community. Other than that it was good. There are not that many books that I can really get into. I would not want to live the way that they lived in the book, but they did not know any better. It was the way that things had been for a long time and they were use to it. It is definitely a book that I would recommend that people should read.
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Summary: A BREATHTAKING NOVEL
Review: Lois Lowry really put the power in the pen on this one
I give her 5 stars and 2 thumbs up, it would be 3 but I only have 2 thumbs. The Giver is a classic. A good thing about the story is that everyone is safe. On the other hand, no one is able to live his or her own life, and that's what makes the story good. So treat your self and get a copy. (J.S.)
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Summary: The Giver
Review: This book moved me a lot when my teacher read it in class. I was always eager to hear what happened next. I was so eager that I got my mom to buy the book so that I could read it before the teacher finished. I've probably read it about 3 times since then and it's still not old.
I would recommend it to those who would like to hear probable and interesting ideas about the future. (I love Ender's Game.)
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Summary: Really good
Review: This book is really interesting. It shows how sometimes that life isn't what some people really image on how it's going to be. To me, the position that he is in isn't something that I could see myself in but maybe it could happen, because you never really know.
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Summary: Excellent Book!
Review: A wonderful book! I recommend it to everyone. Any age!
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Summary: THE GIVER
Review: In the book, a boy named Jonas becomes the Receiver for his town when he turns twelve and finds out the truth from The Giver. The story takes place in a community that is not normal. Everything is in order and everything is under control. The people have no worries and cares. Everyone is equal and everyday is the same. Each member in Community is assigned a position. When Jonas turns 12, the Community selects him to be the new receiver of memories. Only The Giver knows the truth and memories of the past, and now he must pass these memories on to Jonas. When he finds out the truth that how his father releases babies, it makes Jonas hate his family because his dad kills innocent babies by injecting poison into them. This point of change made him run away from his home, where the story ends questioning what would happen next. I really enjoyed reading this book because it was a wonderful adventurous book. And if you enjoy reading adventurous book, you definitely have to try this one.
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Summary: My favorite!
Review: This book is really good. I read it in 2 hours. I'm in fourth grade and I read it, and I would recomend it for ages 10 and above. This book is really cool, and I like imagining me as the main character, Jonas. While you read it your mind escapes complely, you become a part of Jonas and Fiona and Lily. You gradualy become to know the charecters like old friends and love hearing about them. This book is awsome!
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Summary: A Good Choice for 6th Grade Required Reading!
Review: Jonas is a 12-year-old boy, although, he is not like you or me. His "community" takes place in the future. In Jonas' community no one can see colors, hear music, or make choices. Everything is peaceful. No one is hungry or sick, or even different. There is only one person in the community who knows how the community came to be. This is The Giver, and young Jonas has been selected to become the next Giver. Soon Jonas and The Giver are the only ones who know about animals, hills, emotions, wars, Christmas, and sled rides in the snow. They are the only ones who know what happens when you are released. This book is an awkward and often difficult read if you like to read for enjoyment. Lois Lowry's The Giver, however, takes a unique look at the mind of an adolescent put into an adult unique story of mind games and adventure, memories, and fear. Jonas experiences all of these things for the first time and you as the reader get to see what that feels like. As with many tales of future utopias, Jonas's once perfect world becomes a nightmare. Can The Giver help his community understand who they really are? Can Jonas find peace in a place called Elsewhere? Find out in Lois Lowry's The Giver.
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Summary: The Giver review
Review: The Giver is a great novel that makes you think. Have you ever wished the world could be rid of all the pain and suffering we all must live through? A world without warfare and poverty would be perfect...and it seemed so to Jonas and everyone else in his community. Jonas was happy, until he slowly learns that living in a world where everyone is equal is not worth what they are sacrificing. Without hurricanes there is no sunlight, and without hate there is no love. He learns ignorance is not bliss and he does not live in a perfect world after all. This book takes you into this "perfect world" and then into Jonas's new one. It is both a page turner and thought-provoking.
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Summary: Enthralling... ambiguous.
Review: This book is about a boy named Jonas who lives in a dystopic world, flawed by its very perfection. It is a world where people put an exact label on feelings, lest one strays from the path of language precision. It is a world where the word "death" does not even exist in its language, its importance in life undermined by polite euphemisms. Behind this perfection is the one man who knows the true beauty and horror of life, and as the Giver, it is to him that the training of Jonas, the new Receiver, falls. Frankly, I'm a bit torn about rating this book. The prose, the originality, the "perfection" of the storytelling deserves all the praise and commendation that the book and its author has received. The plot, the construction of the world, and the concepts so effectively shown enthralls. I was interested, appalled, chilled, amazed, horrified and through it all, I sympathized with the main character, from the first to the last page. Unfortunately, no matter how thought provoking the "ending" is, however compelling the entire book is for discussion, I do prefer my book to have a more solid ending. The author claims that she wanted to make an open-ended story, meant to give every single reader the ending they want in their minds, but as a reader who has long finished highschool and college, I couldn't totally appreciate the author's intent. For all its merits, I think this book deserves a four. I'd sooner look for a book with an ending, though.
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