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Giver By Lois Lowry
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Giver By Lois Lowry The Giver is a fiction novel about a boy named Jonas and his life in a perfect world of "Sameness". In this world there were no colors, feelings, or choices. In this world everything was decided by the Commitee of Elders and took place in a ceremonious way. There was the Matching of Spouses and the Naming and Placement of new children. There was also a ceremony of Nines where all the Nines received their bikes and the Ceremony of Twelve's where they received their life long occupations. In the beginning of the story, Jonas was a normal boy who was nervous about the upcoming Ceremony of Twelve's. He was anxious to find out what job he would be performing for the rest of his life ( or at least until he was "released" when he turned 70 years old). Even though he felt apprehensive about the ceremony, it helped for him to talk about it at the nightly talks about feelings. Everyone had to tell how the felt during the day after supper was eaten. They spoke of feelings as if they were real even though they have never actually had a feeling. Nobody in the community was permitted to have confidential feelings for another person either. When they began going through puberty or what they called "stirrings" they had to begin taking a pill daily for the rest of their lives. Both males and females had"stirrings" which usually began with a dream and had to be reported immediately. It was finally the big day of the Ceremony of Twelve's. Jonas heard stories about previo...
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