Something he's never even heard of. No one really knows what the Receiver does other than the Giver. Soon Jonas learns that the Giver holds the collected memories of the societies long since past and passes it along to the next generation.
Jonas begins training under the present Receiver of Memory, an older man whom Jonas calls The Giver. The Giver lives alone in private rooms that are lined with shelves full of books.
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The Giver is a 1993 young adult dystopian novel written by American author Lois Lowry, and it is set in a society which at first appears to be utopian but revealed to be dystopian as the story progresses.
Not until his life assignment as the Receiver does he begin to understand the dark secrets behind this fragile community. Twelve-year-old Jonas lives in a seemingly ideal world. Not until his life...
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The Giver: Directed by Phillip Noyce. With Brenton Thwaites, Jeff Bridges, Meryl Streep, Alexander Skarsgård. In a seemingly perfect community without war, pain, suffering, differences, or choices, a young boy is chosen to learn from an elderly man, the true pain and pleasure of the real world.
Based on the beloved young adult novel. A young man (Brenton Thwaites), who lives in a seemingly ideal world, must escape after discovering the deadly truths of his community’s secret past. Stream The Giver for free on Pluto TV.
In Lois Lowry’s Newbery Medal–winning classic, twelve-year-old Jonas lives in a seemingly ideal world. Not until he is given his life assignment as the Receiver does he begin to understand the dark secrets behind his fragile community. Life in the community where Jonas lives is idyllic.