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Summary: The Battle Against Conformity
Review: When I first read this book, I wasn't too impressed. It seemed to me that it was another story of pure imagination and little reason if any.
After a while, I started to realize the message that Lois Lowry was trying to convey. She was stating the dangers of pure conformity and tradition. They had left individuality, and even justice, to distort it to fit their conformist beliefs.
In that society's beliefs, killing the old or handicapped was not only normal, but right. Only the Giver understood the pain of loss, the value of human life and individuality, and everything that had been left behind by society.
The Giver contained a lot of imagination, but now that I look back on it, I see the reasoning.
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Summary: One of My Favorite Books
Review: When I first received this book, I thought it looked boring. But I am so glad that I gave it a chance! The back cover description really doesn't tell enough about the story. But that's why I'm writing this review. So you can know just what the story is about (free of spoilers), and my opinion on it.
Jonas is a boy who lives in a community where everything is structured and in control. Babies are birthed by birthwomen, named, and given to couples with only one girl and one boy in each family. Jobs, husbands, and wives are assigned by the leaders of the community. Children are not allowed to ride bicycles until they are "a nine". All of the people of the community have lives planned out for them, and they can have only as much knowledge as they are allowed. In this strange world that these people live in, there is only one person who knows of the beauty of originality and love: The Receiver. He must bear the weight of all the glorious memories of life and the painful ones of death for the entire community, even if it means that he will be the only one to realize how truly emotionless everything is. When Jonas is assigned this job, he must learn these memories from the past Receiver, who, since he is no longer receiving, refers to himself as "The Giver".
This unique and entertaining page-turner is unpredictable, and will keep you wondering. Just when you are content with all that's happening, a new twist makes you wonder and keeps you reading. This book was very detailed, though the ending was slightly foggy for me. And it actually pulls you in, and almost makes you feel what the characters are feeling. I recommend it to all readers!
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Summary: The Giver is a great book, I couldn't put it down!
Review: When I first saw the cover of the Giver I thought I would hate it. I was requiered to read it for my English class. When I started reading the first two chapters I didn't like it but, later I couldn't put it aside. This books shows a very different community from ours, and Jonas (the main character)is learning more from our community. The Giver is a very original book. I think the author and the book are both great.
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Summary: Perfect World
Review: When I first started I didn't get it. The story is about a boy and the world is perfect no pain, no fear, no emotion . Jonah gets the job as Giver and they give him the memories of the past of the real world but when he gets emotions he feel sorry for a baby who they are going to kill. My favorite part is the end when he dies going down a snow hill dreaming there is a warm house .
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Summary: A Book Everyone Should Read
Review: When I first started reading this book, my boyfriend laughed at me. He told me it was something he had read in 6th grade. But I don't think a 6th grader can fully understand the message in this book. It makes you realize how lucky we are to live on this earth, even with all the bad things that happen. Jonas's world was not perfect, even though he believed that it was at first. How can a world without color, love and emotion be perfect? To me, love is the basis of all life. I recommend this book to anyone who wants to read something that will make him or her think.
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Summary: *The Giver*
Review: When I picked up "The Giver", I couldn't put it down. In a strange way it almost relates to the society today. It's a really great book for kids in grades 6-7, but I recommend this book to anyone who has a good imagination.
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Summary: The Giver
Review: When I read the book The Giver at first I thought NOT EXCITING WHAT'S SO EVER. After we kept on reading it wasn't all that bad.The story of The Giver is set in a utopia. There is a 12 year old boy named Jonas who lives in a community where there is no fear, pain, sadness, no colour, no feeling. The children are born into a family with only 2 children. Each person in the community receives the responsibility of a job that they must complete. Overall I would recommend this book to People between the ages of 14 and up. Only if they are into this kind of book.
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Summary: The Giver
Review: When I read The Giver I was a little confused in the begining. This book is about a young boy who is given the chance to take over a very important role in his community. He learns a lot from his experience and decides to make a very important decision. I would recomend this book to anyone who enjoys sci-fi or fictional type of stories. I didn't enjoy this book as much as I would a more kind of sci-fi horror type of book. I do like fiction but not this kind of fiction. To me this kind of fiction is unrealistic and kind of immature. Some parts of this book did suprise me and the book does kind of keep you on your feet wondering what is going to happen next but I do have to say that this was not a favorite of mine but might be for someone else.
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Summary: It really makes you stop and think.
Review: When I read the Giver, it really made me stop and think how the world would be like if it was like Jonas's land. Imagine there being no color, no feeling, no taste or sharpness to anything. Jonas, being appointed the next Giver, realizes how much he doesn't know. The Giver infuses pleasant and unpleasant memories into Jonas, giving him a taste of the world we live in. There are also very strict things in Jonas's world, such as there only being two children in a family, and exiting the world is deemed as a peaceful operation, but it means death, as Jonas finds out.I think this was a very good book, and it makes you realize that what may seem utopian may not be so utopian at all.
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Summary: Generates quality conversation between adult and child
Review: When I read this book after it first came out, I said to myself, "This is the 1994 Newbery winner!" It was the last year of my 35 year teaching career, and I made up my mind that I was going to read it to my fifth graders despite the fact that many thought it was too sophisticated for that age group. The quality conversations about the importance of independence, appreciation of humans, enjoyment of ordinary life experiences, and quality of life abounded between student and teacher - and between students even at Snack Time! I convinced my Book Club to read it, and the conversation was as good as one we've had with many adult books. I recommend it for any parent who would like to have an intelligent conversation with his or her child. It is truly science fiction at its best!
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