Lit ► The Giver

[Jesus]

Wait, this book has TWO sequels?
Why the hell wasnt I notified of this

 

[Reflection]

just finished gathering blue, it's not exactly a sequel...it's like a companion, like way in the future.
though there is this little bit:

There is a reference made by Matt to a boy of Kira's age, who has a name of two syllables, is eligible for marriage, and has eyes of "a very amazing blue". Throughout the story, the color blue is used as a metaphor for freedom and limitlessness; Matt's delivery of it to Kira marks the beginning of her creative community reforms. The boy in question is generally understood to be Jonas of The Giver, although his name is not mentioned.

as for the third one, it came out in 2004: messenger (novel) - wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
which is more the sequel because it follows characters established in both originals.

 

[Solar]

The Messenger had it's strenght and it's faults, I haven't read Gathering Blue

 

[AngelsWhisper]

shouldn't you be in a ray bradbury novel somewhere

i see what you did there lol I actually don't remember much about The Giver...expect the main char giving an old guy a sponge bath? That was odd lol but I think I enjoyed the mysterious aura that the book gave off when I first read it in elementary =D

 

[Reflection]

HAHA i remember that part. and my 5th grade class being disturbed. the teacher was like "now this is supposed to explore the idea of sexuality" and the entire class went silent.

 

[Esso]

Ah I read this bookat the 8th, it was pretty good, I liked the symbolism too, so I'd like to read it again when I can. The other two books look interesting as well.

 

[Taochan]

I read The Giver and really enjoyed it up until the end, I hated the end because I took a pessimistic view of the situation... I wish I had been informed about the companion and sequel years ago when I read the original.

 

[Hamster Lord]

My class has just began reading the Giver.

 

[lilVon]

the giver is the shit, the author has another post apoclyptic book that is a spiratual succesor to the giver (i think) i cant remeber the name, but its good also shes sappose to have one more futuristic type book but ive never herd or seen of it

 

[Hamster Lord]

I love the part about stirrings. That was one of the best moments of this year by far. Our teacher, said this: "Ladies and Gentleman all your questions about sex will be answered in the next chapter so please stop asking me about this!" lol


Well we finished the book in class a few days ago, and I really liked it. I'm reading Gathering Blue and Messenger. Although I think Gathering Blue is more the same thing as Giver with a few differences, but Messenger is a direct sequel to Gathering Blue.

 

[Hopeless]

I absolutely love The Giver. Not the best book ever, but I love how it subtly picks apart the downside of utopian societies. I read it in sixth grade, which I think might have been too early, because I appreciated it more when I read it again a few years later. I don't want to read the other two companions because I almost feel like that would spoil it. I just want to draw my own conclusions at the end of the book.