Esteban Montesinos
Allison Welty
ENG 099
5 December 2016 THE GIVER BOOK REVIEW
The giver is a story written form the point of view of Jonas, an 11-year-old boy living in this modern society that has removed all emotions like pain, fear, love, hate. In this community there is no prejudice since everyone acts and adapts to this society the same. This society has eliminated all free will, at age twelve every member of this community is assigned a job based on their personalities and abilities.
Throughout the book the Author tries to illustrate the perils of having a community with no feelings or emotions. Another important theme the author is sharing with the reader in this book is the value of individuals. Lowry points out that when people are unable to experience pain, their total individuality is devaluated. Mentioning the importance of memories and how people can learn and get wisdom out of them. Life in Jonas community is very predictable and unchanging so are most of the people living in this community. They are simple characters that don’t change throughout the novel most of the citizens passively follow the rules of the community. In this society you are assigned to a compatible partner and a pair of children. These children are born in a nurturing centers and never get to see their real parents and afterwards they are assigned to a family to grow up with. When an individual gets old and can’t function in society they are released from that society. In this community release means death but it is never described this way. But to the public release is disclosed as headed elsewhere. Citizens who break the rules or fail to adapt to this society are released. Jonas the main character lives with his father, a nurturer of new children, his mother, who works at the department of justice and a seven-year-old sister Lily. At the beginning of the novel there is this ceremony entitled the ceremony of the twelve, where all the children who are 12 years old are taken to this formality when each individual will be assigned a task as a new adult in their present community as a new adult. Jonas character is unlike everyone else in his community, he possesses unusual powers of perception as a matter of fact sometimes objects change when he stares at them, he can perceive flashes of color while others devoid from colors and emotions. At the beginning of the ceremony, Jonas is given the position of the receiver of memory, this means he will be the only keeper of the communities’ collective memory of the past where the community abandoned all memories of pain, and emotion. One of the reasons why precise language it’s so important to the community is that it ensures that nobody ever publicly lies, although at one point Jonas finally realized that the whole community is a lie. But as he received the givers memories he becomes aware about the truth of his community, where people have freely given up on their individuality and freedom to live a life like robots. The purpose of this is to keep these memories concealed and so that the community itself can avoid …show more content…
This book illustrates the authors concerns about society and humanity.
One of the reasons why precise language it’s so important to the community is that it ensures that nobody ever publicly lies, although at one point Jonas finally realized that the whole community is a lie. But as he received the givers memories he becomes aware about the truth of his community, where people have freely given up on their individuality and freedom to live a life like robots.
One important writing technique that Lowry uses in the giver is her open ended plot structure. To allow readers the freedom to interpret the ending of the Giver in their own way concluding her novel with an ending that is not explained. Lowry intentionally ends the book to allow each other to create an individual ending according to that person’s beliefs, hopes, experiences and dreams.
The author portrays how important language, words, freedom of speech, and choice are to value of the individual, to every society, and to the world in which we
Allison Welty
ENG 099
5 December 2016 THE GIVER BOOK REVIEW
The giver is a story written form the point of view of Jonas, an 11-year-old boy living in this modern society that has removed all emotions like pain, fear, love, hate. In this community there is no prejudice since everyone acts and adapts to this society the same. This society has eliminated all free will, at age twelve every member of this community is assigned a job based on their personalities and abilities.
Throughout the book the Author tries to illustrate the perils of having a community with no feelings or emotions. Another important theme the author is sharing with the reader in this book is the value of individuals. Lowry points out that when people are unable to experience pain, their total individuality is devaluated. Mentioning the importance of memories and how people can learn and get wisdom out of them. Life in Jonas community is very predictable and unchanging so are most of the people living in this community. They are simple characters that don’t change throughout the novel most of the citizens passively follow the rules of the community. In this society you are assigned to a compatible partner and a pair of children. These children are born in a nurturing centers and never get to see their real parents and afterwards they are assigned to a family to grow up with. When an individual gets old and can’t function in society they are released from that society. In this community release means death but it is never described this way. But to the public release is disclosed as headed elsewhere. Citizens who break the rules or fail to adapt to this society are released. Jonas the main character lives with his father, a nurturer of new children, his mother, who works at the department of justice and a seven-year-old sister Lily. At the beginning of the novel there is this ceremony entitled the ceremony of the twelve, where all the children who are 12 years old are taken to this formality when each individual will be assigned a task as a new adult in their present community as a new adult. Jonas character is unlike everyone else in his community, he possesses unusual powers of perception as a matter of fact sometimes objects change when he stares at them, he can perceive flashes of color while others devoid from colors and emotions. At the beginning of the ceremony, Jonas is given the position of the receiver of memory, this means he will be the only keeper of the communities’ collective memory of the past where the community abandoned all memories of pain, and emotion. One of the reasons why precise language it’s so important to the community is that it ensures that nobody ever publicly lies, although at one point Jonas finally realized that the whole community is a lie. But as he received the givers memories he becomes aware about the truth of his community, where people have freely given up on their individuality and freedom to live a life like robots. The purpose of this is to keep these memories concealed and so that the community itself can avoid …show more content…
This book illustrates the authors concerns about society and humanity.
One of the reasons why precise language it’s so important to the community is that it ensures that nobody ever publicly lies, although at one point Jonas finally realized that the whole community is a lie. But as he received the givers memories he becomes aware about the truth of his community, where people have freely given up on their individuality and freedom to live a life like robots.
One important writing technique that Lowry uses in the giver is her open ended plot structure. To allow readers the freedom to interpret the ending of the Giver in their own way concluding her novel with an ending that is not explained. Lowry intentionally ends the book to allow each other to create an individual ending according to that person’s beliefs, hopes, experiences and dreams.
The author portrays how important language, words, freedom of speech, and choice are to value of the individual, to every society, and to the world in which we