When The Giver was first published in 1993, it stood alone in a burgeoning field that previously didn't exist. Even less had themes as mature as The Giver, directed towards an audience who needed to read these words to encourage personal growth within themselves.
Jonas has just turned twelve, the age where he is assigned the task he will do for the remainder of his life. He and his family live in a seemingly utopic society of 'precise' inoffensive language and systemized habits, a flat monochromatic world of 'sameness.'
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