Society in The Giver by Lois Lowry

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The society of “The Giver” was much like ours at one time, but they decided to get rid of all the pain, fear, hatred, and war this type of society is called futuristic. Everyone is given a job at the age of twelve, they continue school during their training with the job they were given by the Chief Elders, and the Chief Elders takes careful time to decide who gets what job. Every child receives a job that best fit them.
Lois Lowry was inspired to write “The Giver” with her fascination with memory. She’s always liked the concept of how memory works, and what there is to learn from it. Lowry’s book was published in 1993. Lowry has won countless awards for her writings. “The Giver” Lowry received Newbery Medals.
Jonas is the main character of the book. He is an eleven at the beginning of the book and in December at the ceremony is turning twelve, where he then receives his job as the Receiver of Memory. Jonas’s father is a Nurturer. He and the other Nurturers are in charge of the new children during their earliest life. His mother was a prominent position at the Department of Justice. Lily is Jonas’s younger sister, Lily was a seven and turning eight in December. When Lily turns eight she received the identifying jacket this one with smaller buttons, and it would have pockets to show she was mature enough to keep up with her own things. Asher and Fiona were Jonas’s friends. Asher received the assignment of Assistant Director of Recreation. Fiona was given the important assignment of Caretaker of the Old. Gabriel was a newchild that Jonas’s father would bring home and take care of through the night because he would become restless. He had pale eyes like Jonas. Almost every citizen had dark eyes with only a couple of them having pal...

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...r met her goal for this book and the ones she’s wrote, she left it for everyone to have their opinion on how the book ended. I was but wasn’t suitably worn on how it ended. I didn’t think Jonas would do what he did but he was also willing to save him from anything that would harm him. This was a fantastic book, I read it in high school and have wanted to reread and this gave me the opportunity to reread. I would recommend this book to anyone who would like to read about different society. Even for someone not interested in
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Utopian societies they should read “The Giver” and take a look at a different society and realize how well our Country really is. Though this book doesn’t have a real sequel to it. Lois Lowry has written books along the same lines as “The Giver” and they have been put into a Quartet. I may end up reading them because she’s a fabulous writer.

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