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The Giver
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The Giver Graphic Novel
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Gathering Blue
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Messenger
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Son
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In Lois Lowry’s The Giver, young Jonas lives in an apparently perfect society, free of poverty and strife. However, it soon becomes apparent that something sinister lurks beneath this flawless facade. Conformity is rigorously enforced and certain undesirable people are mysteriously taken elsewhere. Jonas is selected as the Receiver of Memory, a person who must hold the collective pain and suffering of his community. This role ostensibly frees everyone else from the burdens of memory and allows him to advise a governing council. He is trained by his elderly predecessor and soon learns of the horrors of war, death, and eugenics. He must decide whether to perpetuate this system or follow his own developing conscience.
In a seemingly perfect community, without war, pain, suffering, differences or choice, a young boy is chosen to learn from an elderly man about the true pain and pleasure of the "real" world.
Learn about the main messages or themes in the book ‘The Giver’ and understand what lessons can be learned from this interctive video.
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The Giver is the story of a boy who lives in a seemingly perfect futuristic world and what he does when he learns the great price his community pays for such perfection.
A collection of Quotes from the book The Giver
Full book quiz of The Giver