Jonas has been selected to be the Receiver, the only one who knows what the other world, called "Elsewhere," is like through memories. In Jonas's world, everything is the same, no color or anything. After he is chosen, he isn't sure if he wants that life or not. Unfortuantely for him, he is forced to take it. He wants to see what the real world is like so he goes on a journey to Elsewhere. The reader never learns where or when this takes place, but it appears as though ti is in the future.
There are many things in Jonas's world that are similiar to mine:
1. We both have houses.
2. We both have food.
3. We both have bicycles.
4. We both have technology.
5. We both have leaders.
However, there are key differences as well:
Jonas's world:
1. All rules are made by the central government.
2. Birth mothers must bear 3 children, but not raise them.
My world:
1. Rules are made by community leaders, parents, government, etc. but not all are centralized.
2. Parents can have as many kids as they want, and they raise them.
I think the author wrote this book because he wanted to show that differences in the world are good. For example, in the real world, people have different skin, eyes, and clothes colr, shape and size. It makes it interesting to compare these differences. Personally, I wouldn't want to live in their world because I like to see differences in the world. In their world, they eat in one place only but I think that would be hard to do.
In conclusion, The Giver by Louis Lowry should be read, specifically by people who wonder what it would be like to be selected from a group of people to do something special.
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