![]() ![]() Lois Lowry deals with issues of everyday life that are so often taken for granted.Through the noble character of Jonas, she presents a glimpse of what could be the future.As the tension in the novel mounts, so does the number of questions that Lowry confronts the reader with. Simply and beautifully written, The Giver is sure to touch the heart of every reader. ![]() It is up to Jonas, with the help of the Giver, to find what long ago had been lost.And so Jonas embarks on an adventure to save the world as he knows it. Although they appear to have everything, they are missing something of great importance. From the moment Jonas is selected as the Receiver of Memory at The Ceremony, his life is never the same.Jonas discovers that The Community is not as perfect as it seems. Jonas, a sensitive twelve-year-old boy, had never thought there was anything wrong with his Community, until one day. Each Family Unit is entitled to one female and male child.Each member of The Community has their profession carefully chosen for them by the Committee of Elders, and they never make a mistake. There is no war, no hunger, no pain.No one in The Community wants for anything. ![]() But ugly truths lie beneath the surface! It is the future. It's a perfect world, where everything looks right. ![]()
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