The Giver
by Lois Lowry
Rating:
A-
Set in the future, humans have opted out of the risk and uncertainties of life by becoming as "same" as possible. Unlike so many of the future community genre, Lowry doesn't make the community unfeeling and inhuman. People are known and known well in the community. There is still a sense that the science of life has been communally adapted, but has lost it's memory of art. The Giver is an interesting book for anyone, but a must read for those interested or living in community as it highlights the importance of Memory and History.
Newbery Award Winner
Set in the future, humans have opted out of the risk and uncertainties of life by becoming as "same" as possible. Unlike so many of the future community genre, Lowry doesn't make the community unfeeling and inhuman. People are known and known well in the community. There is still a sense that the science of life has been communally adapted, but has lost it's memory of art. The Giver is an interesting book for anyone, but a must read for those interested or living in community as it highlights the importance of Memory and History.
Newbery Award Winner
Posted: Wed - September 15, 2004 at 06:01 AM
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