The Giver

This book review is written for Mr. G. Bruce Reed, General Psychology 1030-108. Lois Lowry is the author of The Giver. The book has 225 pages and was published by Houghton Mufflin Books for children. The Giver is an imprint of Houghton Mufflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 1993. I chose to read this particular book because my daughter recommended it from the list of required novels given my instructor. Lois Lowry received the John Newberry Medal for the most distinguished contribution to American Literature for Children for her noel The Giver. The Giver was also a major motion film. The main characters of The Giver are Jonas- an inquisitive eleven-year-old boy who is very wise at such a young age and appears to be loving and caring. He becomes…

The Giver was a very compulsive and noteworthy novel written by Lois Lowry, which had won a John Newbery Medal in 1994. It is the first book of a quartet, but each novel isn’t a continuation of the previous stories. The various genres for The Giver include young adult fiction, utopian and dystopian fiction and the infamous, science fiction. It’s setting takes places in an imaginary world in an unspecified year or time where pain, physical and emotional, doesn’t exist. Almost every person has no…

What would you do if you were put in Jonas’s situation? This one of the many questions we find ourselves asking in the book the Giver, a dystopian novel by Lois Lowry. Not all books have to be non-fiction, and just because a book is realistic-fiction or a dystopian novel, does not mean it doesn’t have a point. There are so many instances in the Giver that we ask ourselves questions we might not think about while reading non-fiction. Who said that only non-fiction books can have a point?…

The Giver written by Lois Lowry is a piece that had no limits when it comes to imagination and creativity. Lowry made sure not to make an boundaries that kept him from doing what he destined. Unlike many of the books, this book’s plot was so original. It makes one build up a burden of thoughts that may possibly be never answered. The theme itself aligns itself far away from cliche and one has to admire Lowry’s triumph as it is quite difficult to catch a theme that is so original. It also tells…

Dystopian novels and series is the type of fiction that interests many readers today, such as The Giver, by Lois Lowry. In this story, Jonas, the protagonist and narrator, is living in an orderly community in the future that runs on a strict set of rules. The book was published in 1993, and like any great book a film adaptation was filmed, and released about a year ago. Like any book and its film adaptation, there are some differences. In The Giver, some major differences included the age of…

Hon 201-401 Wonderlands Dr. Danny Moore 11/28/2017 A wonderland is a great place to be or it can be a very wicked place to be, it can be made of a physical or mental state. It’s very beautiful or hideous, it is what you make of it. The Giver is a near perfect novel to describe exactly what a wonderland is. It’s something that you’re not use to, it doesn’t have to be better than what you’re use to but it’s very different. The Giver is composed from the perspective of Jonas, an eleven-year-old…

The book, ‘The Giver’ written by Lois Lowry is a futuristic novel about communities trying to achieve utopia. In their desire for this perfect world, a concept called Sameness is introduced which means that every aspect of their communities are uniform and monotonous. They are oblivious to concepts such as colours, true love, war, pain, hunger, freedom of choice and seasons. They live in a society where they are trying to achieve mechanical perfection. It is meticulously ordered, but…

In The Giver, everything and everyone within the community look the same, and everything revolves around sameness. At the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas receives the assignment as the next Giver, which represents the most honored assignment in the Community. Jonas learns the “rules” of the Receiver, and begins receiving memories of the past, such as weather and feelings. Jonas begins to experience pain and suffering, and learns that the last receiver, Rosemary asked to be released. A new child comes…

One of the biggest fears today, is not being able to fit in. People of all ages have this in common. Many people believe that they have to fit in to be popular, but that’s not necessarily true. If you can’t be accepted by the most popular group, then go make your own group of friends. Having that option is something in the book The Giver doesn’t have, they don’t get to make their own decisions, everything is chosen for them so they all already just fit in. Everyone and everything is the same and…

Lois Lowry’s novel, The Giver, is about a boy named Jonas in a Utopian society of sameness. In this community, there is no pain struggle, or diversity. Choices for all are made by a group of elder citizens. There is no color, no weather, and no change. The absence of difference leads Jonas to question whether the lack of pain is worth inability to feel anything at all. Through her characters, Lowry warns readers that to conform is to lose choices, individuality, and ultimately, free will. This…