The Giver
By Lois Lowry Flyer created by: Jonnathan Rivera - Perez
Book Summary
The book is about a boy named Jonas who is eleven turning twelve along with all the other eleven year old at the ceremony of twelve. The society has taken away pain and suffering by creating "Sameness," a plan that has also taken the emotional depth from their lives. Jonas is selected to the position of Receiver of Memory, the person who stores all the past memories of the time before Sameness, so if there is a new problem that the committee of elders have he can give them advice. Jonas struggles with his feelings from all of the new emotions, and things being introduced to him, and whether they are good, evil, in-between, and if it's even possible to have one without the other. The Community lacks any color, memory, climate and terrain whatsoever, all in effort to preserve structure, order, and a true sense of equality beyond personal individuality.
Jonas
- Curious
- Caring
- Playful
- Dealing with the loneliness of the pain
- Feeling like an outcast
- Dealing with the pain from the memories
The Giver
The old man known in the community as the Receiver of Memory. The Giver has held the community’s collective memory for many years and uses his wisdom to help the Committee of Elders make important decisions, even though he is racked by the pain his memories give him and believes that perhaps those memories belong in the minds of everyone in the community.
Asher
Asher is very energetic, clumsy, careless, and imprecise with words, but cheerful and funny, but this results in him being hard to work with. He is a bit excitable sometimes which results in him speaking too fast and imprecisely.He was assigned as Assistant Recreational Director.
The Father
A nice, caring father to Jonas and Lily who serves as a Nurturer in which he cares for the babies in the community until they are assigned to a family unit and given a name.
Teacher-like Question
When did the Giver and Jonas come up with the plan to release the memories? Why.
Why did Rosemary apply release? Give at details.
What did the Giver give to Jonas to prepare him for leaving?
What was the other thing that the Giver had that Jonas told the Giver to keep?
Why did Rosemary apply release? Give at details.
What did the Giver give to Jonas to prepare him for leaving?
What was the other thing that the Giver had that Jonas told the Giver to keep?
Book Rating
If I were to rate this book I would give it 3 out of 5 stars. My reason, simply because the plot was slow and there was barely even any action. Plus it gets boring very easily and I didn't like how it ended, for me I was kind of annoyed because I stuck around through the dimmer parts and they ended it the way they did.