What if your choices were taken away? What if taking your choices away made you safer, and healthier? The freedom to choose is one of the important ideas covered in the Newberry-Award-winning novel, by Lois Lowry, named The Giver.
I have taught this book every year I've been in middle school, since 1997, and it is one of my favorites. One of the best things about this book, by accident, is that there is no clear answer for what happens here. If you think that the book meant something specific...the sequels and movie say something else, so there is no clear answer. This may be frustrating, but it makes for good discussions, not just about the book itself, but also about choices...those that the author made as she wrote the book. Why would she change her mind?
The Giver will be the second book of the year, beginning in November.
I have taught this book every year I've been in middle school, since 1997, and it is one of my favorites. One of the best things about this book, by accident, is that there is no clear answer for what happens here. If you think that the book meant something specific...the sequels and movie say something else, so there is no clear answer. This may be frustrating, but it makes for good discussions, not just about the book itself, but also about choices...those that the author made as she wrote the book. Why would she change her mind?
The Giver will be the second book of the year, beginning in November.
