The Giver
Lois Lowry
Jonas's world is perfect. Everything is under control. There is no war or fear of pain. There are no choices. Every person is assigned a role in the community. When Jonas turns 12 he is singled out to receive special training from The Giver. The Giver alone holds the memories of the true pain and pleasure of life. Now, it is time for Jonas to receive the truth. There is no turning back.
Cool. I go to your school, but you will never ever guess who I am! HHAHAHAHAH! (Imma 5th Grader)
ReplyDeleteAfter reading this book I realized how important it is to be free and have certain rights. Jonas lives in a village where their is a role for everyone in the community and everyone follows the laws. As Jonas was taking special training from the giver, he realized that no one had equal rights. For instance, you have to request the head committee to have children. Also, you can only have two children, a girl and a boy. In addition, you have to request to get married. Another example, is that once you get assigned your job and you can not change it. I'm glad that I am able to have rights that other people don't have. Overall I enjoyed reading this book, and would recommend it to my friends.
ReplyDeleteAt the end of the book The Giver by Lois Lowry, Jonas ran away to make a point. Jonas and the GIver's plan was to have Jonas run away to find Elsewhere and to show the community and the Committee of Elders that their community doesn't have to be run the way it is and it doesn't have to stay that way. The only people in the community who know that life could be lived in a different way were Jonas, the Giver and all the Receivers of Memory before them. In their community if a new born wasn't the appropriate size or didn't sleep soundly they were "released". If there were twins, the heavier one stayed and the other one was "released". When children were Threes they were "trained" with the discipline stick. If they misbehaved or used improper language they were given a smack on the hands. When they were Twelves they were assigned a career by the Committee of Elders. when they were ready to get married the spouse had to be approved by the Committee of Elders first. One of the careers was Birthmother so no one really got their own child. They were assigned a child by the Committee of Elders. When the children were all grown up the parents lived in the House of the Old. Again the discipline stick is used. There is also many rules in the community. Jonas wanted to change this. I think living in a community like this would be boring, doing the same thing every day. Jonas probably thought the same thing and knew that it wasn't like this Elsewhere. Jonas wanted freedom for his community, not to be ruled by the Committee of Elders. By escaping, this message was delivered.
ReplyDeleteThe book The Giver by Lois Lowry, made me realize a lot about my life and what kind of lifestyle that I live by. In the book, Jonas lived a kind of life where there were rules all of the time. Some examples were that you could only have two children, a girl and a boy, the head of the committee chose who you were going to marry, and they also chose what job you were going to have. I, on the other hand, am free to make choices. I think that it would be an unfair life if you had to follow all of these rules all of the time. I can understand why Jonas would want to run away and be free, away from all of the rules. I did think this was a good book though because I liked how I could compare and contrast between my lifestyle and Jonas’s lifestyle.
ReplyDeleteThe Giver was one of the best books I’ve ever read. In the beginning, you would think that the town was really nice and comforting. They tried to think of everything so that the town would be absolutely perfect and painless. As I read further, I started to understand more about the town and how it functioned. I learned about releasing and all the rules that the citizens had to follow. These rules seemed a little overpowering and unpleasant. For example, you had to give up your comfort items at age 8, and you got whipped or smacked when you didn’t speak accurately.
ReplyDeleteLois Lowry was very suspenseful. She led me into thinking that Jonas wasn’t going to get assigned a role in the community, but it turned out that it was such a special role that it had to be announced in a special way. They made it seem like it was a good thing to become the Receiver, but it really was terribly painful and almost like being a prisoner. I would never want to be the only one to carry all the pain and memories of the world.
I was so happy for Jonas and Gabe to escape this horrible town, but I was worried about whether they lived at the end.