The Giver by Lois Lowry (Book Analysis)

This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of The Giver by Lois Lowry. It provides a thorough exploration of the novel’s plot, characters and main themes, including totalitarianism, freedom and memory. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time.

This clear and detailed 56-page reading guide is structured as follows:

• Biography of Lois Lowry
• Presentation of The Giver
• Summary of The Giver
• Character study
  • Jonas
  • The Receiver of Memory
  • Jonas’s classmates: Fiona and Asher
  • Jonas’s family
• Analysis of The Giver
  • Fantasy and science fiction in The Giver
  • A totalitarian system
  • Using words to transform reality
  • The educational dimension

About The Giver

The Giver was first published in 1993. It tells the story of Jonas, a boy who lives in a perfect, futuristic society, at least as he sees it. One day, it is decided that he will become the “Receiver of Memory” for his community, a role which involves bearing the memories of his entire people. It is at this point that Jonas’ illusions are shattered.

The Giver is the first novel in The Giver Quartet, and was inspired by many of the most famous dystopian works of the 20^th century, such as Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.

About Lois Lowry

Lois Lowry is an American writer who was born in Honolulu in 1937. Since her father was in the military, Lowry and her family were often forced to move, and as a result the young writer lived in several different places over the course of her childhood, including Tokyo in Japan. She continued this nomadic lifestyle when she married a navy officer at the age of 19.

Over the course of her life, Lowry has tried her hand at several different jobs – she has been a photographer, a journalist and a writer. She is one of only five authors to have received the prestigious Newbery Medal for children’s literature on two separate occasions.