hmm... i always took it kind of literally... that they had gotten out from the weather-controlled-ishness of the community (thus the snow,sled, etc) and that there actually was that warm family out there to accept them...
That's how I want it to be, but I guess the last few chapters felt very quick and the snow and sled so much like his memory that, combined with his hunger, it made me wonder if he was delirious and if the end was a metaphor. It's just a touch surreal, you know?
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I like it a lot. I liked the fact that it was pretty open ended, but there's a sequel with them in it, so they definitely got to another community.
It was never really the end that captivated me as much as the rest of it. The idea of that world, and the Giver himself, wanting to keep all the memories without letting anyone else experience them, or anyone else.
I think it's a good book. Gathering Blue is also really good, though The Messanger (the sequel I meant) was a little disapointing.
I always find open-ended books somehow frustrating. I think I can take it better with short stories, but with a full novel I just want it to keep going and give me some resolution.
Yeah, the memory-keeping is maybe the most interesting aspect of the book. I've read plenty of novels set in a future flawed utopia, but usually they've just forgotten the past. I like the point the book makes about the value and richness of diversity in life. I also like that wisdom comes from remebering both joy and pain.
It's just the strangeness of the end that caught me out.
sadly, i didnt enjoy the giver. i think its because i was forced to read it at school, and if im educationally coerced to do anything, i have a bit of a vendetta against it. we even saw a play of it, and it was super weird. i think if i read it again now i wouldnt mind it so much. its just the whole being forced to read something yadda yadda. i think ill give this a go...
Yeah, it can be nicer to read things for pleasure, and without a time constraint. I'm actually reading it for my Children's Lit class right now, but the english major in me is looking forward to discussing it in class.
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Also, Hi! I hope you're loving Chicago. You should check out Stone Soup. Potluck at 4637 N Ashland every Tuesday at 8pm. Tell them Ellie sent you!
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It was never really the end that captivated me as much as the rest of it. The idea of that world, and the Giver himself, wanting to keep all the memories without letting anyone else experience them, or anyone else.
I think it's a good book. Gathering Blue is also really good, though The Messanger (the sequel I meant) was a little disapointing.
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Yeah, the memory-keeping is maybe the most interesting aspect of the book. I've read plenty of novels set in a future flawed utopia, but usually they've just forgotten the past. I like the point the book makes about the value and richness of diversity in life. I also like that wisdom comes from remebering both joy and pain.
It's just the strangeness of the end that caught me out.
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