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Summary: Very meaningful- makes you think about our world
Review: This book is a wonderful story about a boy in a perfect- world community; at least he thinks it is, until he is chosen to be the "receiver of memory": the only one who knows the truth. He goes to an old man, the Giver, every day, who makes him see the horrible truth of his world.
Some people say that this book is disturbing and scary, and I will not dissagree with that. But it is not right for them to ban it from libraries just because it makes them uncomfortable thinking about it. The point is to think about it, and realize what we're doing wrong in our community.
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Summary: A great book that ties reality into fiction
Review: This book is a wonderfully written book about a boy named Jonas who is in his final stages of growing up. This is when he finds all about his assignment of life which all the elders have carefully selected. Jonas then finds himself the "chosen one" and he is one of the only ones. He is called the reciever and he is taught by the old one or the Giver how to see the past present and future.
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Summary: The Giver
Review: This book is about a 12 year old who becomes the reciever of memory.He recieve memories from an old man called the giver. Soon the 12 year old decides to run away from his community after he see what horrible things goes on there.
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Summary: This's a book depicting what may happen in the near future
Review: This book is about a 12 year-old kid who lives in a utpoiansociety. It takes place in a backwater village where everyone isequal, all is black and white, and being different is a sin. After being selected to be the next reciever of memories, he finds out what he is missing in his life and decides to leave the monotone civilization. One good thing about the book is that it is theoretically possible for that setting to occur in a nearby epoch. The only downfall the book has is the ending; it leaves you hanging and I didn't enjoy the conclusion. I highly recommend this book to anyone having trouble finding an interestingbook to read.
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Summary: wonderful, with a terrible ending
Review: This book is about a 12-year-old , who lives in the ultimate communism. He is chosen to be the giver, and recieves memories from when there was alot more freedom. He decides he has to change things. When it looks like he might do so, the book just stops, like they left out the last 25 pages. It's terrible.
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Summary: An exciting and surprising story!
Review: This book is about a boy name Jonas who lives in a community without poverty, and always had been given a certain career at the age of 12. Although Jonas has been selected as The Receiver and this the most important job in his community so he knew he had to do it right. He knew it wouldn't be easy because ten years ago a female had been chosen for the same thing and had failed. He knew it would have some enjoyment , but also have some pain involved so he had ot be brave. Will Jonas fail or will he become the next Receiver?
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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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Summary: what society doesn't know, can't hurt them
Review: This book is about a boy named Jonas, who is chosen out of a group of kids to take on a role of the reciever. This book takes place in the future when climate is controlled and colors are no more, all of this to make living easier. So no one can make their own decisions or have their own ideas. Everytime a child is born their life is already assigned to them, their job and also their mate. The people are just born into this with no recalection of how the world really works. A guy who used to be called the reciever is now called the Giver. He teaches Jonas about colors and winter and everything before it was all controlled, and he cannot share this with anyone. I liked this book. I would recomend it to anyone who likes books that are about what the future might be like.
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Summary: The GIver
Review: This book is about a boy named Jonas. He lives in a world that's black and white and where no pain ever reached them. When Jonas turns tweleve, he's been given the job as a recivever. The reciever holds all the memories of how life was before. Jonas goes through all this pain, like getting sunburn, poverty, prejudice, ect. Jonas wants the whole world to know how life was before, so he goes on a journey. Will he survive read to find out. This is such a great book. I would recomend it to everone. It's not a very long book, but it shows alot of emotions. I'm glad that my teacher Mrs. Ronning got me more interested in reading. This book really shows you how hard work and dedication will bring you wonders. Even though Jonas had to sacrifice some things for his journey, he has done it for a very good cause. A.V
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Summary: The Giver
Review: This book is about a futuristic community where sameness is the rule, decisions are made for its citizens,and everyone is safe and provided for. It was skillfully written to cause the reader to feel almost positively (at first) about the practices of the people in this community until he/she thinks twice about them. As the story unfolds, one realizes that a terrible mistake has been made in creating this society. Some have said that this book is not suitable for young people to read because it is likely to cause (or aggravate) depression. However, when I read the book I felt just the opposite feeling: gratitude. It made me realize that it is only because we experience pain that we can experience joy. Also, when reading this book, it is important to realize that our world is not like that in The Giver. It is better. I would recommend this book to anyone, young or old.
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