The Giver

slavetotheWALL · Forum Stalker Joined: 06 Mar 2005 Posts: 1321

I thought the book was very very very symbolic in which could have been its downfall but I did like the book and I did read the gathering blue and yet to read the messenger ^_^

Rindi_chan · Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2005 9:28 pm Post subject:

I thought that book was great. I loved the whole 'learning to see red' part of it. The concept of not being able to see color was really quite unique. Overall, a good story - it reminded me of Fahrenheit 451, which is written by one of my favorite authors of all time (Ray Bradbury).

Fayore · Moderator Joined: 12 Mar 2004 Posts: 6195

Ray Bradbury? The one novel I had to read that was written by him (Dandelion Wine) has been burned into my memory because of how boring-intensive it was.

I liked his short stories, like [i]The Veldt[/i], though. :)

As for The Giver, I was quite young when I read that, so I didn't think it was quite that interesting. The idea of "utopia" was something interesting, though. Smile

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Rindi_chan · Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2005 10:56 pm Post subject:

Ray Bradbury is the best! You should try reading [i]Something Wicked This Way Comes[/i] - I think it's fantastic. His short stories are good too. Isn't [i]The Veldt[/i] one of the stories out of [i]The Illustrated Man[/i]?

*coughs*

Anyway, yeah, [i]The Giver[/i]... That's one of those books that everyone reads in grade school, and I somehow missed out on it. I read it last year after taking some "What book at you?" test, and finding out that I was supposedly [i]The Giver[/i]. Not sure what that's supposed to mean. ^^;

Fayore · Moderator Joined: 12 Mar 2004 Posts: 6195

[quote="Rindi_chan (Rindi)"] Isn't [i]The Veldt[/i] one of the stories out of [i]The Illustrated Man[/i]?
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Maybe. I just remember that my English teacher photocopied it out of a book, most likely some sort of anthology. ^^; That was a creepy one, but I liked it. ^^; Aren't a lot of his short stories about how viciously destructive kids can be? I think my teacher said that... ^^;

Yeah, I had to read The Giver because the other book we were supposed to be doing a novel study on... Well, I'd already read that book before, so my teacher thought she'd give me something I hadn't read yet. And you're supposedly The Giver? Well, maybe. I couldn't say 'cause it's been a long time since I've read the book. ^^;
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DragonicFlames · Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 8:08 am Post subject:

Arg ><; I hated that book. Because it was boring. I mean sure they lived in a world where they had no free will and the government was controlling them completely, but I mean it was just so boring. I yawned through most of it.

*spoiler*

There wasn't much action for the exception of the getting away part and the part where the boy and the baby gets away.
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Brianhjh · Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 11:36 am Post subject:

It ended in a way most people considers "artistic" but I didn't like that, just tell me if they died or lived! sheesh! <_<
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Fayore · Moderator Joined: 12 Mar 2004 Posts: 6195

Lived or died? I don't think I even cared about what happened in the end when I read it. I just remember two things: the kid ran away in the ending, and in the book they had to give old people baths as some sort of ritual type thing. Except I don't remember why.

Oh yeah. And everything in their world was "black and white". :/
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Rindi_chan · Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 5:07 pm Post subject:

I don't think the ending for [i]The Giver[/i] was as bad as the ending for [i]The Lady and the Tiger[/i]. That story consisted completely of setup for the ending, and then it refused to tell you what actually happened. ._.

slavetotheWALL · Forum Stalker Joined: 06 Mar 2005 Posts: 1321

[quote]It ended in a way most people considers "artistic" but I didn't like that, just tell me if they died or lived! sheesh! [/quote]

You havent read the gathering blue have you Wink

Brianhjh · Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 9:03 pm Post subject:

I only read 15 novels in my life, Harry Potter being 6 of them. :mellow:

All the books I've read over the years have all been nonfictions... yes, I'm a bit uncreative when it comes to writing part.
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