The Giver by Lois Lowry

[Zilbanne]

Has anyone read ' The Giver' by Lois Lowry? The Giver is about a corrupted utopia. This is a society where political correctness and the avoidance of pain has gone to an extreme. The main characters, Jonas and the giver, have been forced into a different life from the type everyone else has, in that society. Ultimately through struggle they want to help themselves and others get back to a more normal world.

I cannot say more or I might give the plot away which is surprising and thought provoking. 'The Giver' has been out for awhile. It's not new but I cannot recommend it ENOUGH

http://www.amazon.com/Giver-Lois-Lowry/dp/0440237688/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1222723412&sr=1-1

[Coffeehouse]

Has anyone read ' The Giver' by Lois Lowry? The Giver is about a corrupted utopia. This is a society where political correctness and the avoidance pain has gone to an extreme. The main characters, Jonas and the giver, have been forced into a different life from the type everyone else has, in that society. Ultimately through struggle they want to help themselves and others get back to a more normal world.

I cannot say more or I might give the plot away which is surprising and thought provoking. 'The Giver' has been out for awhile. It's not new but I cannot recommend it ENOUGH

http://www.amazon.com/Giver-Lois-Lowry/dp/0440237688/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1222723412&sr=1-1

That's a cool book. We read it in English in Middle School. A good read, highly recommendable;)

[BeardofPants]

Hey, thanks for the rec. I've been meaning to read a Lois Lowry for a while now, so I bought The Giver today (& added it to my "to-read" pile :rolleyes: ).

[Zilbanne]

That's a cool book. We read it in English in Middle School. A good read, highly recommendable;)

Middle school is a good time to read it because I think it helps teach kids to go ahead and question authority. It's a good idea not to accept what we are taught blindly.;)

[Zilbanne]

Hey, thanks for the rec. I've been meaning to read a Lois Lowry for a while now, so I bought The Giver today (& added it to my "to-read" pile :rolleyes: ).

I wish I could read ' The Giver' again for the first time!

It led to a surprising mix of feelings inside me. As you'll see some aspects of the utopia are seductively attractive and other events in that society are horrific.

Enjoy!:)

[Coffeehouse]

Middle school is a good time to read it because I think it helps teach kids to go ahead and question authority. It's a good idea not to accept what we are taught blindly.;)

Definitely. Our English teacher was quite at laying out that sort of curriculum. The one's I can remember are The Giver, The Pearl, To Kill a Mocking Bird, Mr. Gatsby. I think we read Snow Falling on Cedars too.. though that could have been High School..

And there's a part in the Giver which is just.. way weird. It's a surprising book yeah.

[The last sane person]

I liked that book. I do remember the rest of the class hating it. But I thought it was neat. Go on and give it a read.

[Rían]

Definitely. Our English teacher was quite at laying out that sort of curriculum. The one's I can remember are The Giver, The Pearl, To Kill a Mocking Bird, Mr. Gatsby. Oh, Mockingbird is wonderful! And the movie is good, too.

[shesabrandybuck]

I read the Giver in seventh grade for pleasure. Then we had to read it in eighth grade. I loved it!! I still recommend that book to people. I also read City of Ember in seventh grade, and I also still recommend that book to people.

[Midge]

I read the Giver in ... eighth grade... for class. I think actually, my teacher may possibly have had an audiobook and we listened to it while having the books in front of us...

I thought it was interesting how they shared the visions and memories... if you think about it, that's not exactly conventional.

I think the thing about the Giver that was an odd balance was that though people didn't exactly suffer, but they were denied so many pleasures.

[Coffeehouse]

WARNING DO NOT READ THIS IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THE GIVER:cool:






I just have to say this.. cause it's about the only thing I remember!








Like when **** sees **** for the first time:p What a moment!

[Empress_Flynn]

Wiseguy :rolleyes:

:D

I read it back in the 8th grade... Really enjoyed it... it's one of those books whose meaning stays with you, even if the plot details get lost in time

[ElizabethAnnRoger]

I first read this is 3rd grade and LOVED IT. I read it every year and I always can reread it like a new book because of my increase of knowledege. The book never gets old and there is a lot to learn from it, some things (actually most) that I cant put in words. You have to read it for your self.
Read the next two books. You will love them:
Gathering Blue
The Messanger

[Coffeehouse]

Wiseguy :rolleyes:

:D

I read it back in the 8th grade... Really enjoyed it... it's one of those books whose meaning stays with you, even if the plot details get lost in time

Hehehe:p

Everyone has read The Giver it seems! Kinda neat. We should make our own thread for people who've actually read it!

[ElizabethAnnRoger]

have any of you read the sequels?
Gathering blue
The Messanger?
....more to think about...

[Coffeehouse]

There are sequels? I have to look into that;)

[shesabrandybuck]

Yes, there were sequels, I never actually read them. I failed the whole "don't judge a book by it's cover", saying, cause I didnt like the look of the cover... heh heh...

[Zilbanne]

On The he Cover is Lois Lowry's own close up photograph of the European artist Carl Larsen. Carl Larsen's face is supposed to portray her idea of the giver himself.

[shesabrandybuck]

It wasnt the cover of The Giver that I wasnt attracted to, it was the sequal.

[ElizabethAnnRoger]

gathering blue?
really...i read that one before the giver and it took me 5 yrs to find out it was its sequel..
lol der!

[BeardofPants]

I finally read it, and the ending? Like Whoah. And Damn. o.O

Symbolic? Or Literal? What say ye?