Review: The Giver By Lois Lowry

Is there ever such a thing as a utopia or perfect world? In The Giver, the Committee of Elders try to create a utopia. Sameness is highly valued. After the Ceremonies, when they get their assignments, ended in December, differences are celebrated in the community. Jonas is a person who got his assignment. However, when Jonas’ training begins, he learns that there is more than what is in the community. In the book The Giver by Lois Lowry, Jonas learns that without memories, knowledge is useless, to never give up, and that those who never take risks never grow. The first theme Jonas learns is that without memories, knowledge is useless. For example, when Jonas and the Giver were talking to each other one particular day, the Giver explained, “‘your …show more content…
First, without memories, knowledge is useless means that if people don’t know the memories behind the knowledge, they think the knowledge is useless. Second, never give up means that they believe and put all of their effort into their goal, think it would make their life better, and that they would never stop trying to achieve their goal. Third, those who never take risks never grow means if they don’t take any risks in any situation they will never grow physically, mentally, or emotionally. If they want a good career they should use these themes, without memories knowledge is useless, never give up, and those who never take risks never grow. Use them by practicing their job, trying over and over to become their dream job, and putting some risks into their job. In real life, with human nature like The Giver a utopia might happen but the probability of it happening forever with everybody being happy is very unlikely. The universal theme to be learned is that memories are as important as knowledge, that they never give up their beliefs, and that risks are