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Summary: The Giver
Review: Well The Giver is a good book at first it is a bit nonunderstandable or you wont understand the crazy thing was ther community. And Jonas goes pretty much through a bungh of pain at first I the piece for kids na cause kids is just not piece between all so thats what i thought but at the end or near the end you will mostlikely understand it.So you should read it, it is pretty good. Well till later. By:::::::::::::: 1316MIGUEL
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Summary: The Giver Rools
Review: Well the Giver,I found a very good book Because You Put Allot of Things That Don't really happen in our kind of communnity. But in some countries have a comunist community like jonus's. The only thing that i don't like about the book is the ending,you could have told us if jonus and gabe died,frozen or even made it to elswhere.You did a great job on the book and you put allot of detail into the book.
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Summary: The best of Lowry's work.
Review: What a creative tale of science fiction. The strange world in itself is a wonderful part of the book. My favorite book of all time!
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Summary: I could hardly put it down after the first four chapters.
Review: What a great book! I had a very hard time at the first of the book. I did not know how in the world I was going to get through the first four chapters when it is setting everything up. As soon as I hit the fifth chapter I could not put the book down. It was so entriguing. It was all I could do to keep reading to find out what happened to each character. I really feel like everyone that has a chance to read should start today. I have recommended it to many people so far. She is a very intelligent writer.
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Summary: A touching Novel Full of Thought Provoking Wizdom
Review: What a touching book. It shows the ultamite value of the human spirit, even in the face of danger. This book is the most touching book i have ever read, and may it's message live in the hearts of all.
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Summary: Great!
Review: What an amazing read! We loved it and recommend it.
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Summary: Eloquent and enjoyable.
Review: What an incredibly well organized book! Every thought about how the futuristic society exists and operates has been meticulously figured out and recorded by the author, Lois Lowry. There is not a word out of place in this novel. When younger, I often got this book mixed up with the similarly titled, "The Cay". An unfortunate mix-up when you consider that Theodore Taylor's "The Cay" is regarded by many to be a badly written pompous book. This book, however, is lovely. An easy read, it sets up all its ideas perfectly before knocking them down. The reader is placed in a position not too different from that of Jonas, the protagonist. What Jonas learns to feel about his community, we readers learn to feel the same things at the same time. Lowry is especially skilled at the slow reveal. We do not know that the citizens of this world do not distinguish height or sunlight or snow or color until Jonas learns about each of these things in turn. And the book is especially interesting when you consider that there aren't any villains beyond the system itself. This is a laudable book and a good didactic (without being preachy) tale. This would pair well with other dystopian futures, such as "A Wrinkle In Time" (remember the world where "It" lives and the children must bounce the ball all the same way?). I disagree with those readers who feel this book is inappropriate for younger readers. While the open ended ending will probably disappoint or anger some, kids will enjoy the writing for what it is. Eloquent and enjoyable.
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Summary: A cautionary tale of extreme political correctness.
Review: What an interesting story! We need this now. I think anyone from the age of ten and up would benefit from reading it or hearing it read by the wonderfully expressive, Ron Rifkin. This is a cautionary tale about a society in which political correctness has been taken to an extreme. With just a few twists to the kind of yuppie-liberal, correct way, of behaving and thinking that seems to prevail at least in America now, the community of The Giver could be our own. Younger readers could find more meaning in this story of a utopia gone bad, if they can discuss the book with other youngsters and adults who have read it also.
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Summary: The Giver Review
Review: What if you lived in an society that had no pain, no hunger, no color, everything's the same, no unemployment, and no crimes. Well twelve year old Jonas lived in such an community. Jonas and all his other twelve year old friends are scared, worried and carious about the Ceremony of twelve. People receive their assignments for the community at this annual ceremony. There were different jobs, such as the caretaker, and the assistant director of recreation. Jonas received the most important job out of all of them. Jonas was chosen to be the community's Receiver of Memories. He was chosen for this job for a special reason that Jonas has experienced, but still doesn't know what it is. The Giver, an elderly man who was also chosen to be the receiver of memories, now has the responsibility to teach Jonas. Jonas gradually learns just how costly this pain-free society can be. This is really the best book ever, Lois Lowry used great descriptive words to bring the book to life. Once you pick this book up you will not want to put it down.
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Summary: THE GIVER provides a whole new look on society.
Review: What makes up our world? Poverty, war, famine, corrupt governments, violence, alcholism, just to name a few. Of course, there are some good traits of life like hope and faith, but they're outnumbered. Anyway, have you ever envisioned a way to have a society where only the good traits existed? A world where people were perfect and their lives were perfect? That's the society Jonas lives in; products of author Lois Lowry's imagination. Jonas is Lois Lowry's main character. He is a boy living in a Utopia in the distant future. It is a colorless Utopia where every action made by every person is controlled. A world where millions of strict rules cause the people to sprout puppet strings and become marrionets. The society is isolated from the rest of the world and the only way out is death. Every child is part of a group of other children in the society. Each group has all the children of one age, and is named after the age. For example, Jonas is eleven, so he is part of the group the "Elevens." At December of each year, each age group goes through a ceremony that marks their coming of age, and they move on to the next age group (ie: The "Nines" go to the Cermony of the Tens in December and become ten years old). Every time someone gets a year older, he or she gets something (ie: The Nines get bikes when they turn nine). When Jonas goes to the Ceremony of Twelve, his age group are assigned jobs. The jobs are chosen from close speculation of the person's behavior and interests. Jonas's job is to be the Receiver of Memory. His job is to receive memories from the Giver of the outside world. Jonas gets to see what life could have been like if he hadn't lived in the society. I read the Giver as a school assignment. I thought it would be a boring piece of work, but I was wrong. It was irresistable to keep my eyes glued to the pages and absorb the great masterpiece by Lois Lowry.
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