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GIVER, THE

By Lois Lowry

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| Paperback | 9780440228929

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Jonas's world is perfect. Everything is under control. There is no war or fear of pain. There are no choices. Every person is assigned a role in the community. When Jonas turns 12 he is singled out to receive special training from The Giver. The Giver alone holds the memories of the true pain and plContinue

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摘錄自我的心得報告。
The Giver is the first book of the trilogy, which includes another two books, Gathering Blue and Messenger. In The Giver, Lowery depicted a community in a science-fiction style. The community is like a Utopia, where there is no war or fear or pain. There are no choices, for people a ... (continue)

摘錄自我的心得報告。
The Giver is the first book of the trilogy, which includes another two books, Gathering Blue and Messenger. In The Giver, Lowery depicted a community in a science-fiction style. The community is like a Utopia, where there is no war or fear or pain. There are no choices, for people are always not sensible enough to make the right decisions. The Committee of Elders decides everything for everyone.
Every person will be assigned a role in the Ceremony of Twelve. The main character Jonas was singled out in the Ceremony, since he was selected to become the next Receiver in the community. From the Giver, the former Receiver, Jonas received the whole memories of the human being. Jonas understood happiness, snow, sunshine, pain, war, and many feelings he had never experienced before. He soon discovered the distortion in the daily life he had viewed as normality. He knew that after he had seen the world which the Giver made him see, there was no turning back for him.
The first time I read the book, I was too young to think over the meaning of the book drastically. It was a year ago that I could finally grasp the topic, which is about the humanity that Lowery is always concerned about.
True, there are many memories which are preferred to be forgotten. But is it really help to rid people of all the emotions, bliss, love, sadness, and so on? Should we get rid of all the pain, the possible failure, the individual, and everything that might make us hurt? Should we escape from bearing these? If we can’t make our own choices, how can we prove the free will of mankind? Does identity mean equality, whereas differences mean conflicts? Lowery asks her readers to think about the questions Jonas encountered in his own story. Everyone has a different answer in mind, and Jonas answered these questions through his actions.
Although The Giver is referred to as a book for children, it can touch the deepest part of mind, and it makes the readers think about the questions they might not think of before. It’s a book worth reading for all generations.

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Hitomi said on Sep 1, 2007 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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The Giver

Read the book three times since my first time reading it in 3rd grade. A great book with a lot of though provoking concepts within. I'm usually not a fan of science fiction but this book was written well and has a very interesting concept behind it.

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Brendan McCarthy said on Oct 22, 2011 | Add your feedback

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Love, love, love this one!! I read this in my teenage years and several times afterwards. This is a book that I will probably read and re-read again and again. I love it.

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Penetratingaxiom said on Oct 2, 2009 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

Every once in a while a book comes along and shakes you to the core. This was the case for me.
I don’t give it 5 stars just because it is not executed as fully as I would have liked.
I think it’s a book worth reading for all generations.

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momiji1020 said on Aug 1, 2010 | Add your feedback

Reread before seeing a theatrical adaptation.

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Plus5vswords said on Oct 19, 2009 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

Jonas lives in a world without prejudice, a world in which everyone is kind and considerate (unless they want to be "released"), a world without fears or decisions, where everything is taken care of for everyone. Everyone is equal in every possible way. When he is chosen as the new receiver, the one ... (continue)

Jonas lives in a world without prejudice, a world in which everyone is kind and considerate (unless they want to be "released"), a world without fears or decisions, where everything is taken care of for everyone. Everyone is equal in every possible way. When he is chosen as the new receiver, the one who will hold the memories of all mankind, he learns what price this idyllic community pays for their equality.

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Missmath144 said on Jun 1, 2009 | Add your feedback