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The Giver
Book by Lois Lowry
The Giver is a 1993 American young adult dystopian novel written by Lois Lowry and is set in a society which at first appears to be utopian but is revealed to be dystopian as the story progresses. In …
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Originally publishedApril 26, 1993
Author Lois Lowry
Series The Giver
GenreYoung Adult · Fiction · Classics · Dystopia · Science Fiction · Fantasy · School · Middle Grade · Childrens · Read For School
Characters Rosemary (Lois Lowry) · Jonas (Lois Lowry) · The Giver (Lois Lowry) · Gabriel (Lois Lowry) · Asher (Lois Lowry) · Fiona (Lois Lowry) · Mother (Lois Lowry) · Father (Lois Lowry) · The Chief Elder (Lois Lowry) · Lily (Lois Lowry)
Awards Newbery Medal · Mythopoeic Fantasy Award · Golden Duck Award · Garden State Book Award · Buckeye Children's Book Award · Grand Canyon Reader Award · Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award · Golden Sower Award · Pennsylvania Young Readers' Choice Award · Soaring Eagle Book Award · Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award · Boston Globe-Horn Book Award · New Mexico Land of Enchantment Award · Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award · William Allen White Children's Book Award · Wyoming Indian Paintbrush · NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature · Oklahoma Sequoyah Book Award · Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award · Hea Lasteraamat · Premi Protagonista Jove · Margaret A. Edwards Award
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Lowry's book is a piece of nationalist propaganda, using oversimplification, emotional appeals, and dualistic moral…
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Lowry's book is a piece of nationalist propaganda, using oversimplification, emotional appeals, and dualistic morality to shut down her readers' minds. More troubling is that it is aimed at children, who don't yet have the critical faculties to defend themselves from such underhanded methods.Unsurprisingly, Lowry adopts the structure of the monomyth, equating a spiritual journey with a moral one. Her Christ-figure uses literal magic powers to rebel against his society. This rebellion and the morality behind it are presented as 'natural', to contrast with the 'abnormal morality' around him.Lowry doesn't seem to understand that we get our morality from our culture, it isn't something in-born that we 'lose'. This is the first hint of Lowry's misunderstanding of the human mind. She assumes her own morality is correct, and then builds her story to fit it.She also makes the character act and think like a modern person would, despite never adequately explaining how he came up with such unusual notions. It's the same trick many historical fiction authors use, leaving us scratching our heads as to why a Fourteenth Century French peasant speaks like a second-wave feminist. I'd suggest that Lowry falls to this fault for the same reason they do: she has no talent for imagining how others might think differently.Lowry's book ends with the standard nonspecific transgressive spiritual event that marks any overblown monomyth. Since the book is not a progressive presentation of ideas, it does not suggest any conclusion. Instead, the climax is a symbolic faux-death event (symbolic of what, none can say). Confusingly, Lowry later redacts the ending in the sequels, undermining the pseudo-spiritual journey she created.Though some call this book …
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I've taught this book to my 6th graders nine years in a row. Once I realized that the book is actually a mystery, and n…
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I've taught this book to my 6th graders nine years in a row. Once I realized that the book is actually a mystery, and not the bland sci-fi adventure it seemed at first skim, I loved it more and more each time. Nine years, two classes most years... 17 TIMES. I've come to see that the book isn't the story of a depressing utopia. It's the story of the relationship between the main characters the Giver, Jonas, and... I won't say her name. And of course, the baby Gabe.Every year, as we read the book out loud together, I am amazed at details the students notice (things I've missed the previous 15 times), or questions they raise that lead to further insights for not just the class but ME. My God, the things they come up with, that I as an English major, or even me if I'd read this with a book club, could never have gone that far in depth.As I began to more fully understand the book over the years, I was better able to guide their discussions, which helped them think more deeply about the book, and made me appreciate the book even more. And by "guide," I don't mean calm, controlled, teachery, "I already know the answer" talk. My discussion techniques, simple:--I'd stop the tape (books on tape are AWESOME- the narrator is always so much better than I could ever be) and say something like, "So, what do you think? Doesn't this seem a little WEIRD?" and off they'd go, bouncing ideas off each other until finally someone said something incredible, something no kid had thought of in the past nine years. Once I myself knew how to be interested in this book, I knew what might keep them hooked. --Or, I myself would suddenly realize something new, and I'd stop reading and say, "OH MY GOD DID YOU GUYS GET WHAT THAT MEANT??? WHAT IT MIGHT MEAN????" I feel free to participate myself, since I …
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I think I'm missing something. Everyone loves this book and I liked it too, but it wasn't amazing or anything.The Giver f…
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I think I'm missing something. Everyone loves this book and I liked it too, but it wasn't amazing or anything.The Giver felt like a very sparse story to me. First, there isn't much characterization, so I didn't form an emotional connection with any of the characters -- not even with Jonas or the Giver (two central characters). Asher and Fiona (particularly Fiona) are introduced such that you assume they will play greater roles in the book than they do. I don't feel like I knew Mom or Dad or Lily at all. While the lack of an emotional bond with these lesser characters may be due to the nature of their community, Jonas and the Giver should really be more sympathetic, in my opinion.Second, the description of the community itself is sparse. There is so much more that could've been described about this "utopian" community. I feel like Jonas' selection, his revelation about Release, and his eventual choice could've been built up and framed better. I feel like I got the quick campfire version.Finally, while I appreciate it's overall message about the importance of individual differences, human emotion, etc., I felt like the book was a bit heavy-handed with its moral. Jonas' initial support of his community and gradual change of heart seems intended to present both viewpoints, but doesn't succeed in my opinion. The book's agenda was clear to me from the beginning. It also doesn't present alternative possibilities (such as a world without Sameness but also without war, a world without Release but also without starvation, etc.) -- the choice is either here (with Sameness and no color) or Elsewhere (with pain and suffering).When teaching the book, I also felt it was very important for students to understand how this heavy-handed moral (that most of us would agree with somewhat) …
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One of the biggest themes in The Giveris sameness. In this dystopian world, everyone has the same clothes, haircut, and homes and sees only in black and white.
The Giver says that the genetic scientists couldn't work all the kinks out, which is why people like Jonas sometimes still see it.
The Giver is unique because it is a dystopian novel written for pre-teens whereas most dystopias are intended for more mature readers.
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