The Giver Book Report

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The Giver Introduction: The book that I am doing for my book report for the month of October is The Giver. This book is written by Lois Lowry. This book is actually chosen by my teacher, Ms Watkins. The Giver is a fantasy fiction. The Theme: An important theme of The Giver is the importance of memories. Without memories we cannot learn from our mistakes. It is important these memories are shared by everyone so that society as a whole can improve. If we do not share the memories, the memories are useless. In the Giver, only the Giver and Jonas have memories. Since the community had no memories of war, hunger, pain, hatred, they were unable feel and know love, understand how precious life was. That was why even though father seems to be kind, he was still able to release that is kill a baby. Another important theme of The Giver is by choosing Sameness, they gave up their freedom to choose. In the community, they celebrated group birthdays, allowing only one kind of clothing, haircut, same weather, assigning spouses, jobs, children and names. It was shameful to be different. Obeying rules and discipline that were decided a long time ago were most important. By giving up the freedom to choose, the community was supposedly able to have a stable, secure and painless life. The Setting: The setting of the giver was both real and magical. The community’s sky was always the same color and everyday was the same weather. People could not see colors. The Giver and Jonas could magically pass memories by touching. However, everything else seemed familiar to us. Children lived in families with mom and dad and sibling. Parents went to work and children attended school. It was a combination of real and fantastic. The Plot: The story was written through Jonas’s point of view. We see his life and surroundings through
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