Jennifer
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Lois Lowry:
The Giver was my introduction into dystopias as a young reader. And I fell in love with the genre. What is the central concept that you hope today's young readers with grasp from The Giver and other dystopic novels?
Lois Lowry
I think they are all cautionary tales, alerting audiences to the seriousness of choices we make, the dangers of some so-called progress
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Beth
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Lois Lowry:
I first read The Giver as a fifth grader (sometime around 2001) and I have always pictured the community as a sort of fifties suburb, so I was kind of surprised when the movie was filled with futuristic technology (although given they had the technology to erase memory and emotion, it makes sense). Did you always see the community as technologically advanced, or was that an evolution of your original vision?
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!
A Goodreads user
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Lois Lowry:
As an author whose work has become so integrated into wider American culture, I have wondered: what are your thoughts on how your fans have interpreted The Giver? Is there anything that you wish they had taken from the story that they seem to have missed? Is there anything that surprises or annoys you?
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