It is set in a society which at first appears to be utopian but is revealed to be dystopian as the story progresses. It was, and still is, considered highly controversial because of its adult themes, exploration of suicide and euthanasia, and subtle sexual content. The Giver, the 1994 Newbery Medal winner, has become one of the most influential novels of our time.

The Giver is a morally driven and interesting story about a young boy called Jonas who lives in a society free of crime and sadness. This book tells the story of an eleven-year-old boy named Jonas who lives in a futuristic society. It explores a dystopian future where people's lives are also closely controlled, in this case by a community of "Elders." In these novels, most of the population lives according to the dystopian community’s rules, foregoing individual pursuits for the community’s gain, submitting to government surveillance, and substituting group mentality for intellectual inquiry.

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It is set in a society which at first appears to be a utopian society but is later revealed to be a dystopian one as the story progresses. ... Lois Lowry is the author of more than forty books for children and young adults, including the New York Times bestselling Giver Quartet and popular Anastasia Krupnik series.

Its almost immediate success (it was awarded the 1994 Newbery Medal, and has sold millions of copies now, in thirty-some languages) took me by surprise.

Learn about Lois Lowry's influences that helped shape The Giver, and other important details about Lois Lowry! The Giver, written by Lois Lowry, is a story about a society with citizens who have no memories of its past, except for the individual known as the Receiver of Memory.

Jonas' training involves receiving, from The Giver, all of the emotions and memories of experiences that the people in the community chose to give up to attain Sameness and the illusion of social order. Lois Lowry Says 'The Giver' Was Inspired By Her Father's Memory Loss Lowry's father didn't have Alzheimer's but as he began to forget his past, the author says, she began to … One of her best-known novels, The Giver, was published in 1993. In his "community," there is no suffering, hunger, war, and, as you will soon see, no color, sex, music, or love. There is no prejudice, since everyone looks and acts basically the same, and there is very little competition. Memories need to be shared.’

The Author's Message in "The Giver" by Lois Lowry Would this Society be a Utopia or Dystopia to you? The Giver lives alone in private rooms that are lined with shelves full of books. She has received countless honors, among them the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award, the California Young Reader’s Medal, and the Mark Twain Award. The Giver, the 1994 Newbery Medal winner, has become one of the most influential novels of our time. Jonas’ world is run by a group called The Elders who decide every aspect of everyone’s life. Jonas’s father is one of the only characters in the novel, besides the Giver and Jonas, who seems to grapple with difficult decisions and complex emotions.