Lois Lowry’s book is an excellent read and I highly recommend it to anyone who’s into the current trend of young adult dystopia. Each memory Jonas receives from the Giver creates more discontentment within the young man and he soon longs for a world that less orderly and blissfully unaware of emotion. He trains daily for his new occupation with an elder man known only as the Giver, who transmits his memories of an old world full of emotion and pain to Jonas. His role as a Receiver is the most honored job of all. In Jonas’ world, everyone is assigned a job they must do without question. The story follows 12 year-old Jonas who is selected to be a Receiver of memory by the Elders of his community.
Ahead of its time, The Giver is a young adult novel that presents a dystopian society which is perfectly ordered and free of war, crime, pain, and love. The Giver is one of those books you start reading and immediately know is a modern classic.
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