![]() ![]() If you haven't read The Giver, you ABSOLUTELY must get your hands on a copy. In sum, this book is outstanding! It's dystopian young adult literature, or should I say anti-uptopian, at its finest. Therefore, this is a book that I'll be recommending to readers that are fans of The Hunger Games and dystopian literature, which seems to be all the trend lately. I mentioned previously that many of my avid readers, much to my surprise, haven't read The Giver. If I were to teach the importance of setting and world building in a writing course, I would refer to Lowry and The Giver she does this expertly. I absolutely loved it the book sparked such amazing discussions and lent itself to some interesting debates and activities. I had never read anything like this and then many years later, I had the opportunity to student teach a unit focusing on this book to middle school students. I first read this book when I was in middle school and was completely blown away. She creates an unforgettable world that, to this day, is still very vivid in my mind. Lois Lowry's The Giver, which won the 1994 Newbery, is a modern classic that shouldn't be overlooked by adults and teenagers alike. Jonas decides boldly that he needs to find a way out. As Jonas goes through his job training, he learns the truth about his community, which quickly turns out to be a dystopia. ![]() At twelve, he finds out that his job will be the Receiver of Memories, which means he will obtain all of the memories of life before his community ever began. It sounds pretty much perfect.that is until Jonas finds out the truth about his society. On the anniversary of your grandpas passing honor the memory of a truly. ![]() There is no crime, everyone has a job, there are no wars, etc. A touching funeral quote for Grandpa that emphasizes the impact he had on your. Jonas lives in what seems to be a utopia at first. I explained to them that before our beloved Katniss in Hunger Games or Cassia in Matched, there was Jonas and The Giver. Gradually Jonas learns just how costly this ordered and pain-free society can be, and boldly decides he cannot pay the price."Īt the book club I run for middle school students, I was shocked to find out that many of them haven't read The Giver. With echoes of Brave New World, in this 1994 Newbery Medal winner, Lowry examines the idea that people might freely choose to give up their humanity in order to create a more stable society. Under the tutelage of the Elders and an old man known as the Giver, he discovers the disturbing truth about his utopian world and struggles against the weight of its hypocrisy. Goodreads says, " In a world with no poverty, no crime, no sickness and no unemployment, and where every family is happy, 12-year-old Jonas is chosen to be the community's Receiver of Memories. ![]()
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