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Themes Of The Giver By Lois Lowry

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The Giver by Lois Lowry is a book about a boy named Jonas who lives in a “perfect” community. Jonas is chosen as a receiver for the giver, and is given the task to pass on memories to the rest of society. There are two themes that are shown in this book: The world is not as perfect as everyone thinks. There is also more the the world than we know of or think. Everyone thought this was just our world, but they were fooled. Jonas figures out there is more once the giver shows him vivid memories of happiness and sadness. Sometimes of war and sometimes of warm fuzzy memories.

There is more to the world then we know of. When jonas saw the apple turning black, and he realized “There is something I don’t know”. When Jonas receives many of the memories

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