If I could be a character from this book it would be:
Harry: Jonas because he's the one who got the few good things about being in that society. He got emotions and other things. Both good and bad things.
Eva: I want to be Fiona because Jonas said that she's nice, smart and intelligent. I would say that I want to be Jonas but he had to go through a lot of pain.
Cam: Would you want to be emotionless?
Eva: I wouldn't want to have to go through the level of pain that Jonas went through. But the Giver was in so much pain as well.
Jonas is chosen as the next Receiver of Memory. Is this an honor or a punishment?
Cam: A punishment because it's just pain and more pain.
Eva: Even though there's a lot of pain, there is the highest honor in that job.
Cam: You have to take on the burden of everyone else.
Harry: I view it as a punishment and an honor, as well. This book reminds me of A Wrinkle in Time.
Harry: This is similar to The City of Ember. Society devolved, not evolved, in both.
Eva: I think that I recognize with the babies that aren't perfect. People talk themselves into things, both good and bad.
Cam: A punishment because it's just pain and more pain.
Eva: Even though there's a lot of pain, there is the highest honor in that job.
Cam: You have to take on the burden of everyone else.
Harry: I view it as a punishment and an honor, as well. This book reminds me of A Wrinkle in Time.
Harry: This is similar to The City of Ember. Society devolved, not evolved, in both.
Eva: I think that I recognize with the babies that aren't perfect. People talk themselves into things, both good and bad.
Harry: The lack of emotions means that they won't feel pain, not just happiness.
Did the father know that he was killing the babies?
Eva: I think that he knew but he'd done it so many times that he was used to doing it and no longer saw it as bad. (this comment was agreed upon by everyone)
What about the breeding moms?:
Harry: The breeding moms were kind of like robots or some other alien form. Everyone knew about them but didn't really talk about them and what they were doing.
The Ending:
Harry: I think that Jonas and Gabriel got to a real place and it was Christmastime.
Eva: I think that it was real people because the way it was written did not seem like Jonas was going to Heaven. There would be a clue. There wouldn't be snow and all of the other things. I never thought that it was Heaven.
Harry: He was going down on a sled and if he were going to Heaven, he'd be going up. There would be people with wings and halo.
Cam: Maybe it was Heaven but no one was there because there was a Christmas celebration.
Eva: I think that he knew but he'd done it so many times that he was used to doing it and no longer saw it as bad. (this comment was agreed upon by everyone)
What about the breeding moms?:
Harry: The breeding moms were kind of like robots or some other alien form. Everyone knew about them but didn't really talk about them and what they were doing.
The Ending:
Harry: I think that Jonas and Gabriel got to a real place and it was Christmastime.
Eva: I think that it was real people because the way it was written did not seem like Jonas was going to Heaven. There would be a clue. There wouldn't be snow and all of the other things. I never thought that it was Heaven.
Harry: He was going down on a sled and if he were going to Heaven, he'd be going up. There would be people with wings and halo.
Cam: Maybe it was Heaven but no one was there because there was a Christmas celebration.
Please rate this book from 1-5, with 5 being the best:
Eva: 5 (I really liked the idea of how it is showing how people can talk themselves into things. I liked how the author let you think your own thoughts.)
Cam: 4 (I'd like him invading the place that had the releases)
The book for the next Book Club meeting is Chomp by Carl Hiaasen. We will be meeting on Wednesday, November 13th at 3:00 p.m. Copies of this book are available behind the Circulation Desk. Please come with recommendations for November's Book Club selection. Thanks!
