This is a fictional novel that won the Newbery Medal for American Literature. There are two main characters in the story, Jonas who is a twelve-year-old boy and the Giver. The Giver gives Jonas memories that no one else in their community has. Jonas’s parents, his sister Lily, and his friend named Asher are also very important throughout the story.
The author appears to be objective because she merely reported the information he gathered. She in not trying to prove a point by writing about a character in a particular way.
Jonas lived in a community where everything was the same, controlled and perfect. The people never felt pain or disagreed with each other. Anyone who was different was released, which meant they were killed. Most of the citizens did not expect to be killed they thought being released meant leaving the community and going elsewhere.
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December was a very important time for children in the community because each year they received a new privilege or responsibility. For example, the nines got their own bicycle to ride and the tens got more adult haircuts. The ceremony of twelves though was by far the most important, because the children of the community were assigned the career they would have for the rest of their working life.
Jonas was very excited about The Ceremony that was about to happen. Unlike some of his friends who were almost positive about what task they would be assigned, he had no idea. When the day came Jonas was in for a very big surprise. He was singled out to be trained for the role of the receiver of memory. There was only one receiver of memory in the community and one had to be very special to receive the honor.
On his first day of work, Jonas had no idea of what was in store for him. He arrived and met an old man that he was to call The Giver. The man gave Jonas memories of doing and seeing all sorts of things not permitted in the community. They were fun, happy memories such as sledding down a hill and lying in the sun, but also sad, hard-to bear things such as war and the feeling of starving.
In conclusion Jonas stole a bike, food and a little boy named Gabriel and left the community. He didn’t want to be perfect he didn’t like the fact that he had to be controlled and have certain requirements to be able to live in that society.
