Nonsense

Nonsense.

Now I began reading "The Giver" by Lois Lowry from chapter 1-4.Just like Jonas on page 3 when the narrator says " He searched for the right word to describe his own feeling. Jonas was careful about language." I too, looked for the right word of what I felt reading the book and I came up with nonsense. This is what happened: Jonas is part of the family unit that Lily his sister, mother and father are part of. Father works as a nurturer and mother on law. Lily just turned an eight and lost her comfort object but was given her bicycle and her volunteering hours. While Lily got her volunteering hours Jonas will loose his and he was given a newchild. Jonas is a very interesting character because many odd things have happened to him like the time he was playing catch with his friend Asher and tossing a ball he noticed it changed. All in all, I think that this society has rules that seem to have changed the world completely and not at all common in this society we have. That is why I can call the society nonsensical. 

Another thing that impressed me was that on this society everyone follows the rules and most of the little ones. All except for Lily. 

"Oh, look!" Lily squealed in delight.
 "Isn´t he cute? Look how tiny he is! And he has funny eyes like yours, Jonas!" Jonas glared at her. He didn´t like it that she had mentioned his eyes. He waited for his father to chastise Lily.

Page 20. On the top.

This was not an important rule to follow. In fact, it wasn´t even a rule but it was rude to point out differences of a member of the community. Lily also didn´t have her ribbons tied the way they should be. On page 22-23, the narrator explains that there was an announcement that said that girls under 9 should have their ribbons tied up nicely. Even though the speaker did not mention a name the community knew it was intended for Lily who had her ribbon loose and wrongly tied. I think that Lily should try to be different because the story, just like on the Truman Show, seem like robots and you can see how people truly are, that hidden human side, shows throughout the book. I find those characters brave and true to themselves because being equal does not take you anywhere, is the uniqueness of each person that pushes you to where you should go, your own path.

I am eager to read more about Jonas' society and if there will be outstanding character such as Lily. I think that the eyes Jonas and his "son" are relevant because in page 24 Jonas says that when he was playing catch with Asher he saw the apple changed it´s shade. Based on what I could read I think that the society only sees shades of one color, for instance black. But people with light colored eyes sometimes can see other colors. That is what changed. The Giver is becoming a very interesting book that can give you insight to what a society with people with values (at least the most values generally than the general values and morals people around our world have) and tries to communicate that it might not be as good, something is different about people, maybe they forgot what people really are and turned into robots. 

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Daniela Viteri

8B

18/11/2014

Kodi Kelly

From the book "The Giver"

I haven´t really read The Giver. All  I have done is look at the outside of the book and a very interesting quote that said “For all the children to whom we entrust the future.” There is only one perspective I see on the quote, no room for interpretation. What Lois Lowry meant by this, in my opinion, is that the book is dedicated to all the children, the children who will be in charge of the future after that generation is gone. The children who will have life as we know it on their hands, what the world may become depends on the decisions we, the children take when we are older.

After reading the summary found on the back of the book many questions come to mind. What I can infer about the little information I know about the book is that on the future, the world will have no flaws. Everything controlled in a way that the world doesn’t feel what humans usually do, pain and joy. But there is always this character who is different, who is able to notice something is wrong. In this case Jonas is the character who notices that life isn’t really perfect at all. He will find that there is only one man who really knows what living a life full of purposes, sadness, love and happiness really is. This man is known as The Giver and he lives hidden of the new government that changed life as it was. I think Jonas will find this man and the giver will tell him everything he could probably say except for the answer Jonas went looking for because the new government will interfere. Making The Giver disappear forever.

The book seems interesting at first. However, I don’t think it would be worth reading because the plot is very good but the development of how the story will really be does not look very clear or interesting. Nevertheless, I will still read it with an open mind because books can always have an element of surprise.

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