The Giver is a 1993 American young adult novel by Lois Lowry. The novel follows a twelve year old boy named Jonas. He was selected to inherit the position of Receiver of memory, the person who stores all the past memories of the time before sameness. Jonas struggles with concepts of all the new emotions and things introduced to him. He lives in a community isolated from all except a few similar towns, where everyone from small infants to the Chief Elder has an assigned role. He seeks Reassurance from his father, a Nurturer. Jonas parents are not related to him. His mother, an official in the Department of Justice. His close friends were Asher and Fiona. Jonas has never seen snow, or a sled. Jonas’s father was a murder after injecting a baby with poison before putting the baby in a trash chute. …show more content…
His friend Fiona is adapted to be a love interest for Jonas and assists him with his and Gabe’s escape. The main characters in “The Giver” are Larissa an elderly woman who lives in the house of the old. Jonas bathes her when he volunteers at the house of the old. The Chief Elder is the leader of the community who is newly elected every ten
In the novel “The Giver,” written by Lois Lowry, Jonas is a boy who follows the rules, spends time with friends and family, goes to school, and at the Twelves Ceremony is given the job as the Receiver of Memory. At the end of the novel, Jonas learns information that makes him leave the community to save the people he loves. As Jonas becomes older, he acknowledges that he is different from his family and the people surrounded by him. Once Jonas got his assignment as the Receiver of Memory, his maturity became inconsistent throughout the novel.
Potter Stewart once said, “Censorship reflects a society’s lack of confidence in itself.” Often times, people try to censor works of literature because they feel that they contain inappropriate content that should not be shown to the public. Many have attacked Lois Lowry’s novel The Giver for its controversial content. The Giver is centered around Jonas, a boy who lives in a seemingly peaceful community where differences within people have been eradicated and people have no memories. Each member of the community is assigned a position in society to help the community function as a whole. When Jonas turns twelve, he is selected to be the Receiver of Memory. Only he and his predecessor, the Giver, know the truth and memories of the past. Feeling burdened with these memories, Jonas decides to flee the community altogether. Many people believe that this heart-warming novel contains questionable content that should not be shown to the public. Although some argue The Giver contains explicit sexual content,
The Giver, by Lois Lowry is about a young boy named Jonas who is growing up in a utopian society. In The Giver they have no memories of anything that has pain even involved which meant that the community had to get rid of some joyful things also. Jonas, the receiver, and The Giver himself are the only two that know the memories. The author, Lois Lowry, was given the Newbery medal in 1994. In her acceptance speech of the medal she stated things in her life that influenced her book, The Giver. Many of the events in Lois Lowry’s life had really influenced many of the big events in The Giver.
The Giver by Lois Lowry follows Jonas in a world that has left emotions, colors and love. Instead the community stays safe with routine and control. That is until Jonas learns about love, feelings and most importantly what the community has left behind. Jonas must now decide how to save his and his little brother's life before it is too late.
“The Giver”, by Lois Lowry, is a great book. The book has many spectacular events and the movie too. I was wondering how the book and the movie compare to the author's main idea, “The price for perfection is too high and that it is not enough”.
The Giver is a fictional book for young-adults composed by Lois Lowry. It is a story about an ordinary yet not so ordinary boy's struggle to survive in a futuristic society. The story provides critical events that hint what has yet to occur. I can relate my personal experience to an aspect of the story. In my opinion, I believe this book should be recommended to pre-middle school students.
The Giver by Lois Lowry is an adventure through a messed up “perfect” town where nobody has any freedom of choice, nobody can see in color, and nobody has any recollection/memory of the past. Readers learn about a boy named Jonas who gets a special job holding the memories for the community. The first theme is, “It’s not always good to be perfect.” The second theme is, “As you grow, the more responsible you become.” In this book, there are three main characters, Jonas, Gabe ( a new child a.k.a. a baby ), and the Giver. Throughout the book, the themes are shown when Jonas sees his dad kill a new child over not being the right weight and also as Jonas gets his new job.
Lois Lowry explores many themes in The Giver including life isn't fun without choices, taking risks are necessary, true sameness can never be achieved.
The Giver by Lois Lowry, shows us the importance of our emotions and freedom to our lives. The message is shown through Jonas’s journey and his perspectives. Jonas starts off as an obedient young boy that goes on to be a mature, wise young adult. He wonders whether war and pain are worth existing if it means love and joy can exist as well.
Choices and decisions help in tough situations, but a wrong decision can potentially limit opportunities in life. The Giver, by Lois Lowry, is centered around a twelve year old boy named Jonas, who is selected to receive memories about the whole world, color, and feelings, which are concepts that are so new to him. After he learns, he must decide to remain safe at home or to explore the outside world. This choice defines his whole life and his safety. Jonas realizes that so much information is being kept, information that nobody except him and the Giver knows.
The Giver is a classic novel that takes us to an interesting story where it begins with a young boy called Jonas who lives in a community free of pain and chaos. At the age of 12, jobs are assigned to the children, which they will spend most of their time on. Jonas keeps a distance from the community because he was chosen to become the so called
In the book, The Giver, by Lois Lowry, Jonas, the main character is being trained by The Giver, who holds the memories and he gives Jonas them and Jonas want to share them with his family now. This moment that I am analyzing right now shows signs of contrast and contradiction for the theme of the book for a couple reasons
Robert Plant, a famous musician in the band called Led Zeppelin, once said,”I think that passion and love and pain are all bearable, and they go to make love beautiful. In The Giver By Lois Lowry, Jonas thinks it is better to experience love even if it involves pain. Jonas is watched his whole life and is assigned to be a Receiver of Memory. He learns about the goods and the bads of the life that the community has never seen before. However, Jonas thinks that they should realize what has happened.
The Giver, written by Lois Lowry, follows a boy named Jonas as he lives life with his family and friends in a futuristic society where everyone has nothing but love for each other. There are many strict rules that if broken you are ‘released’ which is considered a great dishonor unless you are being released from the House of the Old. One of the biggest factors that progresses this book is the lack of choice citizens have; at the age of 12, they are assigned a career that they must endure for the rest of their lives, they must apply for a spouse of their choice or be assigned one from the government. Children are birthed by Birthmothers, who never see their children and can only be used for one year.
The Giver is a novel set in a special society which is deprived of any differentiation. In this society, there is a special event called the “Ceremony of Twelve” and it's a time when the twelve-year-olds residing in this community are assigned a job. The main character of this story is a twelve-year-old kid named Jonas who was special because he gets assigned the job of a receiver. As a receiver, Jonas is allowed to obtain various amount of memories that everyone else in the society is oblivious to. The receiver before him, now called The Giver, mentors Jonas and transfers the memories he has into Jonas. At first it was pleasant for Jonas, he was able to experience the coldness of snow, a birthday, and so much more. But eventually, he was given horrific memories that changed his view upon this society that he has lived in for about twelve years. So The Giver and Jonas conceives a plan for Jonas to escape from the community so that the memories Jonas received can go back to the citizens. This novel mostly fits into the fantasy genre because of the whole perfect society theme. At the beginning,