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Summary: Nothing is ever Perfect
Review: Turning twleve in any normal world would just be another birthday, but in the novel The Giver, Jonas is about to experience the the biggest day of his life. Living in a perfect community with no pain, hunger, color, or differences between anything, Jonas is given his "Assignment" for the rest of his life. He is given the job that is highly respected in his community, the Reciever of Memory. As he recieves memories from an old man, known as The Giver, he begins to realize that his community is not so perfect and everything seems to be an act. He begins to feel out of place because he doesn't agree with the rules and assignments the community gives. But he can't leave his family and friends that he has been with his whole life. Or can he? He decides he has to do something and fast. As the novel ends it gets confusing and hard to understand. This novels is very similar to Brave New World, but in The Giver, author Lois Lowry just keeps you wondering, what if?
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Summary: Makes one appreciate what we have today
Review: Twelve year old Jonas is chosen to be the community's Receiver of memories. His job is taking care of retaining all the messy stuff such as emotions, mistakes, pain. However, at the same time Jonas learns about ordinary things like color, snow, mountains and more. One of the most painful things he learned was what "released" meant in his society, which was death. Once Jonas realized the dark secrets behind his community he decided to free himself. Jonas set of on a journey to find the other world where feelings and color and all the other beautiful things about life exist. I personal loved this book. It made me appreciate what I have today and made me think about what it would be like living in a perfect society. While reading the book I was able to realize how depressing and dull a society like that is, but I still recommend people to read it. It will really make you think!
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Summary: Startling and truly memorable!
Review: Twelve-year-old Jonas has lived his life in a controlled community. At first glance this community is a virtual utopia where pain, suffering, and disorder do not exist. Demanding rules run this society, leaving no room for personal growth beyond communal expectations. At his 12 ceremony, a public celebration of age, Jonas and his peers are assigned jobs. Jonas is -chosen- to be the Receiver of Memory, a job that places him under the guidance of the Giver. In receiving the memories of the Giver and of the past world Jonas comes to question his community. Though the memories come with great pain they drive an ardent longing for a life of freedom, choice, love, beauty, and wisdom. The longing leads to a plan, a plan that allows for "no looking back". The Giver is a beautiful book! It's truly complex in its simplicity. Louis Lowry manages to bring to life the community, taking a fantastic world and making it believable. His characters and their community live vividly in the mind of the reader. Lowry's simple writing style leaves the reader to struggle with the flaws of the misguided "utopia" and the difficult choice between security and freedom. The ending is vague and somewhat unsatisfying to a mind used to being given a straightforward outcome. In writing it so, Lowry offers a chance for the reader to apply his or her own thoughts and morals to the resolution, in essence giving them the freedom that his protagonist searches for. All in all, The Giver is a thought-provoking book that will stay with the reader for a long time.
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Summary: Reading this story was a new experience for me.
Review: Unfortunately, I did not read the novel until my freshman year in college, and yet the theme was still somewhat difficult for me to comprehend at this level, because of its'complexity. For some reason I believe that this story would be difficult for younger children (such as fifth grade) to comprehend. I am not usually a fan of science fiction, however, I enjoyed this novel immensely. Lowry shows that even the most perfect world is still flawed.Yet, surprisingly, she took the components of the novel from her real life experiences. Although I know that the book ended exactly the way that Lowry wanted it too, I still think that she should have included some more information as to what was to happen to Jonas. From reading most reviews, that was the major problem addressed.
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Summary: aa The Giver
Review: Very good book about a siotie of people who fallow the rules (or laws) of there communtie. One of there rules consiste o "No taking apple home from the receation center". Also at every ago you get something or something taken away like: At age 8 you start your commity hours. Also at age 12 you get an assment (job), and need to start training the falling week. The story mainly takes place around one kid. This kid turns 12 and, gets a rare assment that requirs much training. The giver, his assment, is one of a kind. Only one person at a time can be it.
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Summary: The best book I ever read!
Review: Very good book, awsome plot, good expression of feeling. VERY good book, recomend reading.
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Summary: Stupid yet good
Review: View one: This book was very freaky for one thing.People aren't supposed to remember things, as hinted in the book, but they remember one thing. This book is stupid. 1 star View two: The Giver was definately the most touching and dramatic book I have read this year.I will remember it for a long time and will always wonder what happened after the ending when Jonas finally heard music. The author showed much creativity and character in this excellent book. 5 star
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Summary: The Giver Rools
Review: W You did a great job on the book and you putallot of detail into the book. END
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Summary: The Book "The Giver"
Review: was not way beyond expectations. It was based on a utopian society, without feelings. Only the Receiver of Memory and The Giver knows the truth from the past. Now Jonas, the Receiver of Memory, has had enough. Without feelings its not worth living. He's on his way through elsewhere in search for a place where people have memories and there's no turning back. I like the way the book was told, but the ending wasn't bad or good, in the middle rather.
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Summary: The Giver: A book review by Felix and Katja
Review: We are from a senior high school (Gymnasium) in Germany and read "The Giver" in our English lessons. We had to do mind maps, reviews, presentations and so on. All in all it was a time with a lot of work to do, but although with a lot of fun.
The society we find in the book seems ideal. Everyone has a job for which he or she is suited emotionally, physically and mentally. The elderly are lovingly cared for. Every family has a mother, father, and two children, one of each sex. There is much laughter and joy. There is no rudeness, no crime and no disease.
We see it all through the eyes of Jonas, a young boy about to receive his life's assignment along with others of his age group. To his surprise he is given the most respected job of all. He is to be trained to become the "Receiver of Memory". You see, in the society Lowry has created for us, the people don't want to be stressed with memories. However, they also don't want to make decisions or changes which, in the past, have led to disaster so they have assigned one person to keep all the memories of history, their own and that of all societies.
The Receiver's job is to listen to their plans and just tell them whether or not they should do it based on the lessons of history. The present Receiver now sets about giving the memories- all of them - to Jonas. He does so through all of the senses. Jonas learns about war and hate, about snow and trees and colours. All of which are not present in this society. He also learns of the horror all around him. This novel is not difficult to read.
I liked reading the book, it was not hard for me and I knew nearly all vocabulary. On the one hand it was not the kind of book I would read in my free time, but on the other hand I enjoyed reading it. The book showed us to keep individualism and not to build a perfect state, so the book is also transferable to our society. -Felix-
I have to say that I don't like most science fiction books. It's only that I like this work although it is a science fiction and fantasy book. I liked the way Lois Lowry described the community. At first you think the community is perfect and you may want to live there, but then you see the disadvantages of this way of live that is what makes the book interesting. -Katja-
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