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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. 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. 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. Gradually Jonas learns just how costly this ordered and pain-free society can be, and boldly decides he cannot pay the price.
Average Customer Rating:
Two Awesome Books!
We read The Giver with An Audience for Einstein. Both are about memories, and feature a young main character. While different in many ways, they both make you think about where society is headed, and how technology can be used for good or evil. The Giver has a sadder ending than An Audience for Einstein. But both are fascinating. I would say that the future in The Giver is darker and more disturbing than the closer future of An Audience for Einstein. At least things somewhat return to normal in An Audience for Einstein, while things remain bad in The Giver at the end. In that regard, An Audience for Einstein has a happier ending, especially for the main character. The Giver is a classic novel, while An Audience for Einstein is newer. Both have won awards. They can be read by anyone from teens to adults and will hold your interest. I am glad I read both of them.
disturbing and depressing
This book, no matter how well it is written, is a book that really has no ending or solution to the problems that the author puts forward. I found it to be extremely disturbing and could not wait for the happy ending to come, but it didn't.
Some will like it because of its origianl theme but I for one did not enjoy it very much at all. People who read it should know that its ending is depressing (to me it was) and ultimately pointless.
AWESOME!!!!!
The Giver is a great book. It made me think a lot. At first I thought that Jonas' world would be great to live in, but toward the end I started deciding otherwise.
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