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TheGiver ByLoisLowry TheLifeoftheAuthor LoisLowryLowrywasbornintheTerritoryofHawaiiin1937LowryspentmostofherchildhoodinPennsylvania Lowry sfatherwasadentistinWorldWarII thiscausedherfamilytomoveallaroundtheworld placesincludeNewYork Massachusetts andTokyo TheLifeoftheAuthor AfterHighSchoolLowryattendedBrownUniversity InhersophomoreyearshegotmarriedtoaNavalofficer droppedoutofcollege andmovedtoCalifornia LifeoftheAuthor AfteryearsoftravelingagainsheendedupinMainewithfourchildrenundertheageoffive AfterherchildrengrewupshewentbacktoschoolandreceivedherBAinEnglishLiteraturefromtheUniversityofSouthernMaine TheLifeoftheAuthor LoisLowry AfterreceivingherBachelor sDegreeinEnglishLiterature Lowrybeganwritingherfirstbook Herfirstchildren sbookwasASummerToDiewhichwaspublishedin1977 ShepublishedNumbertheStarsin1990whichreceivedtheNewberyMedal TheNewberryMedal TheJohnNewberyMedal honorstheauthoroftheyear smostoutstandingcontributiontochildren sliterature Presentedeveryyearsince1922 theMedalisnamedforeighteenth centuryBritishbooksellerJohnNewbery TheGiverwontheNewberyMedalAwardin1994 OtherReadingsbyLoisLowry AnastasiaKrupnik 1979FindaStranger SayGoodbye 1990RabbleStarkey 2001TheSilentBoy 2003AutumnStreet 2006LookingBack 2007 TheGiver TheGiverwaspublishedin1993TheGiveristhefirstbookwithinatrilogyofbooks TheothertwobookstofollowTheGiverareGatheringBlueandMessenger TheGiverislookedatasa rightofpassage novel Lowrysaysshedidnotwriteitforthispurpose shehasneverlookedatitasScienceFictionwriting IntroductionofTheGiver TheGiveriswrittenfromthepointofviewofthemaincharacterJonas Jonasisanelevenyearoldboywhoislivingina perfectsociety ThissocietythatJonaslivesiswascreatedbypeoplelongbeforehistimewheretheyhaveeliminatedpain fear war andmuchmore Jonas societyhasalsoeliminatedchoicesothismeansthatJonashashisjobinlifepickedforhim Everychildisreferredtoasanumber Inthisparticularpartofthebook JonasisaTwelve Thismeansthathegetstotakepartinthe CeremonyofTwelve ThisiswhereJonas jobispickedforhimbypeoplewhohavebeenwatchinghimandobservinghisactions Jonas isgivenofthejobofthegiver ThisisaveryimportantjobandJonas inthebeginningisnottooexcitedabouthislifelongjob CharactersinTheGiver Jonas anelevenyearmaincharacterthatistheprotagonist TheGiver anoldmanknownastheReceiverofMemories Cont ofCharacters Jonas Father aNurturerinthecommunitywhoworkswithinfants Jonas Mother pleasantwomenwhoworksintheDepartmentofJustice Cont ofCharacters Lily Jonas sevenyearoldsister verywellinformed Asher Jonas bestfriend assignedtoAssistantDirectorofRecreation Fiona anotheroneofJonas friends worksastheCaretakerinTheHouseoftheOld Cont ofCharacters Gabriel aninfantwhoJonas familytakescareofatnight Larissa anolderwomenwholivesintheHouseoftheOld TheChiefElder theelectedleaderofJonas community PartsoftheNovel Setting Time Anunspecifiedtimeinthefuture Setting Place AutopiancommunitythatisverysmallbutsomewhereonEarthTense PastProtagonist Jonas elevenyearoldwhoisassignedtobethenewReceiverwhenheturnstwelveyearsold Cont PartsoftheNovel Conflict Jonas sawarenessofhiscommunitiesscammakeshimwanttorebelagainsttheircommunityrestrictions Restrictionsinclude freedomofchoice individuality emotion andexperience Action Jonasbeginstoreceivememories Thesememoriesmakehimdoubthisowncommunity Cont PartsoftheNovel Climax Jonasfindsoutthat release meanstokill Hisfatherhaskilledmanycommunitymembersinhislifetime Jonasdoesnotacceptthewaysofthecommunity Heisdeterminedtochangehiscommunity Resolution JonasfleesthecommunityandtakesGabrielwithhim Heisinsearchforsomethingmore feelingsandcolor Symbolism Symbolismisthepracticeofrepresentingthingsbymeansofsymbolsorofattributingsymbolicmeaningsorsignificancetoobjects events orrelationships TherearesomewaysofsymbolismwithTheGiver Herearesome TheNewchildGabriel GabrielisasymbolofhopeandstartingoverforJonas GabrielrepresentsthememoriesthatJonashasobtained HetriestosaveGabrielandduringthishebeingstoloosehismemories Cont ofSymbolism TheSled ThisisthefirstmemorythatJonasreceivesastheGiver ThesledsymbolizesthejourneythatJonastakeswhilebeingtheReceiverofMemories Cont ofSymbolism TheRiver ThisriverrunsinthroughthecommunityandoutintotheotherworldElsewhere Theriversymbolizestheescapethatcouldtakeplacewithinthevillage TherivertookCaleb slifeandthecommunitydidnotseethiscoming Somethingthattheycouldnotpredict Jonastakesadvantageofthisandusesthisinformationtotryandchangethewaysofhiscommunity Themes Themesarethefundamentalanduniversalideaswithinastory Itappliestocertainhumanlife TherearemanyimportantthemeswithinTheGiver Someofthemare TheImportanceofMemory ThisisthemostimportantthemeinTheGiver theuseofmemoryinhumanlife Ifpeoplecannotrememberthingsthentheycannotrememberpainanditsastheyneverexperienceditinthefirstplace Jonasistheonlyonewhoseesotherpeople sexperiences Heistheonlyonetotrulyfeeltheirpain Andwithpainlikethisthereisnottruehappiness Cont Themes TheImportanceoftheIndividual TheCeremonyofTwelveiswherethechildrengettofinallyfeelimportant Thechildrenarelookedatasnumbersnotasindividuals JonasisachildinthebeginningbutmaturesintohisownindividualbecauseofhisjobastheReceiverofMemories TheCeremonyofTwelve TheCeremonyofTwelveisthepresentationandassignmentsofthechildren slifelongjobs TheirjobsarebasedonanobservationfromtheChiefElderandthechild scommunitywork Jonaswasveryapprehensiveabouttheirselectionforhim Hewantedabetterjobthanhisfather Hewantedtodosomethingthatheliked Thechildrenhavenochoiceintheselectionoftheirjobs ThisiswhattheChiefElderisfor Hemakesthesedecisions CommunityDifferences Inourcountryweareallowedtomakeourowndecisions Whatwoulditbelikeifwecouldnot ThisiswhatJonashadtogothrough Everyonefeltthesameandactedthesame Thatdoesnotsoundsliketoomuchfuntome Coupleshadtohavepermissiontogetmarriedandtohavechildren CommunityDifferences EverythingthinginJonas sworldwa