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The Giver by Lois Lowry MAG
After reading The Giver, I was left confused and disappointed. It seemed as if it would be interesting, but you can't judge a book by its cover. The contents were dull and predictable. Quite honestly, I wouldn't recommend it to any reader seeking a fine piece of literature. It just doesn't suffice.
The Giver is about a young boy named Jonas. He resides in a futuristic society in which each citizen is assigned a job, a spouse, and children. The children are born to mothers who will never get to see them. Trying not to give anymore away, I will only say that Jonas is assigned an important job and is challenged with the release of an innocent child. Jonas is left with the option of leaving his home, job, and family to save the child, or facing the harsh reality of his community and job, and enduring the release of the child.
This book was dreadful. I became more and more dissatisfied with each page. It was a waste of time and hardly made sense. I'll admit, there were a few interesting lines, but far too few to continue reading after the first chapter. Although I finished it, I regret doing so. It was, by far, the worst book I've ever picked up. It proved to be mediocre, no better than what the average person could conceive. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.
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I loved this book!
I read it for English class in 7th grade and understood it fine!
I think it not only is a fantastic story line, but depicts a metaphor of sameness with an overly controlling government.
Just recently i had to read this book for English class, and i LIKED it. ALOT. Alot of kids in my class did.
It's not confusing at all.
It takes place in the future, where humans decided to go into sameness (meaning they tried to demolish all differences). Therefore, they created communities, where people can only see black & white, have no feelings, and live a very organized lifestyle with hardly any of the independence we have today. To accomplish this, people have to take pills, medication, and other horrid things. However there is only one person in the community who has feelings-----the receiver. He is called that becuase he is bestowed memories of our day (or "the past") from the previous receiver. These memories allow him to see colors and have feelings. Jonas is the next receiver
It's not that hard.
And the WORST book you've ever read??? If this is so, then you haven't picked up the book "the road to memphis"
This book is so wonderful because it forces you to look at life and conformity in a new and different way. Something powerful about this book is that it doesn't say outright what's wrong with Jonas' world. It just gives cryptic hints through context and memories. Additionally, the ambiguous ending allows the reader to decide what they believe happens to Jonas.
Anthem, by Ayn Rand is a similar read and, in my opinion, another insightful incarnation of the dystopian society.
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