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Summary: Jonas struggles to become an individual.
Review: "The Giver" is a great book, if you like fictional stories. I don't want to give away the book by telling you a full summary, but for you people who don't like surprises, read on. I'll be telling about a few characters and maybe a few really good parts. One of those good parts was when Jonas, the main character, started to panic when he wasn't assigned a job. The part I liked the most was when Jonas and Gabriel stole out of the community and were learning to survive in the outside world. The community Jonas and the others live in aren't like the communities of today. This community is extremely orderly and everyone who lives there are the same. There isn't a president but they have a chief elder who leads a group of elders who decide what goes on in this community. Later in the story, the chief elder announces that he was selected to be... If you want to find out and are interested in this book like I was and still am, you can find it in bookstores and libraries. It will be amazing. That was what I thought after I finished reading this wonderful book. Find your favorite part in this book and tell us about it on Amazon.com.
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Summary: A "Must read" for fantasy lovers!
Review: "The Giver" is a novel about a boy who lves in a colorless, same community; Where 1 female and 1 male child are assigned to a family unit, and 12 year olds are assigned jobs for the rest of their lives. Jonas is "selected" specially as "Reciver of Memory" and is transmitted memories of the old world such as snow, color, and sunshine. Jonas is inpired to venture out of the community and find the real world. I really liked this book, though the ending is abrupt. Lois Lowry's best masterpiece!
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Summary: Rewiew of "The Giver"
Review: "The Giver" is a novel which deals with the problems boy named Jonas who lives in a totalitarian system.I this system,the habitants are genetically manipulated so that they are not able to feel.Only the "Receiver of Memories" has feelings and Jonas is chosen to be the next one. In his assignement he is able to get to know the whole truth about their society which reveals enormous cruelties.The author employs the third- person-point of view but she stays close to the protagonist's perspective,so that the reader is able to identify with Jonas.The novel is easy to read and to understand because she often uses hypotaxes.In regard to the content and the action, the text is diaphonous and the characters do not have uncommon personalities.I think,the novel is approciated for younger people from about 10 to 14 years because the plot is often flat and ordinary. So in my opinion,the text does not belong to high-quality-literature.
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Summary: It's a book about a strange world.
Review: "The Giver" is a novel written by Lois Lowry. The novel is about Jonas-the 12 year old protagonist- who seems to live in a perfect world. In the Ceromony of 12 he receives his assignment as "Receiver of Memory". During his training, performed by "The Giver of Memory", Jonas finds out about dark secrets that underlie the apparent harmony of his world. And so he runs away. 'The Giver' won the prestigious Newbery Medal "for most distinguished contribution to American literature for children" and for 'The Giver' she also received other important awards such as "The Boston Globe-Horn Book" Honor Award. Lois Lowry uses the I-narrator (Jonas). She describes Jonas's feelings, what he thinks and sees, she describes the minor characters, the village and other things. And so you often think, that you are a part of the book. Lois Lowry delays the excitment, and so the story gets more and more interesting. But sometimes she delays the excitment for a too long time. She doesn't only use the monologue (which is done by Jonas), she even uses dialogues between the different charaters, so that you can get what the other charaters think about important points. This extraordinary novel appeals to readers of all ages. And you can read this novel very easily and it's very exciting and interesting. I advice you to read this book. [For pupils: You can read this book in a very short time.]
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Summary: pick up this book! :)
Review: "the giver" is a really interesting and touching book, and it leaves you thinking about its themes and content long after you've read it. once you start reading it, you won't put it down until you've read the whole thing. a keeper.
