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Summary: It's a very Bizarre book.
Review: "THE GIVER" Author: Lois Lowry Report by: Shelton Amerman In my own personal opinion, "THE GIVER", by Lois Lowry, is an extremely bizarre book. It's a book about a future world. This world is supposedly perfect; no crime, no poverty, no starvation, no war, no prejudice, no overpopulation, no divorce, no pain, good educational system. Children grow up learning different jobs, rules of the community, good manners, and proper speech. When they reach the age of twelve( they celebrate birthdays all at the same time), they are assigned a job that fits with their abilities, if they want a spouse, they are assigned one, if they want children, they are assigned one male and one female, no more. When they are old, they go to a special facility. It's perfect; on the surface. There is also no freedom, no privacy, no emotion, no color, no music, no sunlight, no weather, no understanding of the past, no choice. When someone gets to old, they are "released", if twins or an extra child is born, they are "released"(releasing is what they call killing). The book focuses primarily on the experiences of a boy called Jonas. When he turns twelve, he is selected for the most honored position in the community, "Receiver of Memories" from the "Giver of Memories". The position is one in which "The Giver" gives memories of the past, both good and bad, to Jonas. Jonas learns that the community is not the perfect place he once thought it was. Then something happens that causes Jonas to do something drastic. At the end he......well, you'll have to read the book to find out. The book is very well written, very descriptive and imaginative, But the ending leaves you hanging. All in All, It's a good book.
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Summary: Sherette's Review
Review: "The Giver" by Lois Lowery was certainly one the best books I have ever read. It is hard to imagine a world without color, pain, and music. The relationship that the people had with one another were really strange. The thought of having your career choosen for you was really different. It is hard to imagine a world like the one described in this book. This book was excellent.
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Summary: The Giver
Review: "The Giver" by Lois Lowry is a very good book. It takes place in a very proper community with no color. Jonas who is just about to receive his job is a person who wants change in the community. When Jonas is selected to be the Receiver of memory (A very high honor) he has to learn from the Giver. Now that Jonas is able to see color see is to learn what no one else has. In this book there are many good and bad points. Like at the beginning it is somewhat boring and dull. While at other times like at the end it is very exciting to read. All in All this is a great book and I would suggest it to anyone over 10.
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Summary: The Giver
Review: "The Giver" by Lois Lowry is an excellent book. There are two very important characters, Jonas and The Giver. Jonas is a 11 year old that at the ceremony becomes a 12year old. Jonas is selected as the Receiver of Memories. The Giver is the old receiver that helped to chose Jonas. The Giver must give up the memories he received, of the past,to Jonas, even if they are painful. This story takes place in a community that is "perfect" but very dull. The reason I say that is because the citizens are not aloud to have feelings of love and hate.
In the beginning of the story Jonas is an 11 that is apprehensive about the up coming ceremony. During the ceremony his number (19) was skipped over. When the Cheif Elder was done with telling the other 12s their accupation, she came back to Jonas. She told him that he was the Receiver of Memories.
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Summary: The Giver Reviewed
Review: "The Giver" by Lois Lowry.This book is about a boy named Jonas and a man named the Giver.Jonas and the Giver live in a dull, boring communtiy. no one sees color and everything has to be the same.You don't have an age you are a one, two........ When you are a twelve you are assined a job. But when the ceromony of the tweleves come the chief Elder skipped his number Jonas gets scared. "What did I do wrong" Janas asked himself.But finally the Chief Elder says"I know all of you think I have made a mistake but we have saved best for last Jonas is going to be the reciever of Memorey."The giver is the only person who has books. Jonas's favorite memorey was Christmas.The theme of this story is that no places is perfect.Lois Lowry had a great idea to make this story. I really liked this book. I recomend it to you.
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Summary: The Giver - for children or adults?
Review: "The Giver" deals with a very strange world where people have to follow a lot of rules to build a painless society! I can't decide if this novel is mainly written for children or adults. I suppose, it's very interesting to compare our today's world with the Givers's society but the story is a little bit boring. I think, the philosophical aspects (e.g. talking about love) are mainly adults' topics while the story is written in such a simple style that even young children may understand and that doesn't really satisfy me. Coming to conclusion, "The Giver" has a lot of interesting aspects of social and philosophical topics but the story is too simple to be exciting.
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Summary: My personal review of "The Giver"
Review: "The Giver" deals with information about the twelve year old boy Jonas who lives in a future society. In my opinion the book wasn't as exciting as other books i read. Although the story was very fascinating and interesting in the second part, the first part of the book is written very boring. Nothing interesting happens there. When the ceremony is over and Jonas starts his training and receives the memories, "The Giver" becomes more and more fascinating. So coming to a conclusion I would say that it's a average written book with a well thought story
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Summary: An Interesting Look at the Dark Side of Utopia
Review: "The Giver" explodes with originality and sheer power. Lowry's writing style lends to the eerie story and compelling characters. The book ends just as it climaxes and will leave the reader contemplating for days. One of the best books ever written; a novel which can literally make you question your own value system.
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Summary: This story, "The Giver", is about a boy who face problems.
Review: "The Giver" is a book about a boy, Jonas, who lives in a perfect world. As he grows older, he is given the most honorable job in his community. The job teaches him about the past,when there were feelings, color, and emotions. As he learns more and gains more emotions from the old man,"the Giver," he tries to teach his friends about the past, but they don't understand him, and what he is talking about. Soon, he becomes fond of a little boy, Gabriel, and passes the information of the past to him. Jonas soon can not put up with the community and leaves with Gabriel. They journey to another place. This bok has no ending. If you like sci-fi books then this is the book for you. This book will spark your interest and you will never want to put it down. There is much suspense near the end of the book. The begining of the book might be boring but once you make it to the ninth chapter it becomes more interesting and begins to get intense near the end. I recommend this to people ten years old and up. Just give it a try. Happy reading.
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Summary: A Picture of the future
Review: "The Giver" is a great book about a boy living in the future. In the future each person is give a job. This boy's job is The Reciever. What is this job? Will it be hard? How come I've never heard of it? These are a few of his (and my) questions. What is it like in this colorless future where EVERYTHING is different? What will become of him, and how does the child staying staying with him have to do with anything? To find the answers read "The Giver".
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