Erica
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Lois Lowry:
In the book The Giver, Jonas was twelve years old but in the movie, the actor that portrays him is much older. I haven't watched the movie but in your opinion, does that change the story in any way?
Lois Lowry
It doesn't really, because in the rigid community where Jonas lives, the teenagers are very childlike, not at all sophisticated as teens might be in our world
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Lizette
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Lois Lowry:
Are there more societies(not stated)involved in The Giver Quartet? And did the result of the veering that Gabe performed into the TM had any impact in these societies-transforming or changing them into improved and freer versions(or any changes at all)from the once each were.Did these societies become connected in a way accepted by the villagers? And are those who possess gifts still retained their abilities? Thanks!
Wendy Schapiro
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Lois Lowry:
Hi Lois! We read The Giver with our 6th grade students towards the end of the school year. We've always left the ending of the book open to their interpretation, because you used to approach it in the same fashion. Now that you've come out and said how you intended it to be interpreted, do you think we should still go with an open ending?
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