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The Giver
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The Giver is a 1993 American Young-adult fiction-Dystopian novel by Lois Lowry. It is set in a society which at first appears as a utopian society but then later revealed to be a dystopian one as the story progresses.
Novel Summary
What Makes The Giver a Dystopian Novel?
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The people have willingly given up — their freedoms and individual-ities — for the so-called common good of the community. It becomes more and more evident that the community is a bad place in which to live. Memory, freedom, individuality, and even color, is gone.
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My own opinion on The Giver is that I really like Jonas's character. The way he is originally so trusting of the community and then eventually learns to question the world around him. I like that Lowry presents the community in a non-threatening way at first, so it lures the reader into the idea that maybe they are onto something with their formatting; until we begin to see what lies beneath, so to speak. This book has descriptive writing. Every little detail is explained in some scenes. It also has an interesting plot. It has good life lessons too such as: "Individual Expression Should be Valued.” This is an educational life lesson because it shows that being different is normal. It really touches deep to the power of pain, thought, beauty, and love; showing us that without the freewill that we have as humans, we would be nothing.
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The Giver engages the reader in an equally inspiring victory over totalitarian inhumanity. - The ALAN Review
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This tightly plotted story and its believable characters will stay with readers for a long time. - School Libary Journal
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Wrought with admirable skill—the emptiness and menace underlying this Utopia emerge step by inexorable step: a richly provocative novel. - Kirkus Reviews