Analysis of the Book “The Giver”

Information

The name of book is “The Giver” Author Lois Lowry release year (1993) in USA Genre Young adult fiction , Dystopian novel , Science fiction. Protagonist are Jonas a twelve-year-old boy.

Action

The protagonist, twelve-year-old Jonas, lives in a world without poverty, without war and without crime.He lives in a society where all children are born by midwives and then placed in so-called family units, each consisting of an adult couple and a male and female child when the device is complete. Every year 50 babies are born, so-called new children. There are rules for everything and everyone thrives. There is no unemployment, no conflicts, no war and no hatred. In the morning you talk about the dreams you experienced during the night, and in the evening the feelings you felt during the day. You get your food delivered and your leftovers are collected. Everyone’s everyday life looks much the same in society as everyone follows the rules that exist.

Those who violate the laws three times become “liberated”. No one in society really knows what this means, but Jonas eventually gets rid of those who have been freed at all, sent to “Elsewhere” as it is said, but they are being killed. The new children who scream too much liberate, as well as the sick and old. However, when an old person is released, it is celebrated that this has had a long and good life. In front of the 12th anniversary, the year when you know what mission you get (work), Jonas is very excited. He has no idea what to get for work. Jonas is chosen to become a “memory keeper”, the one who is allowed to bear all the memories of previous generations. This person will advise if something happens that society has not been with before, by taking wisdom from the memories. He receives these memories from the former memory conservator, now called the “Giver”.

It is a great responsibility and a great honor to get this mission, but when Jonas experiences memories of the past, he begins to wonder if everything really is right in society. He begins to question the people who have no real feelings, that they have no free choices and can neither see colors nor hear music. He thinks everyone should have the right to feel the sun’s heat against his skin. Together with the Giver, Jonas plans to escape from society to unleash all the memories he has. Both Jonas and the Giver agree that this can lead to chaos in society, but they strongly believe that it will benefit the lives of the population in the longer term.

Opinion

I find it a little strange that they live in a society that has no war or feelings and everyone lives like a robot and the state only controls them and they have no control over their lives and can not do what they want and the state decides for their job and children and everything and the oddest thing is that everyone is happy and nobody has any problem with this ! I think it is very unfair that they can’t see colors or hear music , and I think like Jonas and believe everyone is entitled to do everything they want and live like a real living being.

Recommendation

I think that this book is great for all ages and it is an interesting book and i think in a way it shows us the robotic way of life that we will experience in the future.

Question analysis

The protagonist is a young boy named Jonas. Jonas gets access to all the memories from the past, he also starts to recognise feelings and stats to sympathise. I think the storyline is a bit unbelievable but the characters are believable. If I have to pick a character that I identify myself with it would be Jonas, I don’t identify myself with anyone else in the book. That Jonas does not want to cooperate with the boss and he thinks it is unfair and should fight to end the boss’s battle.

The Importance of Memory. One of the most important themes in The Giver is the significance of memory to human life. I think if I were to write how the book would end, I would like Jonas to go back and look for family and see what’s going on in society.