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Summary: World without Feelings
Review: "The Giver" is a very originel and exciting story.We read the book in our English-lesson and I have to say that I really enjoyed it! A life without any feelings or memories of the past is an excelent theme for a (children's)book! In my opinon her writing-style is simple and good understandable,without foreign words,which is typical of children's books.Her usage contains some extraordinary words like "Receiver","Giver","Sameness","Elsewhere"or"Family unit".Makeing use of these she builds up her (and also the reader's)"futur-world", which is very best explaind. The story is pretty exciting because of the strange atmosphere of a life without feelings or emotions,a lot of rules/regulations and the rise of Jonas's behavior the more he knows about the past. There are some highpoints, f.ex. the videotape of Jonas's father killing the babies or the warfar-ememory,which lead to the "real climax",that is Jonas's and Gabriel's flight out of the community.This rise shows that Jonas's character changes in the story.
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Summary: The Giver is a great book that takes place in the future.
Review: "The Giver" is about a boy named Jonas who lives in the future. This exciting novel displays his courage and determination. This book was excellent, and on a scale of one to ten, it would be an eleven. I thought that the setting added to its splendor and attraction. I also believed this book was a thrilling novel because of its pace. One thing set off another and it didn't stop until the end of the book, just like dominoes. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes non-stop thrill. But beware: this book of magnanimous enticement will stay in your hands until the very last word.
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Summary: The perfect book for young adults.
Review: "The Giver" is Lois Lowry's masterpiece. A book every young reader should experience. The idea of a land without pain and disadvantages is a mind-throwing concept. This novel takes readers through the concept of reality that we don't often think about, and turn our attention to the question "what is the meaning of life?" Lowry's book has been named the Boston Globe-Horn Book "Honor book", the American Library Association's "Best Book for Young Adults" and "Notable Book", Booklist's "Editor's Choice" and The School Library Journal's "Best Book of the Year". It is also the winner of the Regina Medal and the Newbery Medal.
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Summary: The Giver Review
Review: "The Giver" is one of the best novels I've ever read. Lois Lowry creates a world so realistic, it seems you can see and feel what jonas does. The book starts out with Jonas riding home on his bike, and decides he's apprehensive about the Ceremony of Twelve coming up in December.
Jonas lives ina perfect world, and everyone has a number= a one-year-old is a One, and so on. When Jonas turns twelve, he is selected to recive special training from the Giver. There he recives many memories.
Over time, Jonas starts getting ideas. So he and the Giver work out a plan that will change the community. Forever!
After reading this book, I enjoyed it a lot. I would STRONGLY reccomend it to all young readers.
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Summary: A Perfect Student Introduction to Negative Utopia
Review: "The Giver" makes a great addition to the already growing dystopia library. Many of you may be wondering what Negative Utopia and Dystopia are- no, they aren't commonly used terms, are they? Well, let's start early on...Many readers may have heard of books like "1984" (by George Orwell) and "Brave New World" (by Aldous Huxley). These great novels are perfect examples of modern dystopias. Dystopias, or Negative Utopias, as they are also known, are the opposite of a Utopia, or perfect society (making these words describe greatly flawed and problematic societies). The use of Negative Utopias usually revolves around human rights- in "1984", human rights are taken away, and "big brother" is always watching. In "Brave New World", the use of post-modern science is used to illustrate a dark world of the future, where people are genetically engineered and separated into classes. This type of writing is sometimes simply called paranoid, but I thoroughly believe that the warnings expressed in some of these books are important to consider- while I doubt that thought-police are going to take over our country tomorrow, sometimes our society seems to be heading that way. "The Giver" uses many of the same ideas (classes, regulated societies) to illustrate another dark world of the future, where marriages are formed by the government, and all children are adopted. It adds its own flavorful twist, though- a man called "the Giver" is designated to hold all of the dark thoughts that the rest of society has forgotten, memories that are passed on from generation to generation. This addition is very ingenious, and makes the entire plot a little more eerie. The book also succeeds in suspense- I couldn't stop reading until I got to the end. I was debating between 4 and 5 stars on this book, but in the end I decided on 5 stars. While there are some things that could have been developed or added, the book succeeds in doing the job it was meant to do: introducing the entire idea of Dystopias, or futuristic but flawed worlds, to students and young people.
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