The Giver

GandalfTheWhite · 04-02-2002, 04:00 AM

Read this book back in grade school and i just found it again the other day, let me tell you this is a damn good book and everyone should read it atleast once. If you have already read it, what are some of your thoughts on it?

elf_princess · 04-02-2002, 11:41 AM

I absolutely loved this book! It was great... so cool. I haven't read it for awhile but I still remember how much I liked it. I've got a question for you though... my friend and I had this discussion a long time ago... at the end of the book when the boy(i think his name is Jonas) rides the sled over the hill... my friend thinks that is when he died... i just thought he found a sled... maybe i'm being really dense... don't know

mirrille · 04-02-2002, 08:09 PM

Somebody recently gave this to me to read (a few months ago). I didn't really like it. The world constructed there is way too simplistic to be interesting. Maybe if I had read it in elementary school, I would have liked it.

Sorry

Just my experience.

FrodoFriend · 04-02-2002, 09:05 PM

I read it in 5th grade, and I still read it every year or so. Great book. Sure, it's a little simplistic, mirrille, but still an awesome read.

Starr Polish · 04-02-2002, 11:01 PM

I loved it. I almost didn't read it because the cover looked boring ::first big OOPS!::

He didn't DIE! He found Elsewhere. That's my story and I'm sticking to it!

elf_princess · 04-03-2002, 07:24 PM

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Originally posted by Starr Polish
He didn't DIE! He found Elsewhere. That's my story and I'm sticking to it!

I tried to explain this to my friend but she insisted that he died... frustrating...

oh well!!

***Khamûl*** · 04-04-2002, 12:10 AM

Gee... I guess it's been a while since I read that one.

I might have to look it up in the library to get refreshed.

galadriel · 04-05-2002, 04:01 PM

I liked it when I read it, and although it probably wouldn't be as satisfying if I reread it now, it's a great book for the 5th-8th grade range.

***IronParrot*** · 04-10-2002, 12:50 AM

I haven't read it since the seventh grade, but I did quite a detailed study on it back then, and was quite amazed by Lowry's vision. In terms of literature geared towards younger readers, it's probably the best take on escaping from a bleak and controlling future... like a warmup before they're ready for Orwell.

TwirlingString · 04-18-2002, 12:24 AM

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Originally posted by elf_princess

I tried to explain this to my friend but she insisted that he died... frustrating... oh well!!

I get what you mean. I coulda sworn that the entire point was that he found Elsewhere at the end and saw how many things they were missing.'

Earenya · 04-18-2002, 12:16 PM

I LOVED this book!! Im going to have to go dig it out again and reread it... but yeah, I carried it around for nearly a whole school year reading & rereading....

I dont think he died in the end, he found Elsewhere. Which is us, us meaning the society we live in today. And the singing?? I always wanted it to not be an echo, but his community finding the joys of life.....

TwirlingString · 04-18-2002, 07:50 PM

I wonder, was it really better for them, or country isn't exactly a paradise, but at least we have more fun and freedm. Is the moral of the story freedom at any cost?

Ocarina654 · 04-25-2002, 10:20 PM

Its great! That book was really good. i read it in 5th grade. i had an 8th or 9th grade reading level. Well it was good. my mom thought the kid died. I think he found elseware. The moral, twirlngstring, is probly something like that. Freedom. I still think its good. Well read my topic!!!!!!

hehehe

Varda · 04-29-2002, 01:23 AM

i read this book sometime in elementary school. i remember really liking it. i actually was a better reader then than i am now, i think... i read anything i could get my hands on. i still do now, but i let life stand in the way all too often... or else let myself read 3 books at once...

Eruviel Greenleaf · 05-13-2002, 02:03 AM

Great book, read it ages ago. More than once.
Anyone read another book by the same author, don't remember the exact title, something like 'Searching for Blue.' I think it's a sequel, of sorts

TwirlingString · 06-09-2002, 05:46 PM

Why is the title, The Giver instead of the Reciever?

Starr Polish · 06-09-2002, 10:45 PM

Because the main character is supposed to become the Giver...and there are a few symbolic things as well.

mirrille · 06-10-2002, 01:56 AM

Because "The Receiver" sounds like some kind of position on a sports team, and it's not a sports book.

"Giver" is weird and artsier, so it fits the book better.

Lady of Darkness · 06-10-2002, 08:32 PM

I had to read this book for school. I really liked it. I think It's called the Giver because Jonas learned how to give memories and because Jonas had to leave, or GIVE himself to Elsewhere so everyone else could live a (what we call) normal life. Just my personal opinion.
LOD

Claenoic · 06-12-2002, 12:12 AM

Luverly little novel, simple enough for me to read through once and catch everything (but don't think I didn't read it again), but complicated enough to catch my attention. I think Jonas DID die, every person to their opinion though.

