tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5208378130566582441.post3554442604475499041..comments2023-10-25T05:12:21.553-04:00Comments on Michelle Flick : The Giver by Lois LowryMichelle Flickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11452307689508498982noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5208378130566582441.post-6430937001541181252011-04-30T09:47:42.338-04:002011-04-30T09:47:42.338-04:00@ Cait- it's very passive dystopia and its sup...@ Cait- it's very passive dystopia and its super quick <br />@ Lulu - Im so happy its still being read in school and I agree about the ending... I wanted to know if Jonas changed the world or not!<br />@Karen I will let you keep it in your curric but I get to do it in 8th grade next year! And so you know I am hooked on Unwind right now...Michelle Flickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11452307689508498982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5208378130566582441.post-59092576741408385252011-04-30T08:34:28.334-04:002011-04-30T08:34:28.334-04:00I loved it. Every time I read it. It is passive ...I loved it. Every time I read it. It is passive compared to the Maze Runner or Hungar Games. Instead of throwing a child in to physically violent situation to save the entire world Lowery asks Jonas to take on the emotions of the world, so everyone can live "safely" . It's more subtle, there is a lot more inference, leaving the reader to spend a lot of time thinking..."is the is right, what path should he take, what is more important the individual or the community?". It is more like Unwind by Schusterman, asking the reader to think about what is happening around us, and when faced with an extrime, think about how we would react. You remember it fondly, and I have never had a student say "That was a dumb book, why did you make me read it?". Besides it's shorter than all the other books we mentioned... An added bonus. I guess this means you will let me keep it in my curriculum!kkondrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00564610366775610425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5208378130566582441.post-12371885318644648782011-04-27T18:52:23.134-04:002011-04-27T18:52:23.134-04:00I've read it!! But I just couldn't get ove...I've read it!! But I just couldn't get over the ending, I was like - wait thats it? What happens? I liked it but didn't love it. The memories were my favourite part :) I had to read this for school last year...Lulu (The Bookworm is Here!)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11930433884039891482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5208378130566582441.post-81721441816384317042011-04-24T13:19:12.767-04:002011-04-24T13:19:12.767-04:00Never read (or heard of) this but the premise soun...Never read (or heard of) this but the premise sounds a lot like the result of Plato's The Republic.Caithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13185442524972510158noreply@blogger.com