The Giver

The story “The Giver” by Lois Lowry is about Jonas, an eleven year old boy who lived in a perfect, futuristic society where there is no emotions, color and there is no uniqueness. But when Jonas turned twelve, he is chosen to be trained as the new Receiver of the community from the Giver, Jonas learns that life in the area he lived in is far from being perfect. Jonas started to feel isolated since only the Giver himself and young child Gabriel could understand the same true emotions that he is dealing with . Through the year of his training, he learns more about the real world and tries to change the opinion to those around him. Then Jonas learns about the truth of pain and death in both the real world and the society, Jonas decides that his

The author ranges over many ideas throughout the text. One is that the goal of the Shakers were to create a utopia. When talking through this topic, the author tries to show that they had strict rules. Another key point addressed in the text is that all Shakers were treated the same. The author elaborates on this idea by discussing how little choice they had in the group. Finally, the most important subject the author deals with is the group of Shakers were pretty strange according to most people who are not in the group around them. When addressing this, the author emphasizes key point for readers, such as people were still dealing with racism/sexism since the group was mostly popular in the 1700s. Novelist Lois Lowry fictionalizes this real world issue through the themes in her novel The

The text first outlines, “ The idea of rebelling against the government… These ideas give hope to young adults to think that they can speak up for what they believe in…” (Artifice 5). In The Giver, Jonas rebels against his government when he decides to run away from the community. He tried to speak up for what he believes in to his parents and friends but since they could not be changed he would have rather left the community than to stay in the bland city. An additional point that the article shares is the idea of how complicated teens lives are. “... teenager’s lives are like a rollercoaster… These novels parallel to teenager’s moods in how they escalate situations in an instant,” (Artifice 6). In The Giver, Jonas’ life goes through the same emotions that teens can relate to. This includes topics such as his love for Fiona, fighting with Asher, feeling different/isolated from the rest, and talking with his parents (about personal topics). Teens can relate to the feeling that Jonas goes through. Lastly the article brushes on the topic of independance. This means that no matter what gender one can be, “They learn to be their own individual and do not depend on other people for happiness or survival.” (Artifice 8). In The Giver, Jonas learns to be an individual thanks to his training. An example that both Jonas and regular