The Giver by Lois Lowry Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Giver
Book Review: "A Gray Utopia" by One Who Plays Chess w/the Best @LSMS
Summary: 4 Stars
It is said that censorship reflects a society's lack of confidence in itself. The community of Lois Lowry's book The Giver has so little confidence in itself or in its citizenry that books are prohibited, with the exception of a dictionary and a sort of Yellow Pages directory to stores and businesses. Except that they don't seem to have telephones. Or TVs. Or radios. Or music. It's a very stifling way to live, as protagonist Jonas discovers, once a glimpse into history opens his eyes to alternative living arrangements. Reading this book made me think about where my thoughts and ideas come from, how I am influenced by books, television, the music I listen to. What would I think about all day if it weren't for these media? What kind of person would I be? Censorship, in a real sense, colors my world gray.Book Review: "The Giver"
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is very interesting and detailed. To begin with, it is about a boy who lives in a large city that is colorless and the same in temperature year round. When you are 12 years old your job in life is decided for you. There are family units with 2 children (1girl and boy). There are no real grades but ages that you learn by. Everybody in this city turns a different age in December. If twins are born and are both the same genders they weigh them and see which one is smaller and kill it. It is called the Giver because the boy becomes it. A Giver is a person that takes all the memories from years and years over time. Then when you turn old they put you in the old house. When you're too old they kill you. In this book he finds memories and color. He also finds what the world is really like outside of the town. Louis Lowery is one my favorite authors.Book Review: "The Giver" Book Review
Summary: 5 Stars
Jonas was born into a perfect community. In a society where there is no unemployment, criminals, or poor people. Everything is perfect, and everyone is happy. In this world people are assigned to their spouse, and children are assigned to couples if the Committee of Elders believes the couple is qualified. All families in this community consist of a mother, a father, a male child, and a female child. Once a person in the community gets too old they move to the House of Elders, where they live until they are "released" from the community. A person can also file for "release" if he or she no longer wants to continue to live in the community.
This year Jonas will become twelve years old. Becoming twelve is an important year for all children within this society. It is important because that is the year when all the "twelves" receive notice of their occupations in the community and begin their training. The Committee of Elders decides the careers for each child that will turn twelve in that year at a ceremony performed in front of the entire community. Jonas is given his job title last. He is assigned to be the Receiver of Memory, which is the most important job within the community. His job is to receive the memories held by The Giver in order for Jonas to become The Giver of Memory himself someday. His training is secretive and can be painful or pleasurable. The Giver transfers his memories of all things including love, color sensation, sledding in the snow, and war. Memories such as war can cause Jonas to have pain. On the other hand memories like sledding can be exciting for Jonas.
Jonas' training will take much time to be completed because there are an abundance of memories to be transferred. The purpose of The Giver is to hold all the memories so the people of the society do not have to experience the bad memories or have the burden of holding memories. For instance, Jonas training is dramatic and he grows wiser. Jonas realizes there is more to life than just the community where Jonas lives. The author has shaped a creative plot that is fascinating and intriguing due to the creative plot with the concept of one person holding all the memories for everyone within a community.
Written for young adults, The Giver convoys a positive and outgoing mood due to the fact that the society in which Jonas lives is protected and perfect. That memories are valuable and precious is a central theme in this book. It is important for people to experience a great variety of things and cherish their memories and experiences.
Book Review: "The Giver" Forwards a Chilling Message
Summary: 5 Stars
In "The Giver", a 12-year-old boy, Jonas, is selected to be the new Reciever of Memory in his Community. He soon finds out that the world he lives in is not "perfect" as it is intended but full of murder, infanticide, and suicide. The people in the Community can also not see color or have feelings. Jonas decides to do something about it. If you look in the dedication section of "The Giver" It says, "To all the children to whom we enrust the future." This made me realize that if we are not careful, the children of today could let our world become like this. They are making the history of tomorrow.Book Review: "The Giver" Review
Summary: 4 Stars
"The Giver" By Lois Lowry is very interesting and very confusing at the same time. The book is based on a utopia type world where everything is the same and everyone is very courteous and polite. It is one kids duty as receiver of memory to learn about all the horrible, painful, and also fun memories from the past. This book was very interesting to read because it is based on something so very different from the real world, so it makes it very unique. Some confusing parts of the book were when it is talking about how they can't see color and Jonas, the main character, learns to see color. In conclusion "The Giver" by Lois Lowry was a very interesting book and is good for anyone from age nine to sixteen.