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Originally posted by Eruviel Greenleaf
Great book, read it ages ago. More than once.
Anyone read another book by the same author, don't remember the exact title, something like 'Searching for Blue.' I think it's a sequel, of sorts

Gathering Blue, another great book in the same genre, is not the sequel unfortunately. There was no sequel. Or else I would have read the sequel to that already

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04-02-2002, 04:00 AM	#1
GandalfTheWhite Elven Warrior Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 297	The Giver Read this book back in grade school and i just found it again the other day, let me tell you this is a damn good book and everyone should read it atleast once. If you have already read it, what are some of your thoughts on it? __________________ "Behold, I am not Gandalf the Grey, whom you betrayed. I am Gandalf the White, who has returned from death. You have no colour now, and I cast you from the order and from the Council." -Gandalf The Road goes ever on and on Down from the door where it began. Now far ahead the Road has gone, And I must follow, if I can, Pursuing it with eager feet, Until it joins some larger way Where many paths and errands meet. And whither then? I cannot say. "He who breaks a thing to find out what it is, has left the path of wisdom." -Gandalf "A thing is about to happen which has not happened since the Elder Days: the Ents are going to wake up and find that they are strong." -Gandalf

04-02-2002, 09:05 PM	#4
FrodoFriend Halfwitted Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Eryn Vorn Posts: 1,659	I read it in 5th grade, and I still read it every year or so. Great book. Sure, it's a little simplistic, mirrille, but still an awesome read. __________________ Fingolfin lives! ... in my finger! The Crossroads of Arda - Warning. Halfwit content. Not appropriate for people with IQ of over 18. The Fellowship of the Message Board Nyáréonié - The Tale of Tears

04-02-2002, 11:01 PM	#5
Starr Polish Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Slow down and I sail on the river, slow down and I walk to the hill Posts: 2,389	I loved it. I almost didn't read it because the cover looked boring ::first big OOPS!:: He didn't DIE! He found Elsewhere. That's my story and I'm sticking to it! __________________ “The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.” –Bertrand Russell

04-04-2002, 12:10 AM	#7
*Khamûl* Slacker Warrior Admin Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,759	Gee... I guess it's been a while since I read that one. I might have to look it up in the library to get refreshed. __________________ "If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you." Gandalf to Pippin Psalm 107:31

04-05-2002, 04:01 PM	#8
galadriel Elven Warrior Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: a castle made of clouds Posts: 459	I liked it when I read it, and although it probably wouldn't be as satisfying if I reread it now, it's a great book for the 5th-8th grade range. __________________ Human kind cannot bear very much reality. dreamflower - for all things Lady Galadriel

04-02-2002, 11:41 AM	#2
elf_princess Elven Warrior Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: la dee da Posts: 275	I absolutely loved this book! It was great... so cool. I haven't read it for awhile but I still remember how much I liked it. I've got a question for you though... my friend and I had this discussion a long time ago... at the end of the book when the boy(i think his name is Jonas) rides the sled over the hill... my friend thinks that is when he died... i just thought he found a sled... maybe i'm being really dense... don't know

04-02-2002, 08:09 PM	#3
mirrille Elven Warrior Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Canada Posts: 479	Somebody recently gave this to me to read (a few months ago). I didn't really like it. The world constructed there is way too simplistic to be interesting. Maybe if I had read it in elementary school, I would have liked it. Sorry Just my experience.

04-10-2002, 12:50 AM	#9
*IronParrot* Fowl Administrator Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Calgary or Edmonton, Canada Posts: 53,420	I haven't read it since the seventh grade, but I did quite a detailed study on it back then, and was quite amazed by Lowry's vision. In terms of literature geared towards younger readers, it's probably the best take on escaping from a bleak and controlling future... like a warmup before they're ready for Orwell. __________________ All of IronParrot's posts are guaranteed to be 100% intelligent and/or sarcastic, comprising no genetically modified content and tested on no cute furry little animals unless the SPCA is looking elsewhere. If you observe a failure to uphold this warranty, please contact a forum administrator immediately to receive a full refund on your Entmoot registration. Blog: Nick's Café Canadien

04-18-2002, 12:16 PM	#11
Earenya Elven Warrior Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Pinnath Gelin, formerly in Angaron... Posts: 228	I LOVED this book!! Im going to have to go dig it out again and reread it... but yeah, I carried it around for nearly a whole school year reading & rereading.... I dont think he died in the end, he found Elsewhere. Which is us, us meaning the society we live in today. And the singing?? I always wanted it to not be an echo, but his community finding the joys of life..... __________________ O mor henion i dhu Ely siriar, el sila Ai! Aniron.... Tiro! El eria e mor I 'lir en el luitha 'uren Ai! Aniron... FRODO LIVES!

