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In her Newbery Medal acceptance speech, Lois Lowry gives examples of students’ ideas to the ending of The Giver, and she explains that the “true ending depends on an individual’s beliefs and hopes.” My interpretation of the story is optimistic and hopeful. I think that Jonas and Gabriel are returning home. He hasn’t heard music before, but he senses that the people in the house are expecting him. The colored lights and trees, although not named as such, are Christmas memories. The holiday celebr
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"The Giver" is a book that should make one think. In my opinion, nobody should read this book unless they are prepared to search for a deeper meaning. This is definitely not a surface book! In the Utopian society of sameness, there was one that was chosen to be different. This different individual was responsible for holding the memories of the world that existed outside the Utopia. At the age of twelve, all young Utopian members received a profession; chosen for them by the society leaders, and
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