Color In The Giver

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The Giver, a story about Jonas, a boy given the the career of Receiver of Memory, but will he want it? In the community he was raised in, there was no freedom, no happiness, and they feel nothing. They live in a life not even knowing what love is, what religion is, what color is. I disagree with the fact they are living without love, religion, and color. They are treated like dolls in a dollhouse, trapped and most never will leave. Love is something everyone has. It might not be forever, but when you are little and you have a little puppy. Imagine what the world would be without it. Could you live without that thing that strings us together? The people in the community live in a place where they go to school, ride around,

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