The Giver
By Lois Lowery
This is a classic book that many preteens read in English classes in middle school. I personally had never read the book so I was excited to read this novel. This book is about a boy named Jonas and he lives in a utopian society. Everything is perfect and everyone seems to be happy. All the children in this society receive jobs and Jonas’ job is receiver of the memory. Jonas is trained under a man he calls the Giver and people go to the Giver when they have a memory that they want to get rid of. This memory could be anything that would effect their lives and the world in which they live. Jonas realizes that the world he lives in is not very happy at all, people are giving up their freedoms and memories to live in a “perfect world.” Jonas has enough of this and decides to run away with Gabriel, a baby that was living in Jonas family unit. Boht of them run away and that is when the story ends. The ending is very abrupt and the reader did not receive any closure. Did they die or live? What will happen to Jonas and Gabriel? I enjoyed this book about a utopian society and thought that it brought up a good point, nothing can be perfect even if people are trying to make it so. The major problem that I had with the book is the way it ended. As a reader I like to have an ending where I can feel good about and this ending left me wanting more. I think that Lowery left the reader hanging because then it forces the reader to use their imagination to make up their own ending to the story. That way the reader can end it the way they see necessary. I find this frustrating and would like the author write the ending, I just feel like there is more closure when the author puts in place the ending they desire. I just feel uneasy when there is no written ending.
By Lois Lowery
This is a classic book that many preteens read in English classes in middle school. I personally had never read the book so I was excited to read this novel. This book is about a boy named Jonas and he lives in a utopian society. Everything is perfect and everyone seems to be happy. All the children in this society receive jobs and Jonas’ job is receiver of the memory. Jonas is trained under a man he calls the Giver and people go to the Giver when they have a memory that they want to get rid of. This memory could be anything that would effect their lives and the world in which they live. Jonas realizes that the world he lives in is not very happy at all, people are giving up their freedoms and memories to live in a “perfect world.” Jonas has enough of this and decides to run away with Gabriel, a baby that was living in Jonas family unit. Boht of them run away and that is when the story ends. The ending is very abrupt and the reader did not receive any closure. Did they die or live? What will happen to Jonas and Gabriel? I enjoyed this book about a utopian society and thought that it brought up a good point, nothing can be perfect even if people are trying to make it so. The major problem that I had with the book is the way it ended. As a reader I like to have an ending where I can feel good about and this ending left me wanting more. I think that Lowery left the reader hanging because then it forces the reader to use their imagination to make up their own ending to the story. That way the reader can end it the way they see necessary. I find this frustrating and would like the author write the ending, I just feel like there is more closure when the author puts in place the ending they desire. I just feel uneasy when there is no written ending.
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