Thursday, September 22, 2011

first book that I read and liked

The Giver by Lois Lowry is not the first book that I read but it is the first that I remember reading it in 8th grade English. The book is set in a utopian society in the future, where every person‘s life is carefully planned by the community, people make no choice on their own, there is no pain, no color, no feelings, no nature, no love, no music, and more. The Giver tells a story about a boy, named Jonas, who on his twelfth birthday receives a special assignment in the community by the Elders. The community gives him the privilege to become the successor of the current Receiver of Memories. A Receiver of Memories, a.k.a The Giver, is the most important person in the community; he is the only person who has access to all the memories of the past. He cannot tell anyone in the community about the past, he must keep his memories within himself until he trains his successor. The Giver is only person who can experience pain, sorrow, rage, loneliness, fear, and all the things that the people in the village cannot experience. As Jonas receives memories from The Giver, he realizes the truths of the community. He receives that it is unfair to make decisions for other people. Jonas, with the help of The Giver, he creates a plan to change the society. Every time I read this book, it makes me wonder that is it okay to make decision for individual. In our world, everybody attempts to make their life perfect, to make their country perfect. Just like the community in The Giver, everyone wants a perfect life, perfect society, and perfect country. This book makes me wonder is it okay to have perfect life, perfect society, and perfect country? Jonas life, family, and community are perfect, yet he wants to change it.

1 comment:

  1. I love your wondering questions at the end. I, too, find this book really powerful.

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