The society has been strictly blockaded from many things to prevent the risk of its members being unlucky and sad. There is only one Memory Keeper, and his job is to keep memories from the past-whether it good or bad, happy or sad. Jonas is special, however, and is chosen as the Memory Keeper, one of the most principled jobs in his community and certainly the most honorable one. He does not have a certain professional interest, although he likes volunteering in a range of occupations. For everyone else, the world is devoid of color just as it is devoid of pain, hunger, and annoyance.Īt the beginning of the novel, Jonas worries about the upcoming Ceremony of Twelve, the annual ceremony at which the elders will assign his formal role as a new adult member of society. He is not aware of it yet, but he is the only one with this ability to see flashes of color. He has pale eyes, while most individuals in his town have dark eyes, and he possesses exceptional skills of observation. Jonas is a well-behaved citizen and an excellent student, but he is unique in a couple of ways. Jonas lives with his father, a new child Nurturer, his mother, a Department of Justice worker, and his seven-year-old sister Lily. They are just used to this way of living. No one resists or protests about this control because the citizens believe the elders always make the right choice. The elders choose everything for the citizens in this community-from their partner to their kids to their housing. In his world, elders assign jobs to all children at the age of twelve. The main character is Jonas, a boy who lives in this community and who just turned twelve. The story is set in a wonderful world free from crimes and sadness, where every citizen treats each other with kindness. The author’s own father’s memory loss inspired her to write this book. It is a well-written dystopian novel by the famous Canadian author Lois Lowry. The Giver is beyond well known, and you may have read it once or twice in your life.

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