http://colonylibrarylady.com/2009/05/15/the-giver/ Book reviews Sun, 04 Apr 2010 00:00:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://colonylibrarylady.com/2009/05/15/the-giver/#comment-1359 Ruthann Fletcher Mon, 25 May 2009 14:47:10 +0000 http://colonylibrarylady.com/?p=331#comment-1359 Though banned, The Giver continues to be one of the most popular books for young adults today. The Giver explores an age old debate – between freedom or safety? Is individuality more important then the greater good? What would you prefer - emotional highs and lows or the steady middle ground? And the novel gives pretty clear answers to all these questions. It chooses freedom, individuality, and highs and lows. But the question isn't really this easy or this simple and as we read more deeply we find out that there are thousands of shades of grey in between and the difficulty comes in choosing a stance and sticking to it. There is a great site I discovered on <a href="//www.shmoop.com/intro/literature/lois-lowry/the-giver.html”" rel="nofollow">The Giver</a>, named Shmoop. Check it out for more opinions and insights into this compelling piece of dystopian fiction. Though banned, The Giver continues to be one of the most popular books for young adults today. The Giver explores an age old debate – between freedom or safety? Is individuality more important then the greater good? What would you prefer – emotional highs and lows or the steady middle ground? And the novel gives pretty clear answers to all these questions. It chooses freedom, individuality, and highs and lows. But the question isn’t really this easy or this simple and as we read more deeply we find out that there are thousands of shades of grey in between and the difficulty comes in choosing a stance and sticking to it. There is a great site I discovered on The Giver, named Shmoop. Check it out for more opinions and insights into this compelling piece of dystopian fiction.

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