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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live in the future? The Giver will give you a sneak peek of what it would be like.
I liked this book because of how Lois Lowery describes the situation that is going on. She gives lots of description. I also liked her idea of how the outcome of the future would be. I didn't like the begining of the book because it was kind of slow. Lois Lowry isn't funny, or serious, but she has her own unique way of writing her books.

Jonas is the main Character in this book. He is a quiet guy who loves life, and is content with how he's living it. He has two best friends who are named Asher and Fiona. They are all twelve years old, and very happy kids. Asher is wild, and loves games. Fiona on the other hand, is the quit type, so Asher evens her out, while Jonas is in the middle. He's not as quiet as Fiona, and he's not as outgoing as Asher.

As I said before, this book takes place in the future. Jonas lives with his father, mother, and younger sister Lily. This book is the same as the world thet we know because people have jobs that contribute to the comunity, and if one job failed, then so would the community. The setting of this book is different from the present time world because we have the freedom to choose what our jobs are, and Jonas and his fellow citizens don't have that freedom.

The Giver: One of "The Old" who gives memories to the receiver The Receiver: The "youngling" who receives memories from the Giver, and will pass them on to the next receiver -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ __﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿__ __ ﻿ The Giver__ by Lois Lowry takes place in the future. Jonas (The main character) lives in a house with his family unit. He has a mother, a father, and a sister named Lily. In Jonas's community, everybody is very polite, truthful, and nobody breaks the rules. All the people in the community have agreed to convert to 'sameness', which is where everybody is the same and they give all the pain to one person. It goes from the giver to the receiver, to the next receiver, to the next. In his time, two people of the opposite gender have to apply to live together. When the government agrees to this decision, the couple can apply for children. They can apply to have a maximum of two kids. Each year that their kids grow older, they get more responsibility, and objects. There is a ceremony every year for all the children of the community where newborns are given to the new parents, and where all the older children get their responsibilities and objects to show how mature they are. When a child turns twelve, he/she is given an assignment, or a job (they are the same things). When a child gets his/her job, it is usually a common job, like a caretaker of the old, birthmother, or recreation director etc. Jonas isn't common though. He gets the job of The Receiver (The definition of this job is located above). Jonas is surprised when he gets this job because it is very rare. He also knows that it is a great honor, because this job only has an opening about every ten years. On the first day of training, he goes to where the Giver lives. When Jonas meets the Giver for the first time, he is confused. The Giver is allowed to break the rules, and now, so is he! When Jonas starts to receive memories, he understands what it was like to live in the time before 'sameness'. Jonas becomes upset because he is the only one who knows about the life in the past. He is also upset because his community is content with life as it is now. They don't know about life before ‘ sameness’! Jonas gets an idea, but it could cause chaos. Should he stay with his family, or should he run away to go find another community where everybody is <span style="color: fuchsia; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">different? I guess you'll have to read The Giver to find out!

I think someone would want to read this book because it has a fun plot. I don't think anybody could duplicate this book and make it even half as good. I would recommend this book to people who like futuristic books, and people who like happy but vague endings. I really enjoyed this book. It is defenatly one of my favorite books of all time. I hope you will enjoy it as much as I did.