Setting Of The Giver By Lois Lowry

In the book The Giver, written by Lois Lowry, a young boy named Jonas grows to the age of 12 and is selected to become the new receiver of memory and learns the cold truth about the life everyone in his community is living. The book which was fiction focused on the life of Jonas and the truths he learns about his society and the things taken away from it. He receives training to become the next Memory Receiver, who holds the memories of everyone in the world. The three topics addressed in the captivating book are the use of setting, characterization, and theme. First, the setting of the story throughout the story helps the reader to better understand the conflict and theme.In the book it says, “Once, back in the time of memories, everything had a shape and size, the way they still do, but they also had a quality called color.” (94)This helps to show that the life he has previously been living was dull and meaningless. It helps to portray the theme that life is not happier without choices and struggles by showing how living like that would be like living without color. Another example from the text is, “After a life of sameness and predictability, he was awed by the surprises that lay

One example from the text is, “But it’s the ceremony I’m apprehensive about. It’s almost December.” (9)This shows that Jonas is not sure of what his assignment will be and is not sure what he wants it to be. He can relate to lots of people who don’t know what the future will hold and are nervous about it. Another passage from the text is, “He had never recognised it as a game of war.” In this scene Jonas is shocked when he realizes that one of his childhood games is really a game about war. This shows that he is changing and is realizing the truth about more things each day. The characters in the book help the reader to connect to the text and keep the story