04-18-2002, 07:50 PM	#12
TwirlingString Elven Warrior Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: My mother would say somewhere between the adult mystery section and the YA sci-fi Posts: 489	I wonder, was it really better for them, or country isn't exactly a paradise, but at least we have more fun and freedm. Is the moral of the story freedom at any cost? __________________ "The Astels are an emotional people. They cry at the drop of a handkerchief. Their culture is much like that of Pelosia. They're extremely devot and invincibly backward. It's been demonstrated to them over an over that serfdom is an archaic, inefficent institution, but they maintain it anyway--largely at the connivance of the serfs thmselves. Astellian nobles don't exert themselves in any way, so they have no concept of human endurance. The serfs take advantage of that outrageously. Astellian serfs have been known to collapse from sheer exhauston at the very mention of such unpleasant words as 'reaping' or 'digging'." ----------------------------------------------- “They lost him?!” Lupin asked , amazed. “Voldemort has been after Harry for 15 years, and then he misplaces him?!”

04-25-2002, 10:20 PM	#13
Ocarina654 Sapling Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: A box under the stairs in the corner of the basement half a block down the street from Jerry's Bait shop. You know the place. Posts: 13	Its great! That book was really good. i read it in 5th grade. i had an 8th or 9th grade reading level. Well it was good. my mom thought the kid died. I think he found elseware. The moral, twirlngstring, is probly something like that. Freedom. I still think its good. Well read my topic!!!!!! hehehe

04-29-2002, 01:23 AM	#14
Varda Elven Warrior Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Carmel Valley, CA Posts: 146	i read this book sometime in elementary school. i remember really liking it. i actually was a better reader then than i am now, i think... i read anything i could get my hands on. i still do now, but i let life stand in the way all too often... or else let myself read 3 books at once... __________________ "Life's a journey, not a destination." --Steven Tyler, Aerosmith, Arwen's daddy MySpace

05-13-2002, 02:03 AM	#15
Eruviel Greenleaf Alcoholic Villain-Fancying Elf Pirate Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Lyonesse Posts: 4,547	Great book, read it ages ago. More than once. Anyone read another book by the same author, don't remember the exact title, something like 'Searching for Blue.' I think it's a sequel, of sorts __________________ Eruviel Greenleaf in a past life. "Whoever has come to understand the world has found only a corpse, and whoever has found a corpse is superior to the world." -The Gospel of Thomas SQUAWK!

06-09-2002, 05:46 PM	#16
TwirlingString Elven Warrior Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: My mother would say somewhere between the adult mystery section and the YA sci-fi Posts: 489	Why is the title, The Giver instead of the Reciever? __________________ "The Astels are an emotional people. They cry at the drop of a handkerchief. Their culture is much like that of Pelosia. They're extremely devot and invincibly backward. It's been demonstrated to them over an over that serfdom is an archaic, inefficent institution, but they maintain it anyway--largely at the connivance of the serfs thmselves. Astellian nobles don't exert themselves in any way, so they have no concept of human endurance. The serfs take advantage of that outrageously. Astellian serfs have been known to collapse from sheer exhauston at the very mention of such unpleasant words as 'reaping' or 'digging'." ----------------------------------------------- “They lost him?!” Lupin asked , amazed. “Voldemort has been after Harry for 15 years, and then he misplaces him?!”

06-09-2002, 10:45 PM	#17
Starr Polish Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Slow down and I sail on the river, slow down and I walk to the hill Posts: 2,389	Because the main character is supposed to become the Giver...and there are a few symbolic things as well. __________________ “The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.” –Bertrand Russell

06-10-2002, 01:56 AM	#18
mirrille Elven Warrior Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Canada Posts: 479	Because "The Receiver" sounds like some kind of position on a sports team, and it's not a sports book. "Giver" is weird and artsier, so it fits the book better.

06-10-2002, 08:32 PM	#19
Lady of Darkness Elf Lord Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: the wild or my home Posts: 733	I had to read this book for school. I really liked it. I think It's called the Giver because Jonas learned how to give memories and because Jonas had to leave, or GIVE himself to Elsewhere so everyone else could live a (what we call) normal life. Just my personal opinion. LOD __________________ Conform Consume OBEY!!!! I am Morwen, Lady of Darkness. Her head was bowed, from all the tears and pain, but she would rise again