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Lois Lowry:
To me, you come across similar to F. Scott Fitzgerald and Alexander Dumas in the sense that your words will outlast time. In your book The Giver, what was the message you wanted the reader to grasp? Also, do you think after rereading your book later in life we will grasp a different message than the previous times read?
Lois Lowry
Different people will take different things from the book. The same person will find something different at a different age. THE GIVER raises many questions, not always the same ones...it depends on the reader.
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Lois Lowry:
In The Giver, you created a society that goes to the extreme in order to protect the people and maintain peace. But when it comes to the real world, do you think that there’s a good balance between government protection and personal freedoms? Where would you draw the line when it comes to government control and freedom of choice?
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