The Giver Influence On Society

The Giver is a fantasy novel which takes place on an isolated island at some point in the future. The book is centered around several characters, but the main characters were Jonas, Jonas’ father and the Giver. Other less important characters included Jonas’ mother, Lily, Gabriel, Asher, Fiona, Larissa and the Chief Edler. One of the main characters, Jonas, and his family lived in a society where everything seemed perfect. There was no hatred, fear, war, and pain. The society also eliminated choices such as what job an individual will possess and to who one could marry. The society pushed for perfection by rejecting individuals who were born sick or broke their societal rules. Because the society lived in a world of “contentment,” Jonas had no idea of the horrible doings within the world he lived. However, Jonas was given the job as the receiver of memory, which granted him the memory of the previous receiver, known as “the giver.” Those memories were filled with color, sex, music, hatred, and all the other forbidden items of his society. Jonas begins to despise the ways of his society and wanted to live among a society that had a life of choices. The realization of what a horrible society he really lives in led Jonas’ to decide plan an escape to another society which possesses those things his society does not. This

These objectives could be enforced in the classroom by having students create a plot diagram of the events from the novel, ranging from a timeline in which things occurred to pinpointing the rising action, falling action and the climax. Plot diagrams allow students to pick out major themes in the text, trace changes in major characters over the course of the narrative, and strengthen their analytic