Welcome to my blog this week! Today, I'm going to be talking about chapter one of the The Giver. The Giver is a book written by Lois Lowry. I am currently reading this book in my English class, and I really like it so far. The world in the book is very different from ours.
Chapter one introduces the characters and the setting of the book. The book is about a kid named Jonas who lives with his mom, dad, and sister (Lily). Jonas lives in a place named 'The community" where they value there rules more than there feelings. Some of The rules in the community are strict and some are not. Everyone is given a job in the community. Kids are placed in groups of there ages. Everyone celebrates there birthday together. And once they turn a special age, they are allowed to do something. Jonas is an eleven year old boy who is really scared to be involved in the" Ceremony Of Twelve", because after you turn twelve, age is not important anymore and you will most likely lose track of how old you are. Also when you turn twelve, you also get a job assigned by one of The Elders. The elders are the people who are in charge of the society and give everyone a specific job.
I think the Rules in the giver don't let the people in the community express who they are. Everyone is assigned family members and jobs, which I think is not the best thing to do. Overall, I'm very excited to see what happens in the next chapters of The Giver.
Hope you enjoyed my blog today.
I agree with you, the giver is a good book. The rules are a bit strict but they are all used to the rules and don't really notice the rules and how strange they are.
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