“The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It's the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared.”
A world without colour, feelings, or anything predictable. That was the world created by Lois Lowry in The Giver. A world without snow, music, dancing, or anything life-threatening. A world where nobody didn't know their birth parents, and the concepts of 'grandparents' did not exist. Everyone's life was virtually the same; they even gained an age on the same day. However, there was a single person who was different from everyone else. That was The Receiver. Jonas had been excited for the Ceremony of Twelve, where he would get his job assignment; one he would have to stick with for the rest of his life. That was when they would become an adult. While all his friends were getting their assignments, he noticed that the chief elder had skipped over his name, and Jonas was scared that he had done something wrong. It was the opposite. Jonas was selected to be the new Receiver-in-training, but he did not have a clue as to what it was or what it meant to be the new Receiver. After the old Receiver, now the Giver, had given Jonas his first 'training,' he told Jonas what it meant to be the Receiver. It was the job of the Receiver was to receive and hold all the memories of the past; not just one person's memory, but generations and generations worth of memories.
'The Giver' creates a whole new world, with concepts different from our own. Jonas is a strong character; he does not give up easily, and cares deeply about the people. Not just the ones around him, but everyone in the community and everyone in the world. He wanted them to have these memories as well. The ending was enjoyable because it was very mysterious. It had room for different interpretations, and no one could really confirm what had really happened.
'The Giver' creates a whole new world, with concepts different from our own. Jonas is a strong character; he does not give up easily, and cares deeply about the people. Not just the ones around him, but everyone in the community and everyone in the world. He wanted them to have these memories as well. The ending was enjoyable because it was very mysterious. It had room for different interpretations, and no one could really confirm what had really happened.
Accelerated Reader Book Level: 5.7