Chapter Summary: The Giver By Lois Lowry

Imagine living life with no knowledge of color, memories, death, or even love. Jonas and The Giver are the only two people who have feelings and know of things no one else knows about. In the book, The Giver, by Lois Lowry, the author has the community not have any knowledge of most things that exist. Knowledge has the power to change anything.

Jonas wanted to live a different life. In his journey, Jonas travels with Gabriel, the child that was being nurtured by his family. He needed to saved him from being “released”. Together they faced danger and fear but it was just the beginning of a new life in the land of Elsewhere.

I believe reflection is key to growth, and the social commentary in The Giver by Lois Lowry is that very key. A tale of a seemingly utopian society, I think it is telling of the dangers of conforming to a societal mold. The story explores a society where all pain and strife have been eliminated to achieve an ideal society. Citizens are brainwashed by propaganda, and have every decision, from the number of kids they’ll have to the job they’ll hold, predetermined for them. While this may be a far cry from our current society, this book portrays where we are possibly headed. Our perception of perfection is more defined than ever before: a secure job, a mansion, a luxury car, and of course the latest iPhone. However, in our plight to achieve “perfection”

In the book, The Giver, written by Lois Lowry, the protagonist Jonas realizes the truth of his utopian society after receiving the forbidden knowledge from the Giver, his mentor, and soon plans to run away after he finds out that everyone in the city is fully brainwashed by the government (the Elders) of the society. Similarly, in Suzanne Collins’s second series of The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, the book tells a story about a rebellion against the oppressive Capitol. In the 75th Hunger Game, the Capitol requires the victors from the last games to participate. Katniss, the protagonist, thinks that this game will not be easy to win. During the game, she plans to destroy the arena and starts to rebel. Lastly, in the article, “Milgram Obedience

“He killed it! My father kill it yelled Jonas!”(Lowry 188). This is just one surprise Jonas learns about in his community, when people are realest they are killed. In The Giver, there are many surprise/lies that Jonas discovers. Jonas is a twelve year old charter in the book The Giver by Lois Lowry. Jonas was chosen to be the next Receiver of Memory. The Receiver of Memory is a very significant individual who holds all the memories from the past. As Jonas receives the memories he begins to understand that his community is far from perfect. As the novel progresses, Jonas learns being true to oneself takes courage, and those who don't take risk never grow.

A small hand came up and rested on Jonas ' tear soaked face. It was Gabe’s. Jonas jumped, startled as he remembered the toddler sitting with him on the sled. He began to panic,

“Who are you looking for?” Jonas asks. I almost forgot he is here; he hadn’t talked the whole time. He is probably just processing and in shock, as everyone else

A world without memories of suffering, disease, or hardships, but also color, emotions, and freedom is hard to imagine. However, Jonas lived in a community like this. People thought with those things eliminated life is simple and perfect. Jonas becomes the Receiver and acquires the memories from the past of war and death but also love and joy. He learns the truth about his community and realizes it isn’t so perfect after all.

“Our future is created from choices we make in every moment”-Deepak Chopra I feel this quote represents why the freedom of choice is necessary. This quote represents freedom and how it can revolve around your life and how it can shape you you are. You can also learn from freedom of choice, because you learn from your mistakes. We should be able to make our own decisions, unlike in the novel The Giver by Lois Lowry where everyone does the same thing every day.

Jonas is a good friend he always made me laugh a lot. My job is hard know that i'm 18. I could remember a lot of things that we did when I was with him. One day, Jonas saw me different because of the giver so he said that my hair looked different but not in my shape and, not my length. Finally he said that I changed and he didn't know how or why I changed. Jonas told me that I was doing so

The first five chapters of “The Giver” by Lois Lowry, were queer and predominantly talks about the community. These chapters made me feel that the government over rules and dominates the people. First of all, the government entrusts people a job, instead of letting the people determine what they want to become. Secondly, the government gives people a spouse, shouldn’t the people get to select who they want to marry? After reading these chapters, I was surprised by the fact that no one strikes for their rights. How can people live with these sorts of strict rules? So far of reading the novel makes me predict that Jonas will come to perceive a secret of the government or otherwise known as Committee of Elders. Jonas will try to apprise the people

What do you think the world would be life if we didn’t have to hear opinions from other people, or outside sources? Hard to imagine, isn’t it? This is because there is a high value of public statements of opinion from various sources. Without these opinions, our own perception of things could be very different.

The destination of Jonas and Gabriel can definitely be viewed in two different scenarios. Throughout the last chapters of the book, there were times when I thought they approached death and the house represented their heaven. Then there were other times I believed Jonas and Gabriel survived and people were waiting to greet them. There was evidence to support both views.

In the book I read called “The Giver” by Lois Lowry tells about a story of a young boy named Jonas and his realizations on life and the freedom/feelings he hasn’t had until this point in life. He lives in a utopian society this “perfect place” has no war, conflict, isolated, no hunger ,no disease, the perfect haven. Jonas’s family consists of one mother, one father,and two children ( one girl and one boy) this is a formula used by all the other families in his society.The community they live in of course has jobs and there are many jobs that once a child reaches twelve years old at the end of december, they are chosen a job that they will have for the rest of their lives.This process is called the ceremony of twelve. One is particular is called “The Giver” and he is the one who the leaders of this place go to for wisdom in making difficult choices.

Next we see Jonas at dinner with his family. They go through a ritual where each person talks about their feelings.