Lois Lowery’s remarkable novel The Giver is set in a safe secure world run by a council which have overcome pain, hunger, and tears from long ago by creating a world in which nothing unexpected happens any longer. Not only have they traded away the bad things, but they have also given up creativity.
Every year, children who turn twelve are supposed to get a job, which involves being a housemaid, car washer, and other tasks kids are able to do. However, there is one special job called the giver. This job trains one kid to know all the disastrous things the world has gone through. When he is ready, he will be titled the giver and wait until the next kid is chosen.
Before the child gets trained, the author tells us that the world is black and white. The common sense people have in that world differs from ours. There is no such thing called happiness. Once you tell a lie, you must go to jail forever. However, once you are trained as a giver, everything you thought was normal turns out not to be so. You learn how it feels to break a leg, burn your arm, and suffer even worse. They train you to feel mixed emotions, confusing thoughts, and guilt for no reason.
I had many thoughts while reading this book. It showed me that the world might sometimes be a cruel and dangerous place. On the other hand, living without pain, hunger, and tears wouldn’t always be good. Guilt helps us not make the same mistakes again. Tears help us become stronger. Hunger makes us realize how important food is in our lives. Everyone in the world wants happiness and a place without it would definitely be the last location I’d go to.
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