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My essay is about a book I have read called "The Giver" by Lois Lowry. It will include the plot, theme, setting and characters of the book, and how it affected me.
The novel that I chose is called "The Giver" by Lois Lowry. It is about a boy called Jonas, who lives in the future, in a safe and orderly community. When he and his fellow friends become 'Twelves', they get assigned their jobs. And Jonas is selected for the most honoured and respected role in the community - to become a Receiver of Memories. A Receiver of Memories is the one person in the Community who has access to all the memories of the past. With these memories and knowledge he would give advice to the chief elders about the decisions that they make. When he starts to receive these memories from the Giver, he experiences things that he had never felt or seen in the Community; such as colours, love, animals and nature. Jonas begins.....
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