Prompt: If the author were here, what would you say and ask him/her?
Prove how reading this can change or impact the reader’s life.
Main character
This book left me thinking. What happened to Jonas and Gabe? Are they alright? Was this all in Jonas' head? Are they dead? When we discussed in our socratic seminar what we thought happened to them, these are some of the things people said. What I think is that now that they got to Elsewhere, there was some sort of forcefield and somehow they survived. As if the forcefield healed them since they finally got out of the society. If the author was here, these would be the things that I would tell them and ask.
Reading The Giver made me realize how lucky we are to live in the world we are living in, even though The Giver had a fictional setting. Reading this book can really change your way of thinking, and think more positive about this world. We take some of the smallest things for granted and this book made me realize that I should be grateful. In this utopia, they can't see color (yes, I'm aware that some people are color blind), there's no animals, feelings, love. These are the daily things that make us happy!
I think that I am nothing like Jonas. He is living in this Utopia and after being titled Receiver, he becomes curious about the past and Elsewhere. I would also be curious, but he actually did something about it. He left the society and was searching for Elsewhere. If I were in his position, I wouldn't have the guts to do something like that. I would follow all the society's rules and even though some things aren't fair, I wouldn't know that because many citizens aren't aware of the great things they are missing. This is because the Sameness and such.
Bela
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Steven
I really like the fact that you connected to the socratic seminar. I feel that we could really take a lot of ideas from those. I also enjoyed the picture you choose. The fact that there is a part that is absolutely gray to represent the community is pretty brilliant in my opinion.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you especially in the second paragraph. I remember when I read this in the beginning of 6th grade and I had just felt bad for the people living there. Didn't they ever want to feel more joyful? They weren't allowed to wonder, but I think I still would've wondered. I mean how could they know if I did or not it was all in my mind anyways. I don't know if I'd be able to do what Jonas did though. He really wanted Gabe to have a better life. Would you ever consider reading any of the other books relating to "The Giver"?
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