The topics in Lois Lowry's The Giver have created controversy in libraries and classrooms across the country since it was first published in 1993 (Haynes 1). ... The novel, The Giver does not have justifiable cause to be banned or restricted. ... Apparently several parents were uncomfortable with Jonas' description of his first "stirrings- (Lowry 36). ... In the book, Jonas is upset when he discovers infanticide (Lowry 149). ... It is those parents that choose to challenge The Giver for the minor sexual references in the book. ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In Lois Lowry's The Giver, Jonas-the protagonist- is born into a community of uniformity. ... In this society, there is the Receiver, and the Giver. ... The Giver believes that everyone in the community should be able to keep their memories. ... When Jonas met with the Giver for the first time, he was shown color. ... The second time Jonas met with the Giver, a painful memory was transferred to him. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The author of The Giver is Lois Lowry. ... He and The Giver hope this will provide enough momentum for The Community to change. ... Any change at all goes to The Committee for study and the matter is just lost somewhere because they don't want change, but are also too afraid to bother The Giver for advice. ... She hopes to give people hope that change is possible and necessary. ...

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In the novel The Giver, the author Lois Lowery describes that how a community should have rules/customs to prevent problems such as wrong choices and pain and also to have order, this is shown through character, setting and atmosphere. ... In the discussion between the Giver and Jonas, Jonas says "He could choose? ... In the book the Giver says that "Climate Control. ... In the end it is clear that in the novel The Giver, the author Lois Lowry described through Character, Setting and Atmosphere that a community must have rules and customs to prevent different problems and maintain or...

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Lois Lowry demonstrated this concept in The Giver. ... Jonas had to begin training with the current "Receiver of memory" who was now dubbed "The Giver.". Jonas was assigned to train with "The Giver" at his personal annex. "The Giver" now transmitted all his current memories to him one at a time on a daily basis. ... In conclusion, the "Giver" had inspired Jonas, to find his true place. ...

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The Giver By Lois Lowry "The Giver" by Lois Lowry is about a community that is monitored very closely. ... Another main character in this story is The Giver. ... He now is The Giver. ... He convinces himself that giving up would not benefit him or anyone. ... Lois Lowry conveys an excellent example that anyone can make a difference in others" lives. ...

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This is what happens in Lois Lowry's 165 page Newberry winner titled, The Giver. ... There are many good and bad things in The Giver. ... In the book The Giver, by Lois Lowry the important part of the book is the community. ... It was time for a new giver. ... Once the Giver showed Jonas the memory, the memory the Giver has is gone. ...

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The Giver I recently read the book The Giver by Lois Lowry. ... The main characters in the story are Jonas, a twelve-year-old boy and the Giver, the man who gives Jonas memories that no one else in their community has. ... He arrived at where he was supposed to be, and met an old man who Jonas was to call The Giver. This man gives Jonas memories of doing and seeing all sorts of things not permitted in the community. ...

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Ayn Rand's Anthem and Lois Lowry's The Giver demonstrate two archetypal dystopias. ... In The Giver, women hold down jobs equal to those that men have. ... This difference could stem from the fact that Rand penned Anthem fifty-seven years before Lowry composed The Giver. ... Lowry, however, saw women climb the ladder of success. ... In The Giver, sex is similarly repressed. ...

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Name: The Giver Author: Lois Lowry Illustrator: None Category: Chapter Book Honor: Newbery; 1994 Imagine a world where every child is shielded from danger and mischief. ... Jonas is to be instructed in his duties by the previous Receiver of Memory, who has now become the Giver. ... As his memory training (in which the Giver transmits the memories through his hand into Jonas's back) progresses, Jonas becomes more and more discontented with his society. ... The Giver explains that if Jonas leaves the community that all the memories that he has received will return to the commun...

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The utopian society and its underlying problems are the base of literary works such as, Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, 1984 by George Orwell, and Lois Lowry's The Giver. Lowry's The Giver introduces readers to a world without pain, warfare, poverty, hunger, or terror. ... Memories are conveyed from The Giver to Jonas through the laying of hands. As the Giver places his hands on Jonas's bare back, piece-by-piece society's recollections are received. ... Jonas's rage and horror after such discovery inspires the Giver to help Jonas more thoroughly develop his plan...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In the books "1984" by George Orwell, "We" by Yevegeny Zamyatin, and "The Giver" by Lois Lowry there are many similarities. ... Love was a very strong theme in "The Giver." ... Jonas loved his family and he knew he was loved in return by the Giver, but Jonas also loved Gabe and couldn't bare to know that Gabe was going to be "released" if he stayed. So out of love for Gabe, the Giver, and the rest of the community he escaped and took Gabe with him. ...

• Word Count: 545
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• Grade Level: High School